Cloverfield Paradox Q&A w/ JJ Abrams, Julius OInah, David Oyelowo, & Roger Davies

The Cloverfield Paradox facebook page held a live Q&A with the filmmakers and cast: JJ Abrams, Julius OInah, David Oyelowo, & Roger Davies.

Dan Trachtenberg Reddit AMA Transcript

10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Tractenberg hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything), the Reddit version of an open Q&A forum:

My new movie 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr. opens everywhere this Friday (March 11). I also directed the short film PORTAL: NO ESCAPE and directed and co-wrote the short film KICKIN’. 

You can watch the trailer for 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE here.
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Ask me anything! 

UPDATE: Thank you guys so much for participating in this. I've paid close attention to other AMAs, and I've been wanting to make a movie my whole life. The idea that I've made something that all you guys are paying so close attention to and caring about enough to want to do this is really overwhelming and awesome. I'm so excited that you are all going to get a chance to finally see the movie. 

I really hope you all go this weekend. I think this is a very special movie-going experience. It's one that you'll want to have in that communal way, and I know that you will be leaving the theater really wanting to talk about it, and probably hop on the boards, and discuss it even more. So, I can't wait for us to all be talking about it!

If you would like to avoid all the mayhem, trolls, and spoilers on Reddit, I have compiled all the questions and answers here:

Dan Trachtenberg Q&A Today at 10:30am ET on Reddit

Dan Trachtenberg is participating in a Reddit AMA on Tuesday, March 8th at 10:30 EST.

10 Cloverfield Lane Behind-The-Scenes Interviews w/ Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr, JJAbrams, & Dan Trachtenberg

The "Flicks And The City Plus" YouTube channel has a bunker full of behind-the-scenes interviews with the cast and crew of 10 Cloverfield Lane - John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr, director Dan Trachtenberg, and producer J.J. Abrams.

* Thanks to Cherry from unfiction for finding these!

Here are the rest of the interviews:

EW Interview With JJ Abrams on 10 Cloverfield Lane

Entertainment Weekly has an interview with JJ Abrams about 10 Cloverfield Lane.

In the interview, Abrams explains how the new movie is connected to the original, and how it will be different.

In particular, he reveals that the LSA (Large Scale Aggressor) monster from Cloverfield will not be in the new movie, but there will other monsters:

There is a monster in this movie. It’s not the monster you expect, but there is a monster. The thing that I will say about anyone who is going to it expecting to see literally Cloverfield 2, those characters and that monster are not in this movie, but there are other characters and other monsters.

He also explains that the scenes for the trailer were shot first, just like the first movie, so the movie could be released in a short time frame:

We thought, “When was the last time a movie drops a trailer for a title that no one had heard of two months before the movie is to be release?” Not often. We thought that was fun ... Literally, my pitch to Brad Grey on that was to start by shooting the trailer first, which we did.

This movie felt like we had an opportunity to do something that was similar, surprise the hell out of people.

Abrams hints that if things go well, a third movie could eventually be made (hopefully not in another 8 years...)

I would be lying if I didn’t say there was something else that, if we’re lucky enough to do it, could be really cool that connects some stories... This is just this movie, and it’s only two films that we’re talking about right now. There is something else that we’d like to do, and hopefully we’ll get a shot.

Check out the entire interview at EW.com

Matt Reeves on Cloverfield Sequel: "You are going to see it"

Total Film recently caught up with Matt Reeves and interviewed him about the status of Cloverfield 2:

We asked the Cloverfield and Let Me In director what was going on with Cloverfield 2, and he told us: "Well, you are going to see it - we just don't know when [laughs]."

"At the moment we are talking about the story quite a lot. Drew Goddard, who wrote the original, is going to pen the sequel and JJ Abrams is very much involved.

"However, the three of us have been so busy that getting the right idea together has been taking a long time."

But will the sequel shoot in real-time again? "You see, that's a difficult part: we want it to be shot like the first but how can you continue that idea successfully for a second time?

"We have a lot of affection for the original and the sequel can't just be the same thing. But that is tricky when you need to have a monster destroying stuff once again."

We've heard a similar story before... do you think this sounds like it might actually happen someday?

* thanks to I.V. Kay for sending this in!

JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves Keep Hope Alive for Cloverfield Sequel

In two separate interviews, MTV has tried to get to the bottom of the possibility of a Cloverfield sequel. True to form, neither J.J. Abrams nor Matt Reeves will commit to anything. But here we are over two years later, and they still are not dismissing the idea either. They are keeping with the same story since the movie was released, namely, "we have a few ideas we're kicking around".

Would you still like to see a sequel? Or how about a prequel?

