10 Cloverfield Lane - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of 10 Cloverfield Lane or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to 10 Cloverfield Lane

[kyle]

The film was shot in chronological order, aside from a few re-shoots, mostly insert shots. For example, in the shot of Howard asking Michelle "How's it going?" through the vent in the air shaft, John Goodman was wearing a fake beard because he had shaved it off.

[cameron]

A letterhead is seen with "Bold Futura" and "Tagruato, Inc." on it. This is tied directly with the film's viral marketing campaign and Cloverfield (2008), as SLUSHO! and Bold Futura are subsidiaries of the fictional company Tagruato. Howard worked with satellites for Bold Futura in this film, Rob was going to Japan to work as Vice President of Marketing for SLUSHO.

[bessie]

All of the visual effects were done in-house by Kelvin Optics at Bad Robot studios.

[carl]

The slush brand "Slusho" from Cloverfield (2008) appeared in the window of a convenience store in this film.

[harry]

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is barefoot throughout the movie. In an interview, she stated that in a lot of the close-up shots that did not show her feet, she was wearing slip-on shoes or flip flops.

[francisco]

The plotline of someone being held inside a bunker under the pretense of the air outside being polluted was also used in the second season of Lost (2004); in both instances, the deceiver eventually dies during an altercation with the deceived person. This movie and Lost (2004) were produced by J.J. Abrams.

[beth]

In Spain, the film was released in two hundred fifty-nine theaters on two hundred sixty-four screens. The film was projected in a dubbed version or a subtitled version in twenty-five theaters.

[jessica]

The first trailer for this film was screened before 13 Hours (2016), a Michael Bay film. Cloverfield (2008) also had a secretive production and marketing with its first trailer being released before Transformers (2007), another Michael Bay film.

[nina]

Mary Elizabeth Winstead was the only choice for the role of Michelle.

[christina]

Had a similar plot to Metal Hurlant Chronicles: Shelter Me (2012). A young woman, Michelle Ryan, wakes up to find she's in a bunker with a man, James Marsters, who has told her it's the end of the world. That episode was based on a story of the same name by Daniel R. Wickline and Mark Vigouroux in the anthology comic magazine Metal Hurlant, issue #9 cover-dated November/December 2003.

[ella]

Although they take place in the same universe, the film has few connections to Cloverfield (2008). However, Producer J.J. Abrams has stated that the studio has a plan to tie the two films, as well as possible future films in the franchise, together.

[jeffrey]

Mary Elizabeth Winstead drove a Volkswagen Bora in this film, which is identical to the car she drove in Final Destination 3 (2006).

[wallace]

The trailer for the film, attached to the theatrical release of 13 Hours (2016), was released and publicized only two months before the film's own U.S. theatrical release, an unusually short time for advertising and promo for a film released by a major studio.

[fred]

Mary Elizabeth Winstead appeared on Fargo (2014) season three, which also featured a character named "Emmett", and on episode three, "The Law of Non-Contradiction", an antagonist named Howard.

[chris]

The cast members weren't told the title of the movie during production (preserving the secret as long as possible).

[edgar]

Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.) handles a VHS tape of the fictitious movie "Cannibal Airlines." This is an Easter egg, one of a series of satirical VHS packages created by Writer Rob Schrab and used as decorations at Producer J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot production offices.

[eli]

In the third installment of J.J. Abrams' Cloverfield franchise, The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), the character Mark Stambler is featured on a screen discussing the consequences of a failed Shepard's Particle experiment. He calls this the 'Cloverfield Paradox.' In this film, John Goodman' character, Howard Stambler also talks about his conspiracy theories. It is noted that Howard worked on satellites for Tagruato, a name which is seen multiple times aboard the spaceship in The Cloverfield Paradox. Fans have theorized that Mark and Howard Stambler are brothers, given their similar opinions.

[bernard]

Michelle's car is a red 2003 VW Jetta GLS TDI sedan with automatic transmission and a Pioneer DEH-2300RB MOSFET 50 Wx4 CD player/car radio receiver.

[ivan]

Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) doesn't speak until ten minutes into the film.