found some pix of the monster http://www.massiveblack.com/stabby/stabbysidefinal.jpg http://www.massiveblack.com/stabby/paint16.jpg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wanna see an exciting trailer? Then you must check the trailer for > "Cloverfield", the top-secret monster movie from JJ Abrams (Lost, Alias, > MI-3, Star Trek). The monster(s) isn't(aren't) shown, but talk about a > suspenseful buildup! Seeing the freakin' Statue of Liberty's head come > sailing through the air *all the way from the water* to crash into the > street? Awesome. There's also a scene showing the military firing like crazy > at something we never see. It reminds me of the great scene in Spieldberg's > "War of the Worlds" when the military attacks the Martians on that hillside > and the whole area literally lights up with weapons fire. > > The Apple site has two trailers. The one labeled "trailer" is longer and > shows more stuff. it's the one you'll see at many other sites. The one > labeled "teaser" gives a slightly different angle. Check 'em out. If you > can't see the Apple trailers, try the second link below, which is to a > MovieWeb page with lots of videos, including a two second glimpse of the > monster (can't see a darn thing, though). Hard to find a lot of stuff on this > film, as there's no real officiall movie site, but i included some info from > a blogger below the trailers. > > If nothing else, Abrams knows how to tell an exciting, fast-paced story, and > he actually believes in good plotting and acting as well. he also is a fan of > old-fashioned monster flicks like "Godzilla". So this looks to be a fun ride. > The fact that the script has been kept secret, along with any view of the > creature, is only heightening the anticipation. I'm looking forward to this > movie! > > Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/ > http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/53/5153/videos/ > > ******************************* > > http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=10118 > > > What is Cloverfield? > > This is the question that has been debated across North America in the hours > since Transformers debuted the teaser to this upcoming 2008 release. Shrouded > in mystery since its inception, the plot of Cloverfield is one of the most > carefully guarded secrets in Hollywood right now. > > BOP is generally not in the business of breaking news as it generally leads > to more aggravation than it's worth, but for the first time since we unveiled > the voice cast of The Incredibles, we are going to make an exception and do > so here in order to clear up some of the mystery. Cloverfield is a J.J. > Abrams production, so it should not be surprising to hear that a couple of > key players from Abrams' television shows are on board. > > The writer is Drew Goddard. Goddard has been a producer on both Alias and > Lost and served as co-executive producer for the latter show's 2007 episodes. > Fans of Joss Whedon (and BOP knows there are a ton of you out there since we > sometimes double as a Firefly fan site) also know him as a writer for several > episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Goddard was the principal > scribe on Dirty Girls, the episode from Buffy season seven. This episode > featured the return of Faith as well as the transition of Nathan Fillion from > the recently canceled Firefly to Buffy wherein he portrayed a nefarious, > misogynistic man of the cloth. Goddard's work on Angel primarily occurred > during that show's final season as well. He wrote the World War II submarine > epic, Why We Fight, and earned his place in permanent Whedon-lore for his > invention of The Immortal in The Girl in Question. Clearly, he is one of the > most inventive and imaginative young writers in the industry. His presence > alone is > indic > ative of a quality work in the offing. > > Abrams has not left anything to chance, though. He has also hired one of his > most trusted co-workers from the early days of Felicity for this project. BOP > has confirmed that Matt Reeves is the director on this project. Reeves is the > writer/director of the 1996 David Schwimmer comedy, The Pallbearer, and he > served as executive producer during the run of Felicity (pre- and post-Keri > Russell haircut). Reeves and Abrams created that project together with Reeves > even writing and directing the pilot, so their working relationship goes back > a decade now. When Goddard came up with the premise for Cloverfield, Reeves > was the easy choice to helm the project. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