MTV: J.J. Abrams Offers 'Cloverfield' Sequel Update, Ponders Having The 'Star Trek' Sequel 'Go Gorn'

MTV: 'Let Me In' Is 'Darker' Than 'Twilight,' Director Matt Reeves Says

* Thanks to Stéphane and Conor for the updates!

JJ Abrams Mystery Box Edition of WIRED

The May issue of WIRED magazine recruited JJ Abrams as the guest editor. A year in the making, the "Mystery Issue" features a one-issue redesign directed by JJ, with mind-boggling puzzles on almost every page and hidden clues "that are not apparent at first or second glance."

This means that while many of the articles and puzzles are available online, you will need to get the magazine to get the full Easter egg experience.

Either way, be sure to check out the JJ Abrams article on mysteries and spoilers (spoiler alert: spoilers are bad, mkay?), and the "between-the-pages" interview below.

By the way, the "Mystery Box" on the cover refers to a very funny speech that Abrams gave at the TED conference in March 2007.

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J.J. Abrams at Wondercon on Cloverfield Sequel

J.J. Abrams spoke at the Wondercon Star Trek panel, and answered a fan question about Cloverfield. Take it for what it's worth, but it sounds like the same old story* to me:

We have an idea that we thought was pretty cool that we’re playing with, which means there will be something that’s connected to Cloverfield, but I hope it happens sooner rather than later because the idea is pretty sweet.

If there ever was going to be a sequel, now would be the time to start it, and release the trailer during Star Trek in May. They wouldn't even need to film the whole movie - just the trailer, like they did with Cloverfield.

* See Also:

• Cloverfield Director Matt Reeves Talks Sequel
• Matt Reeves: Cloverfield Sequel On Hold
• JJ Abrams on AOTS, Matt Reeves interview
• JJ Abrams Talks Cloverfield Sequel, Dark Tower
  

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Cloverfield's Slusho In Star Trek

MTV Interviewed J.J. Abrams about Star Trek, and they revealed that Slusho! will be making an appearance in the upcoming movie!

MTV: I couldn't help but notice the Slusho! reference from "Cloverfield" in the bar scene where Kirk first meets Uhura. Will we see other J.J.-isms peppered throughout the film?

J.J. Abrams: No. That was sort of the only one, and it was just sort of a goof.

I09 reports that a monster similar to Cloverfield also appears in the trailer. Could it be Clover's long lost relative?


For more information on the Star Trek movie, check out TrekMovie.com

Cloverfield Director Matt Reeves Talks Sequel

Cloverfield Director Matt Reeves still won't commit to the idea of a Cloverfield sequel, but did throw out some interesting possibilities while talking to MTV. One idea was to shoot the sequel in Japan, which is the "source of the inspiration for the [original] film".

Click here to read the article

'Cloverfield' Director Matt Reeves Talks Sequel Dilemma
Published by Josh Horowitz on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 5:05 pm.

Ever since "Cloverfield" came out, it's been taken as a fait accompli that a sequel would be greenlit. So where is it? Catching up with director Matt Reeves, the helmer admits to MTV News in an interview that "the studio of course wants it to happen," but wanting something to happen and coming up with the right idea are two very different things.

Reeves says that talks have been frequent if sporadic over the last nine months. "At times it's gone dormant and then it's come back up again," Reeves says of the brainstorming over a sequel.

"There are a couple ideas that have potential but we haven't quite cracked it yet," says Reeves who is juggling his orginal screenplay, The Invisible Woman and his remake of Let the Right One In among his future projects. Trying to pin down just what those Cloverfield sequel ideas are though is easier said than done. One thought was to return to the source of the inspiration for the film. "When we were in Japan we thought, wouldn't it be cool to do it here," he said.

One things seems certain. Don't expect a traditional sequel picking up right after the first with the same (still living) characters. Rather the filmmakers behind the hit film have discussed a sequel that "wasn't necessarily right after that night but had intersections with the original."

Then there's the possibility that Reeves might not direct the sequel at all. Muck like Danny Boyle did for "28 Weeks Later," Reeves said "There was the thought that maybe we'd bring in some young exciting people and we'd produce their take."

"I don’t know at this point," Reeves said. "I think if we find something that would be incredibly fun to make and that we would want to watch then that's what would push it over the top. It's a weird puzzle."

Ask JJ Abrams Your Cloverfield Questions

JJ Abrams will be participating in a LIVE webchat on Friday, October 10, 2008. The chat is sponsored by The Guardian in the UK, so the start time is at 6:00PM BST (which in the US is 10:00AM Pacifc / 1:00PM Eastern).

While this is primarily a Fringe Q&A, you might be able to sneak in some Cloverfield questions. Questions must be submitted ahead of time, so submit your own questions here, then join the chat on Friday to see what the answers are.

