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J.J. Abrams' Secret Project Gets a URL
Source: ComingSoon.net, July 5, 2007

If you have seen Transformers in theaters, you have probably gotten your first glimpse at the teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams' (Mission: Impossible III, "Lost," "Alias") secret project at Paramount Pictures. We talked previously about the teaser of which a bootleg was briefly posted on YouTube on Wednesday but pulled by the studio not long after.

The code name for the movie is "Cloverfield," but Paramount is now referring to the film as "Untitled J.J. Abrams Project." However, could the title simply be 1-18-08? A new URL is now up, 1-18-08.com, featuring a screenshot from the teaser and a date stamp. The domain was registered by the studio on March 30th, long before anyone knew about the movie. The teaser ends with "From Producer J.J. Abrams" followed by "In Theaters 1-18-08."

The studio will be presenting the movie at the San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 26, so stay tuned for lots more on this!

The Hollywood Reporter writes:

"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.

Regisseur und Produzent Jeffrey Abrams sorgt mit seinem aktuellen Filmprojekt für einige Fragezeichen in der Branche. Ist das Projekt, dessen Inhalt und Produktionsumstände von den Machern im Dunkeln gehalten werden, lange Zeit unter dem Arbeitstitel "Cloverfield" gelaufen, tauchte nun in den US-Kinos vor der Vorführung des neuen Sommer-Blockbusters "Transformers " ein Teaser mit dem Startdatum "1-18-08" auf. Der Teaser ist offiziell auch auf der Internetseite www.apple.com/trailers zu sehen.

Da inzwischen auch die Homepage 1-18-08.com, auf der sich ein Screenshot des Films findet, freigeschaltet wurde, wird nun gemunkelt, dass es sich bei dem Datum nicht nur um den Starttermin, sondern auch um den neuen Titel des Films handeln könnte. Gestützt wird diese Annahme von der Tatsache, dass sich Paramount die Domain bereits am 30. März gesichert hatte, also noch bevor das Projekt bekannt wurde. Dies meldet zumindest die Internetseite comingsoon.net. Bei Paramount und in der imdb wird der Film immer noch unter dem Titel "Untitled J.J. Abrams Project" gelistet.

Auf der Internetseite aintitcool.com meldete sich Abrams nun persönlich zu Wort, wobei er allerdings nur eine offizielle Verbindung zwischen dem Filmprojekt und verschiedenen Seiten im Internet bestritt. Die Seite 1-18-08.com sei im Moment die einzige offizielle Homepage zu dem Film.


Quelle: Blickpunkt:Film

There are not that many shots of the monster, so you’ll find yourself squinting or moving your head to try and catch a glimpse of it

we do get plenty of ass-kicking creature FX

Montana hat geschrieben:Wie ein Papier mit aberissener Eche ??? wow *angst*
ne... also tönt ja schon ma gut das es kein reiner Monsterfilm ist.