During an interview with Abrams to promote "10 Cloverfield Lane", he said the creative team behind the original had some ideas on developing "Cloverfield 2", but the release of movies such as "Godzilla" and "Pacific Rim" led them to abandon them as they found the concept of kaiju movies had played out. However, Abrams also suggested that he has thought of something that if they are lucky enough to get it made "could be really cool that connects some stories" in a future film, even teasing a larger "Cloverfield" universe. Interviews with Dan Trachtenberg and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, director and actress of "10 Cloverfield Lane", respectively, confirm that the movie is, and always was intended to be, an expansion of the first film, with Trachtenberg calling it the "Cloververse".