1-18-08 Project Cloverfield - Warning! Spoilers

After months of speculation the Cloverfield Blu-ray is reading to appear to the public. According to the Amazon list it looks like Cloverfield's Blu-ray version is getting a lot of attention.

For almost an entire week, Lionsgate's Rambo and Paramount's Cloverfield on Blu-ray Disc have been switching between the #1 and #2 spots on Amazon.com's Blu-ray bestsellers list.

Both title are highly desired for exemplary high definition presentations, but they've also been heavily discounted by Amazon.

Cloverfield is selling for $19.95, 50% off its $39.99 list price. For comparison, Paramount's There Will Be Blood on Blu-ray is releasing the same day with the same list price, but is being sold for $27.95.

The inhouse Batman viral guru, Charlie, was cruising around town in his homemade Batmobile and while at a red light he was flipping through his issue of Rolling Stone and noticed this little blurp about J.J. Abrams.

Charlie and I agree that this may be the first time that anyone from the Cloverfield camp has officially claimed the Cloverfield Monster fate at the end of the movie. Click the above pic to read more.

There's some news on the web at what looks like new viral additions to the Cloverfield world. MovieWeb and Cloverfield Clues are two sites that are wondering if new images from a viral site are really from the Cloverfield realm or just elaborate hoaxes. Who knows, but that's the fun in all this.

MovieWeb doesn't look to source where they found their material but a look on the Cloverfield Clues shows that fans at unfiction have again found some new clues. It looks to center around the usgx8810b467233px website which some unfictioners have decoded. Once you pop in the passwords you'll get a look at this.

While some see this as clues to a sequel to Cloverfield it should be noted that there is rumored new viral material arriving with the Blu-ray version of the movie in June (which is why all the fuss for its delay).

One of the bonus disc offerings for last week's Cloverfield premiere onto DVD was a Best Buy exclusive featuring some behind-the-scenes video of TJ Miller (Hud) and his trusty camera.


TJ Miller Cloverfield, Part 1


TJ Miller Cloverfield, Part 2


TJ Miller Cloverfield, Part 3

Matt Reeves sat down with MTV to talk about his new movie, the "Invisible Woman," as well as spoilers and sequels in the Cloverfield world. Here's a few highlights from the interview that might answer a few questions.  What happens to Marlena after she's bit.  Or, how about that darn Cloverfield sequel we hear rumors about?

Matt Reeves showing his skills

MTV: We all remember the scene where the medics realize that Marlena was bitten by one of the little monsters. They pull her behind a see-through curtain, and then there's blood all over the place. What happened there?

Reeves: She explodes. All of the medical technicians and all of the military start reacting to the realization that she has been bitten, because other people had been bitten and had horrible fates befall them. If you watch closely, you'll actually see one guy in particular get wheeled [past the camera], and his innards have exploded from the inside-out. ... Apparently, there is quite a bad effect from the venom of these little parasites.

MTV: Are they baby monsters? Will they grow up to be identical to the big monster?

Reeves: No, that was never our intention.

MTV: Where does the sequel stand at this point?

Reeves: In the very beginning stages. We all had such a crazy experience making the movie. It was so unusual and challenging to make a movie from that point of view and under these conditions, and one of the things we all promised each other was that this experience was so special professionally and creatively that we don't want to just make another one. [It needs to have] something fresh and new to it. We have a couple ideas, but it's so early.

Be sure to check out the rest of the great interview with Cloverfield Director Matt Reeves.

A new updated post has appeared at Missing Teddy Hanssen. Aylse is still trying to get people to focus on the fact that Teddy is still missing and there's more facts to be uncovered.

Having one of those days - those "stare at the ceiling" days. I feel like it would be really easy for me to go crazy right now. Just give in and go completely bats**t insane. Maybe I never even had a brother to begin with. He's always been lost.

I've lobbied, held fundraisers, and slept outside government buildings. Everyone I could think to call I called. I have everyone's pity. But there's always more to do. The growth of people is great but I can't sort through all these theories. I don't know what to believe anymore. Everyone thinks they know. But no one knows for sure where Teddy is, do they? No one is honestly doing anything to bring him back. The attention is great - but people could care less whether he actually comes back or not.

Why isn't anything happening? Why am I in the exact same place I was 4 months ago? Why won't anybody tell me what's going on? What do I have to do to get the truth?????

I've gotta make more calls. It's part of being a crazy person. You don't ever stop.

The time has come to potentially wrap up the Cloverfield saga. With the release of the DVD April 22nd we're looking at a virtual end to the Cloverfield world we know. Speculation has always surrounded the movie since I first saw that killer teaser trailer back with the Transformers movie on July 2nd, 2007. The future of Cloverfield holds nothing but speculation. Where it heads lies in the fate of producer J.J. Abrams and Paramount Studios.

Can we expect another movie? It's hard to tell. Talk of a sequel was a given since Cloverfield did big bucks worldwide in theaters but it's too soon to tell what will occur with that. A Japanese Magna popped up but didn't make too much noise. The viral machines (Slusho, Tagruato, TIDO) all but shut down after the first few weeks of the movies release. In the end we're left wondering the fate of Cloverfield. At least there's always Aladygma to hold onto.

