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Cloverfield (movie)
''Cloverfield'' is a 2008 American found footage monster film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams, and written by Drew Goddard. It stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel and Odette Yustman. The plot follows six young New York City residents fleeing from a massive monster and various other smaller creatures that attack the city during a farewell party. Development began when producer J. J. Abrams started conceptualizing a new monster and enlisted Neville Page to design the creature, called Clover. In February 2007, the project was secretly greenlit by Paramount Pictures and produced by Abrams's Bad Robot Productions. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles and New York City in 2007. The project had several working titles, including ''Slusho'', ''Cheese'', and ''Greyshot''. As part of a viral marketing campaign, a teaser trailer was released ahead of screenings of ''Transformers'' (2007) without a title. The final ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Reeves
Matt Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He first gained recognition for the WB drama series ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity'' (1998–2002), which he co-created with J. J. Abrams. Reeves came to widespread attention for directing the hit monster film ''Cloverfield'' (2008). He also directed the romantic vampire drama ''Let Me In (film), Let Me In'' (2010), and the critically acclaimed science fiction sequels ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014) and ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' (2017). He directed the superhero film ''The Batman (film), The Batman'' (2022), which stars Robert Pattinson as Batman, the title character. Early life Reeves was born on April 27, 1966, in Rockville Centre, New York, on Long Island. He moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was five. There he became fascinated by movies, making them from the age of eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. Reeves met and befriended J. J. Abr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clover (creature)
Clover is the production name given to the giant monster in the 2008 film ''Cloverfield''. The creature was originally conceived by producer J. J. Abrams and was designed by artist Neville Page. In the film, the monster's name is never mentioned; the name "Cloverfield" is only given to the US Department of Defense case file of the incidents depicted in the film. The Department of Defense names the creature "LSA" for Large-Scale Aggressor in the film's Blu-ray special feature called "Cloverfield Special Investigation Mode". Appearances The monster was first referred to in the viral marketing campaign for ''Cloverfield'', including a recording of its roar, foreign news clips about a monster attack and sonar images. It then made its first full appearance in the film, where it was seen to be 25 stories tall and rampaging through New York City while being attacked by the United States military. A similar monster appears in the four-part manga series ''Cloverfield/Kishin'' (2008) by Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
