Well well well ... if it isn't our old friend Cloverfield popping up one more time with another vague piece of marketing material. The good news is that we can say, for sure, that this is the official teaser poster for the J.J. Abrams-produced "monster movie" heading our way this January 18, 2008. Entertainment Weekly were the lucky ones who got to debut the poster, which looks eerily similar to the one that's been floating around the internet (via a blurry cellphone snapshop), except it doesn't have the word 'Monstrous' scrawled across the top. Will it eventually be called Monstrous? Was that a fake title cleverly inserted by a fan looking to mess with us some more? Hell if I know, but this new poster -- coupled with EW's bizarre description -- is enough to drive anyone mad.
As you can see, the Statue of Liberty is missing its head, there's a huge hole in the New York City skyline (why do they always have to bust on my hometown? Can't the monster attack -- I dunno -- Orlando?). And right behind that monstrous gap is some sort of trail through the water, with the date 01.18.08 on the bottom of the page. EW gets real sketchy when it comes to telling us exactly what kind of monster attacks NYC. Check out what they say: "As for the monster itself, contrary to Internet speculation, it isn't a parasite, and it ain't a colossal Asian robot, either. (Some suspected Abrams was mounting a live-action version of the Japanese anime/manga classic Voltron. Nope.) So then what is it? Notice how they do not say anything about Godzilla, although why would Abrams make a Godzilla flick when we already had one shoddy remake back in 1998. Perhaps they're remaking it again to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Matthew Broderick stinker? Or maybe, just maybe, this is an entirely new creature. Hopefully Abrams himself will shed more light on this over the weekend at ComicCon. Until then, enjoy ... the Statue of Liberty. Or what's left of her, anyway.
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7-26-2007 @ 4:36PM
Eric D. Snider said...
Destroying Orlando would be redundant. It would be like setting fire to Hell.
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7-26-2007 @ 4:40PM
William Goss said...
I hate you, Snider, but only 'cause you're right.
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7-26-2007 @ 4:47PM
David Cornelius said...
The EW image is actually a cropped version of the "bootlegged" image of the poster - it's shorter by a smidge, cutting off the "monstrous" text. So I'd guess that word is still on there, but Paramount didn't want anyone knowing it just yet.
Damn, I'm a nerd for knowing this.
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7-26-2007 @ 4:56PM
Ralph said...
Tri-Star still owns the U.S. rights to the "Godzilla" character, I think, not Paramount, so that's a "no" on that.
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7-26-2007 @ 5:49PM
kel said...
Hmmm, a smoking NYC skyline. Did anyone else think of 9/11 when they saw that? Just an observation, not a complaint.
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7-26-2007 @ 6:43PM
David Cornelius said...
Oops, I stand corrected - the poster the fine Cinematical folks posted in their Paramount photo gallery IS the full-sizer, without the "monstrous" text. I guess EW just got lazy and cropped, while Cinematical offered the whole thing. Nifty!
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7-26-2007 @ 8:24PM
Gordon Werner said...
bigger version?
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7-26-2007 @ 11:31PM
Andy Grey said...
Look at old Cloverfield posts on this site and you'll see one of the few definite pieces of information the producers have given us is that this is not a Godzilla movie so I have no idea why people are still floating that idea. It's like speculating who's playing the Joker in the next batman movie or who's directing Harry Potter 6, these things have all been announced. Cloverfield is not Godzilla.
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7-27-2007 @ 1:54AM
Franklin said...
The monster seems suspiciously similar to the black smoke of LOST, but on a much, much larger scale of destruction. If this was a Disney feature (Disney owns ABC and also LOST), then I'd wonder if Cloverfield was an indirect tie-in to the series.
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7-27-2007 @ 10:30AM
Christopher Campbell said...
My favorite suggestion about the monster(s) -- aside from the ridiculous Geddy Lee thing, of course -- is the idea/hope/rumor that its an adaptation of the video game Rampage. Since I suck at video games, I only play Rampage when I'm at the local Barcade (yes, bar + arcade), and I'd love to see a movie based on it. I'm pretty sure Cloverfield isnt' that, unfortunately.
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7-27-2007 @ 10:43AM
Jeremy Pinkwater said...
Why is no one talking about the claw marks on the back of the Statue of Liberty and on the sides of the buildings? What ever the monster is, it has big ass claws!
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7-27-2007 @ 1:27PM
Kire said...
I hate monster movies and I don't really know why. I love horror movies.
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7-28-2007 @ 10:37AM
rekres said...
People are thinking of Godzilla because of some of the sounds effects heard during the trailer that ran before the Transformers movie. It sounded an awful lot like the the Big Rubber Suit Guy's awesome shreik.... of course it was rather muted during the trailer.
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8-06-2007 @ 11:55AM
HPfan10millionand1 said...
Um, THERE IS A TITLE, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A TITLE.
People have just assumed that because it said "1-18-08" on the movie theater screen, that this just meant it was the date of release. It IS the date of release, but it's ALSO THE DATE THAT THE MOVIE ITSELF TAKES PLACE (proof here at official site: http://www.1-18-08.com/) When the photos develop you will see the date that they were taken in the bottom right corner of each photo: 1/18/2008. You will also see time stamps in each photo: the earliest time stamp is 12:01 A (which basically means AM), and that particular photo is of the lead male arriving at the party, which basically means that the movie will focus on a 24 hour basis. The movie will end at the end of the day.
Nice site, by the way. Yours, I mean.
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