J.J. Abrams Trailer Teases a 'Field of Screams
"Smoke Monster Takes Manhattan"? A mysterious,
Blair Witch-style trailer for a film titled
Cloverfield and touted as "from producer
J.J. Abrams" has the
many folk catching
Transformers intrigued. The film, directed by
Felicity cocreator Matt Reeves and penned by Drew Goddard (
Lost,
Alias), is teased with a party scene set at a New York City bar, soon disrupted by the roar of some sort of monstrous entity, followed by flames and falling debris - including the head of the Statue of Liberty.
According to the
Reporter,
Cloverfield features a cast of relative unknowns, including
Lizzy Caplan (
The Class),
Michael Stahl-David (
The Black Donnellys), Odet Jasmin and
Mike Vogel. Copies of the trailer posted to the Internet, including at YouTube, are almost immediately being ordered down by threat of copyright infringment. A January 18 release date is listed in the trailer's sparse credits.
