yeah, though i still wonder, why is Abrams so fascinated with young people. all the main stars in Cloverfield seem to be in their early to mid-20s. Even the little blurb I read describes it as "Five young New Yorkers". Hopefully, like with "Lost", there'll be some old fogies my age who get meaty roles!
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > maybe he is returning to his roots as a master storyteller > > [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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