Michael Giacchino Interview

The Pioneer Kuro Loft has a video interview with Michael Giacchino, the Emmy and Grammy award winning composer for Cloverfield and Lost.

Giacchino talks about what he loves most about entertainment and how he feels sound is responsible for 50% of emotion. He also explains his process for developing the sound for Lost episodes, based on his personal emotions and crafting excitement in sound as the story unfolds.

* Thanks to Denise for the link!

Matt Reeves: Cloverfield Sequel On Hold

Collider.com has an exclusive interview with Matt Reeves from the Saturn Awards, where Cloverfield won Best Sci-Fi Picture and he picked up The Filmmakers Showcase Award. He was asked repeatably about a Cloverfield sequel, answering that they have some ideas they are tossing around which are only in the baby stages, and unless they can basically "reinvent the wheel", they would rather do something else.

Blair Witch's Daniel Myrick on Cloverfield

Den of Geek has an interview with Daniel Myrick, the co-writer and director of The Blair Witch Project, and the topic of Cloverfield came up:

Do you take it as a complement then when something like Cloverfield, ten years on, gets compared in certain ways to Blair Witch?

Absolutely, yeah. I thought it was very much in the spirit of the Blair Witch, and a very ballsy move for a high budget film to take that kind of cinematic approach. I thought they executed it on a lot of levels very well. I would have done a couple of things differently. But I think that for a film like that to get made is very encouraging.

Matt Reeves Interview on Sci Fi Pi

Matt Reeves was interviewed by Sci Fi Pi back in April, just after the Japanese premiere. He doesn't reveal anything new, but does seem to admit not having much involvement with the internet marketing:

Were you involved with Slusho and Tagruato stuff on the internet?
Well the Slusho stuff - there are a lot of really smart young people working at Bad Robot and those guys, we had conversations with them, and they were apprised of the situation and there were a couple of guys that put together some great stuff in particular that was parallel to what was going on. A lot of it was planned, but then they came up with this great crazy stuff.

Cloverfield Is Dead? Long Live Cloverfield!

In the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine, a short Q&A with JJ Abrams may have revealed the ultimate fate of Clover, the Cloverfield monster:

RS: But based on photos on the Website, it looks like the monster eventually gets killed by the army.
JJ: Yes, he's dead. Ultimately the bombs kill him.

I assume that Kevin O'Donnell, who doesn't appear have enough knowledge about the ARG to write a full article, is referring to the dead creature photo on 1-18-08.com. It's also not made clear what the time-frame is for his death - after two or three sequels?

* Thanks to Unfiction and Tagruato Blogspot!

More Cloverfield Interviews

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J.J. Abrams on 'Star Trek,' 'Lost,' 'Cloverfield

Matt Reeves on Film.com: 'Cloverfield' Director Q&A: Less Nausea, More Love, Same Terrifying Monster

Matt Reeves on MTV.ca: 'Cloverfield' Secrets Revealed: Director Answers Your Burning Questions About The Monster Movie

TJ Miller on Movieweb.com: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: TJ Miller Talks Cloverfield

TJ Miller on MonstersAndCritics.com: M&C Interview: TJ Miller talks “Hud” and the Cloverfield monster

TJ Miller on 411Mania.com: 411 Movies Interview: TJ Miller of Cloverfield

Lizzy Caplan on 411Mania.com: 411 Movies Interview: Lizzy Caplan of Cloverfield

Last but not least, this next story is technically not an interview, but Matt Reeves is already in pre-production on his next movie - The Invisible Woman - which means that IF there is a Cloverfield sequel, and IF it is going to be directed by Matt Reeves, then it won't be made anytime soon. From MTV.com: Matt Reeves Puts ‘Cloverfield’ Sequel On Back Burner, Eager To Get ‘Invisible’

JJ Abrams on AOTS, Matt Reeves interview

J.J. Abrams appeared on G4's Attack of the Show, and discussed Star Trek, Lost, and Cloverfield. He mentions there is NO connection between Cloverfield and LOST, and there are no definite plans for a sequel yet.

Also, IGN interveiwed Matt Reeves, where he discusses the viral marketing, and mentions there are no definite plans for a sequel yet.

* Thanks to geezyj and Ben Johnson for the heads up.

Cloverfield Interviews

Here are some recent (and not so recent) Cloverfield interviews:

Bloody Disgusting has an interview with Lizzy Caplan (Marlena).

MovieWeb has an interview with Michael Stahl-David (Rob).

411 Mania has an interview with Michael Stahl-David (Rob).

Tagruato Blogspot has an interview with the Cloverfield Monster's designer Neville Page.

Tagruato Blogspot has an interview with Tippett Studio's Eric Leven.