Cloverfield

[edison]

Directed by Matt Reeves (writer:FELICITY; director: THE PALLBEARER with David Schwimmer and Gwenyth Paltrow), Produced by J.J. Abrams and written by Drew Godard the teaser trailer has been attached to Transformers.

Bascially it's a monster movie shot with POV handheld camers:

trailer here very bad quality but you can get the jist, and it probably won't last very long, a lot of link have already been removed from you tube as I was typing this


ADMIN EDIT to update trailer link

[72teeth]

http://www.1-18-08.com/

[pete]

monstercumentary.

[JG]

i think its real. 

[edison]

http://www.1-18-08.com/

wow, a picture from the future!

[Stefen]

I saw this trailer on Transformers and when I got home I went to look it up and Wikipedia says it's being directed by Matt Damon haha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield

[MacGuffin]

It's Alive: 1-18-08
The scoop on J.J. Abrams' top secret project.

You probably saw the trailer in front of Transformers... A camcorder-filmed party scene gives way to what looks like a terrifying fireball attack on New York City. "It's alive! It's huge," someone in the crowd screams. What the heck is it!? We don't know... but it's produced by Lost creator J.J. Abrams and it hits theaters on 1-18-08.

The trailer for the mysterious movie, which has used the codename "Cloverfield" during pre-production, doesn't have a title. But what it does have is plenty of buzz! As soon as the trailer hit, bootleg versions were showing up on video sites like YouTube, and fans were going crazy posting their thoughts on what the movie might be. For their part, Paramount Pictures isn't shedding any light on the subject. In fact, they haven't technically acknowledged that it exists at all, except to request that certain sites remove the bootleg version of the trailer -- or so we hear. This, of course, is fueling speculation even more.

There's now a nondescript teaser site that's been subtly launched at www.1-18-08.com. As of now, the site only features a still image of two young women looking up at something that appears to be scaring the crap out of them. The image bears the timestamp "01/18/2008 12:36A."

Early indications are that the film is some sort of giant monster sci-fi movie presented in a "reality" style -- like The Blair Witch Project. And rumor has it that "The Parasite," supposedly what the crew is calling the monster in the film, is another working title for the production. All of this is just conjecture at this point, but we do have something concrete...

IGN Movies has learned that the "Untitled J.J. Abrams Project" may also be using the working title "Slusho," which hardcore fans of Abrams' Alias may remember as the Slurpee-type beverage that Vaughn offers to Sydney in the second episode of the series.

We received an email this morning with the details of a public notice of filming posted last week in downtown Los Angeles that illuminates a few details about the production. The notice states that a Paramount Pictures movie using the name "Slusho" was filming last week in several downtown locations during the late afternoon to early morning hours. Here's a description of the scene:

"Exterior dialogue. Driving scenes. Occasional traffic & pedestrian control. Camera & equipment on sidewalk, street and property. 200 extras. Military vehicles. Destruction aftermath. Weapons brandished. Emergency vehicles with flashing lights. Exterior dialogue on fire escape on 8th floor."

Sounds like "Cloverfield" to us!

So, what else is known about the top secret movie? Frequent Abrams collaborator Drew Goddard, a writer on Lost, Alias, Buffy, and Angel, penned the script.

[MacGuffin]

Paramount rolls in the 'Cloverfield'
Source: Hollywood Reporter

While unleashing "Transformers" onscreen this week, Paramount also lifted the lid on a top-secret project in the form of a teaser trailer for a new film, "Cloverfield."

"Cloverfield," which revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people, is being produced by J.J. Abrams. It is being directed by Matt Reeves, who co-created "Felicity" with Abrams, and is written by Drew Goddard, who has worked with Abrams on "Lost" and "Alias."

Paramount greenlighted the project under a veil of heavy secrecy in February, about the same time that Abrams agreed to the take over the directing reins of the new "Star Trek" film.

The casting process was just as mysterious. No scripts or even scene pages were sent out; agents who were contacted were simply asked if their client wanted to be in the movie or not. Eventually a cast, made up mostly of relative unknowns, was put together; it includes Michael Stahl-David ("The Black Donnellys"), Odet Jasmin, Mike Vogel ("Supercross") and Lizzy Kaplan ("The Class").

The movie, which is believed to have a relatively modest budget of about $30 million, began shooting in mid-June in New York. With "Transformers" generating huge tracking numbers in the weeks before its release, the studio decided to put footage from "Cloverfield" in a teaser in front of "Transformers" to build buzz.
 
After first presenting the Paramount and Bad Robot logos -- Bad Robot being Abrams' shingle -- the trailer opens with scenes from a surprise going-away party in a New York bar with a view of the city. Before long, a thundering roar is heard, and by the time guests run downstairs, pandemonium and flaming debris are hitting the streets. After a huge explosion at the lower end of Manhattan, what appears to be the head of the Statue of Liberty comes hurtling up the street like a giant projectile.

The trailer's footage is shot by a hand-held camera, home-movie style, giving it a sort of "Armageddon" meets " The Blair Witch Project" feel, though it is not clear if the entire movie follows that style. While the trailer does not reveal the name of the movie, it does announce a release date of Jan. 18.

Several copies of the trailer, seemingly shot in theaters with a camcorder, were posted on YouTube by Thursday morning. But by Thursday afternoon, some links had been taken down, replaced by an advisory saying, "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Paramount Pictures Corp."

Producing the movie along with Abrams is Bryan Burk, who has worked on such Abrams shows as "Lost," "Six Degrees" and "What About Brian." Guy Riedel and Sherryl Clark are executive producing.

"Cloverfield" is shooting in New York.

[72teeth]

http://ethanhaaswasright.com/

so this seems to be the next palm job... there's also a youtube account:

http://youtube.com/user/emkayde   <M.K.D.???

but paramount has removed 3 of the 5 videos.

...reminds me of gogglesman.

[grand theft sparrow]

If I didn't already know that J.J. Abrams had something to do with it, I'd SWEAR that J.J. Abrams had something to do with it. 

[picolas]

countdown to something

http://www.parasitemovie.com/

[grand theft sparrow]

It's counting down to the date they officially start the ARG that's promoting the movie.

[Pubrick]

cloverfield needs to shut the hell up.

[MacGuffin]

Updated edison's link with the official Apple trailer.

[picolas]

the official version lacks the oomph of the recorded off the screen in the theatre version. looks too good. zooms are fake.. could this be the first movie better watched as a crappy bootleg?