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• August 08, 2007
• 20:30

  Well, guys.. I'm off! =)

   » ‎ 01-18-08
  As things have progressed over the last few weeks, I think I'm pretty pleased with everyone's input and with everything members have done to keep us up to date on the latest on Cloverfield. At this point, I think I've done just about everything I've wanted to see happen in this community, so I'm going to take the opportunity to officially hang my hat as co-maintainer. It's been a good month we've spent here. I know this place will be in good hands.
  
  adhesive and crzydemona will remain co-maintainers, with dancebymyself as the founder. My thanks to you guys for stepping in.

• 13:55

  Another Ethan Haas Site?

   » ‎ Welcome to My Mind
  I don't like posting about unconfirmed sites, but there's something about this one. If this is a "gamejack" it's one of the more thought out ones I've seen.
  
  A poster named "Bjorn Nitbo" (anagramers, start your engines, 'cause that name can't be real) posted on both the last Mezin blog thread and on EthanHaas.org a link to a new company that appeared a few days ago: Nereid Communications ([www.nercomm.net]).
  
  At first glance (and I admit I spent a whopping twenty minutes on it), it all seems right. The WHOIS information has an address in Stevenson, Washington and a man named Archibald Graham, who according to the website is the founder.
  
  The description of the company and the setup seems to follow the existing Ethan Haas lore (at least as far as the ARG is concerned), but what sets this apart is the "Client Login" link on the left, which goes to a completely separate subdomain (calypso.nercomm.net) and has a full secure login and password setup for "Corporate Mail Services".
  
  The only thing that hints "gamejack" in the WHOIS information is that it was created a few days ago. It's hosted on GoDaddy servers and apparently written in ASP.NET (clear by the ".aspx" extensions), which goes contrary to the technologies that Mind Storm Labs has used up to now, but that could mean anything.
  
  Finally, there's the Wikipedia article on Nereids:
  

  "They often accompany Poseidon and are always friendly and helpful towards sailors fighting perilous storms."

  Poseidon, in Greek mythology, is Triton's father (this company's address is "100 Poseidon Circle" in Stevenson, Washington). Triton's mother, Amphitrite, was a Nereid.
  
  Don't know what to make of it yet. If it's a real site, there's no official "in game" link to it yet.
  
  Guess we'll wait and see what happens. Maybe there's hope still.

• 13:23

  Cloverfield/1-18-08 Call Sheet Leaked; Reveals Movie’s Ending

   » ‎ /Film

  NY Magazine has obtained the call-sheet for the JJ Abrams produced top secret monster movie code-named Cloverfield/1-18-08. The call sheet for “day 33 of 33″ of shooting appears to reveal the film’s opening scene, ending, and an alternative ending (both of which appear to be very similar on the call sheet). Warning: Do not click on the image to the right or read any further, if you don’t want to know what happens.

  NY Magazine also mentioned /Film in their report:

  On Monday night, blog /Film reported on a scene in which principal characters Rob and Beth (played by unknowns Michael Stahl-David and Odette Yustman) are buried in debris while hiding under a bridge, and speculated that this could be the movie’s conclusion. From the looks of Monday’s call sheet, it just might be.

  But the question is: couldn’t this call-sheet be a planted fake? It certainly sounds like something JJ Abrams and crew might do. And it seems too coincidental that the magazine was easily able to obtain the call sheet so easily from a set which has been sworn to secrecy (even the crew members have been told not to reveal the name of the film). Also, Scene #160 could just be the End of the Central Park sequence, and not the end of the movie. Although, most movies usually have around 150-200 “scenes” in the shooting draft of the screenplay. You can see photos and watch video from this shoot in our previous set report.

  According to the call sheet, the production shot a few exteriors on Tuesday, and scene 1 of the movie, which was shot inside the Trump International Hotel and Tower. Basically, Rob moves throughout Beth’s apartment with his handicam. This is apparently how things will begin.

  According to this document, as of today, production has wrapped on Cloverfield.

• 13:12

  "it's a lion" shirts

   » ‎ 01-18-08
  I was planning on making some House of Holland style  1-18-08 shirts concerning the odd "it's a lion/alive" debate from a while back.
  I'm sharing the stencil I made, just in case anyone else wants to use it...
  <---this is what it looks like and you can save the full size image from here.
  It's a 13" x 18" gif  (at 72 dpi) but you could probably tweak the size if you wanted.
  
  Have fun if you decide to use it! :D
  
  
  (edit:  I'm not saying that I actually believe that this is really the line in the trailer....)

• 11:27

  Cloverfield Call Sheet

   » ‎ Cloverfield News

  Mick in the chatroom sent me over to this site to check out what appears to be the call sheet for the shooting in NY these past couple days. It does give away some shots and what could possibly be the ending and an alternate ending, but take a look and you be the judge, it looks pretty legit to me. Of course as they state on that page, it could have been planted haha. Oh, and at the bottom notice that it says “Thats a Wrap” so it looks like the filming process could be finished, or at least finished in New York.

  source: NYmag.com

• 9:02

  JJ Abrams Producing Another Untitled Thriller

   » ‎ Cloverfield News

  I know it’s not Cloverfield / 1-18-08 news but since it’s been slow I figured this would fill the space. I mean I could write an entire post about this interesting theory that was posted on the forum, but I’d rather not post too much BS if there is no source

  So back to JJ Abrams, according to Variety  Abrams will be producing a Thriller for Paramount in the next few years. Looks like Abrams is going to be busy for a long while, which is perfect for us, we’ll never run out of stuff to write about. Of course, as with everything surrounding Abrams, everyone is extremely tight lipped about the project so nobody really knows what it is, other than a thriller.

  “Paramount Pictures has acquired a pitch for an untitled supernatural thriller that will be written and directed by Josh Marston and produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot.”

  source: variety.com

• 6:30

  They Speak... Sort Of...

   » ‎ Welcome to My Mind
  Yesterday I received a personalized email message from Mind Storm Labs, in response to inquiries I've sent them in the past, questions that were not related to the "game" that was in progress.
  
  I am not at liberty to state in detail what was discussed because some of it is personal information (like my resume, for instance... hey, I tried!), but suffice to say:
  
  - Somebody's out there, and they're listening.
  
  - They are not upset.
  
  - They are busy at work with their trade show planning.
  
  - There's "more to come," but they weren't specific as to what that relates to.
  
  And here I was expecting a restraining order or summons...

• 0:15

  JJ Abrams sells Mysterious Supernatural Thriller Pitch to Paramount

   » ‎ /Film

  

  JJ Abrams has sold a pitch for a new supernatural thriller to be written and directed by Maria Full of Grace filmmaker Josh Marston. The yet-to-be-titled-film will be produced under JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot production company, which means - we don’t know and won’t know shit for a long while. That’s right, yet another film being produced by JJ Abrams where the details are being kept under wraps.

  I’m sure a teaser trailer will show up attached to Cloverfield/1-18-08 which points to a myspace profile which launches a viral web campaign where users will debate the nature of the supernatural element at length on forums across the interweb. Abrams will likely appear at Comic-Con 2008 during the Paramount panel, disappoint the millions of fanboys suckered into the viral marketing, and attempt to beat last year’s record for the shortest and least informative panel ever.

  According to Variety, Bad Robot now has at least seven projects set up at Paramount, spanning the comedy, romantic comedy, horror and supernatural genres. And yes, that’s all we know. Bad Robot will produce two films per year for the studio, which gives fanboys playing at home about six months to uncover a plot synopsis from a pile of movable photos on some website.

  Us bitter? Nah…