10 Cloverfield Lane is a 2016 American science fiction mystery thriller directed by Dan Trachtenberg (directorial debut), written by Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken, and Damien Chazelle and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher, Jr. Originally conceived from a script titled "The Cellar," during production under Bad Robot Productions it evolved to become what producer J. J. Abrams has described as "a blood relative" of the 2008 film Cloverfield. The film was released in North America on March 11, 2016.