So get ready to grab your copy of the Cloverfield DVD tomorrow with killer features like "two alternate endings, deleted scenes, commentary by director Matt Reeves and tons of Easter Eggs make Cloverfield a must-own. Now, figure out where to buy it, since no less than four special store-specific editions will be available, ranging from a Steelbook case (FYE and Suncoast), exclusive ringtone (K-Mart and Sears), "T.J. Miller's Video Diary" bonus DVD (Best Buy) and our recommendation, a "Rob's Goin' to Japan Party Mix" CD (Target). (source)

(via Movieweb) Michael Stahl-David doesn't quite have the name recognition of a Cruise, Hanks or DiCaprio... yet. You might not know this young actor by name, but you might have seen or heard about this movie Cloverfield he was in. Stahl-David portrayed the lead, Rob, in the film, which is coming to DVD on April 22. I had a chance to talk to Michael on the phone about his whole Cloverfield experience.

Movieweb: I was in Santa Monica recently and I happened to drive past Cloverfield Boulevard. Have you driven past or on that street since the movie came out?

Michael Stahl-David: Yeah. It's funny.

Movieweb: Yeah, it's just odd driving by, thinking, 'That's the street.'

Michael Stahl-David: Right. You heard the story about that, right?

Movieweb: Yeah, yeah.

Michael Stahl-David: Yeah, I know. It's just funny. It's so mundane, it's a quiet place. Who gets the inspiration for carnage here? Oh, JJ Abrams does, OK. (...continue Michael Stahl-David Interview)

If you remember a few months back there was an anonymous source working with the Cloverfield DVD that mentioned Paramount was trying to rush a water-down version of the movie for Blu-Ray. Paramount was working on a high def version for HD-DVD but as we all know that format has died off. Sadly, there was not enough time to format that version for the new standard, Blu-Ray, and a ton of features were set to be scrapped.

It looks like Paramount has heard the fans for now and does not look to release a Blu-Ray version of Cloverfield with the standard DVD on April 22nd. I still cannot find a release date for the Cloverfield Blu-ray and no one is talking. For now, look for different versions of the Cloverfield standard DVD to be released including mutli-disc sets and special buys.

Cloverfield Subway Parasites Visual Effects

Cloverfield (Special Edition) DVD Behind the Scenes - Creating The Monster

WIRED.com has broken down all the versions of the upcoming Cloverfield DVD for us, which is due out next Tuesday.

The Cloverfield DVD will be released a week from tomorrow and already some DVD reviews are starting to trickle in. This review takes a detailed view at the movie as well as the extras. One thing most fans are interest in are the Bonus Features which this review takes a good look at. They also point out some Easter Eggs for the die-hard fans and mention that the audio commentary by director Matt Reeves is well worth the listen.

Cloverfield Clues has found a nice blurp about The Pixel Farm who helped provide some technical work for the Cloverfield movie.

According this promo piece on The Pixel Farm's website, Double Negative used TPF's visual FX tools on Cloverfield. The article is a little on the technical side, but there are some nice behind-the-scenes pictures of the FX work.

Shock Till You Drop.com is offering 5 Cloverfield DVD's to give away to lucky fans. The five winners will be picked randomly after you send an email to this site. Good luck!

Also the site is offering up the news that Best Buy will be packaging an exclusive Bonus Disc to be bundled with the Cloverfield DVD when it gets released April 22. The artwork is pictured above and features "TJ Miller's Video Diary" (artwork below). It will include nearly 30-minutes of behind-the-scenes footage with T.J. Miller - the talkative, and resilient, camera operator of the film."

Here's some more images, including the back artwork, of the upcoming DVD release for Cloverfield scheduled for release on April 22.

Movieweb.com has broken the news that the Cloverfield DVD hits shelves on April 22nd. Here are some of the extra features listed by Movieweb that will appear on the discs:


Special Features
- Commentary: Commentary by Director Matt Reeves
- Featurette: The Making of Cloverfield
- Featurette: Cloverfield Visual Effects
- Featurette: I Saw It! It's Alive! It's Huge
- Featurette: Clover Fun
- Additional Scenes: Congrats Rob
- Additional Scenes: When You're in Japan
- Additional Scenes: I Call That a Date
- Additional Scenes: It's Going to Hurt
- Additional Scenes: Alt Ending #1
- Additional Scenes: Alt Ending #2

The release of a Cloverfield DVD is rumored to be around April 15th or 22nd. Paramount's none to happy about the leaked rumor that they are rushing an unfinished Blu-ray to the market for Cloverfield. But what about the standard Cloverfield DVD?

Cinema Blend has gotten a hold of what may be the DVD packaging (standard definition) of the new Cloverfield DVD. This subtle DVD boldly doesn't use the iconic Statue of Liberty poster from the movie which might suggest this could be the packaging of a special edition or 2-disc set.

The market for the Blu-ray/HD-DVD is still a small percentage of the sales which means those who are still buying standard DVD's need a copy. I've heard rumblings of a cool 2 Disc DVD (standard format) being available when Cloverfield hits the market. The idea is to give the viewer all the viral marketing along with some new storylines to fill in a few questions left over.

All the viral works and clips like the Chuai Station and Jamie and Teddy (yes, I've been informed it is part of the Cloverfield world) will be available along with some commentary and behind the scenes stuff. All in all it sounds like the ultimate fans dream disc. Let's just hope it sees the light of day.

The Hasbro website has updated their Cloverfield Monster toy with new pictures and an audio clip of the Cloverfield Monsters roar (embedded below). For about $100 you'll get:

* 70 points of articulation and incredible life-like detail
* Authentic sound
* 14" tall
* 10 parasites
* Two interchangeable heads
* Statue of Liberty head accessory
* Special collector’s edition packaging

If you would like a full look at the Cloverfield Monster toy you can check out this photo gallery to see the monster in action.