J.J. Abrams Spills a Little About His 1-18-08/Cloverfield Project

J.J. Abrams Spills a Little About His 1-18-08/Cloverfield Project

J.J. Abrams recently sent the website Aintitcool.com a note about his upcoming film Cloverfield (1/18/08). The teaser trailer for the movie premiered this weekend before Transformers.

The note reads:

Regarding the online stuff you posted: yeah, we're doing some fun stuff on the web. But, obviously, if the movie doesn't kick some massive ASS, who gives a rat's about what's online? So as you can imagine, we're focusing mostly on THAT. For what it's worth, the only site of ours that people have even FOUND is the 1-18-08.com site. The others (like the Ethan Haas sites) have nothing to do with us.

Our own site describes the movie as such: A giant monster movie (referred internally as Godzilla) which is shot using home video cameras from the point of view of real people who are experiencing the attack on New York City.

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The film's release date coincides with its title Cloverfield (1/18/08).

Cloverfield was released January 18th, 2008 and stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Annable, Anjul Nigam, Margot Farley. The film is directed by Matt Reeves.

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atomicage
Alright, I'm going to be honest. When I first saw this trailer, I thought it was a new Godzilla film. I honestly did. But now, from what I hear, it could be anything from an alien-invasion movie (doubtful, since it would be stupid for aliens to ROAR like the creature in the trailer did), to a giant bug horror (rumor has it that the working title was 'The Parasite', though there is nothing to back that up with), to, just recently, a giant fire-breathing lion. I honestly have no idea what it could be.

No wait, I got it. Charizard. It's a huge, vicious Charizard army. Oh man. It all makes sense now.
5 years agoby @atomicage Flag
grimes309
www.theeighteenth.com
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itachi101
i agree with sawfanforever because it couldn't be a lion because the monster kinda sounded like a whale
5 years agoby @itachi101 Flag
djmarc
uhh, it could also be the US version of the South Korean Horror movie success "The Host"
5 years agoby @djmarc Flag
silo511
is it just me or are there red scratches on the manhatten map on the wall in the trailer right when everyones looking out the window? does anyone know what that is?
5 years agoby @silo511 Flag
Javin777
ok, I really hope someone disproves my theory on this, but here we go, in the trailer, the guy that suggests to go to the roof is wearing a slusho shirt, on the official 1-18-08 web page, the photo of Rob getting a little help drinking, the guy helping him is also wearing a slusho shirt... When I went to the official Slusho web page, www.slusho.com, and read the history bubble--fourth one counting from left to right--and it tells of a story about how the secret ingredient of Shusho made a tiny fish grow into a huge whale, and also how this "secret" ingredient was put into slusho and given to the public. Now, if you have ever played the video game Rampage for PS2 you know where this is going, in the beginning of the game, a boy is asked to drink a drink called "sc*m soda" and after drinking it, transforms into a giant gorilla. Sooo, is it possible that the name was changed from sc*m soda to slusho, and that this movie is a feature film based on the video game Rampage, it is starting to look that way, but Please someone prove me wrong on this, I don't want it to be true just as much as the rest of you, :(
5 years agoby @javin777 Flag
Max_payne
no he say "I saw it it's alive it's huge."
5 years agoby @sawfanforever Flag
ironman4695
If you listen closely you can hear a guy say " I saw it it's a lion it's huge.
5 years agoby @ironman4695 Flag
cloverfielding
http://www.myspace.com/aplanofescape
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EddyMonk88
www.theparasitemovie.com
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JayJayR
FOR THE LAST TIME PEOPLE READ Revelation 18:08

1After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. 2With a mighty voice he shouted:
"Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!
She has become a home for demons
and a haunt for every evil[a] spirit,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
3For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."

4Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
"Come out of her, my people,
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
6Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Mix her a double portion from her own cup.
7Give her as much torture and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
'I sit as queen; I am not a widow,
and I will never mourn.'
8Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

9"When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. 10Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:
" 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
O Babylon, city of power!
In one hour your doom has come!'

11"The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more- 12cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; 13cargoes of cinnamon and sp*ce, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men.

14"They will say, 'The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.' 15The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn 16and cry out:
" 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
17In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!'

"Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. 18When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, 'Was there ever a city like this great city?' 19They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:
" 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
where all who had ships on the sea
became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!
20Rejoice over her, O heaven!
Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets!
God has judged her for the way she treated you.' "

21Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:
"With such violence
the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,
never to be found again.
22The music of harpists and musicians, flute players and trumpeters,
will never be heard in you again.
No workman of any trade
will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
will never be heard in you again.
23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
Your merchants were the world's great men.
By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
24In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints,
and of all who have been killed on the earth."

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5 years agoby @jayjayr Flag