MTV Sneak Peek - Start Running Now!

Cloverfield On TV
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MTV's Real World something-or-other had an exclusive clip of Cloverfield, titled 'Start Running Now!'

Check out the clip here: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1579743&vid=203691

* Check the comments for a transcript from Gabriel!

Cloverfield in L.A.

Here are some assorted photos from driving around Los Angeles today.
(yes, that's me :)

1-18-08 - Photo # 10 - Chum

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

There is a new photo on 1-18-08.com site*. This appears to be after the nighttime military attack, seen in the previous photo. There is nothing on the back.

Was the military strike unsuccessful, or did they kill a different 'monster'?

UPDATE: the link above is to our mirror of the original 1-18-08 site. DO NOT go to the original 1-18-08 website anymore. The domain expired and is no longer controlled by Paramount, and someone else snatched it up to run ads with malware.

* Thanks to Dan C, Josh H, and Treefrog19 for emailing me first!

Cloverfield Magna?

Kadokawa is a big, Japanese comic-book (manga) publisher. If you go to the Kadokawa Shoten homepage and watch the flash header, there is an advertisement for a comic called 'KISHIN'. Notice the similar style to 1-18-08? Wait...it gets better. Notice something strange in the ad for that comic? The ship has the Tagruato logo on it!!!?!?! WTF??!?!?

Is this some kind of Cloverfield comic, or another Heroes-style product placement? I don't speak Japanese, so I'll need a little help here...

If you follow the link from the ad, it takes you to: http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/mag/ace/

TRANSLATION: The boy's first ace! Starting limited online comics! ! All the "mystery" shrouded in a magnificent story, the boy is waiting for the harsh fate! ?
"Clover field / KISHIN"
(C) 2008 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
Serving all four times, the next update is scheduled for late February.
Archives from the absolute見れないmiss!

Click the 'ENTER' graphic, then the blue 'open' button, you can view the entire comic!

UPDATE: MyOtaku.com has a partial translation of the comic here.

New Cloverfield Video Clips

Yahoo Movies has an exclusive scene from the movie, titled 'A Bad Idea'

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809873032/video/5955724

Moviefone / AOL Movies also has a new scene I'm titling "Say Cheese" featuring Marlena:

UPDATE: Here's a bit of trivia passed on by Crispin: The music playing in the background of the new video posted of Marlena reluctantly wishing Rob well is a song called "Do I Have Your Attention?" by Los Angeles band The Blood Arm. Given what's about to come into the lives of the partygoers - and Manhattan as a whole - the song title seems kind of appropriate.

Tagruato - Ganu Coming To America

Tagruato has a new headline story:

Yoshida Brings Happy Flavor to Big Apple
Ganu Yoshida left with much fanfare today as he boarded his private Tagruato jet that will fly him directly to New York city in the United States. He will be meeting with acclaimed CEO Glen Warner, owner of BevVo, the largest privatized water manufacturer in the world. "Glen has many ideas for distributing Slusho! through pre-established public waterways," said Yoshida, "I wanted to come here myself to discover them."

Yoshida will spend four days in New York before continuing across the United States on a tour of potential Slusho! manufacturing plants.

Did Tagruato create the monster, and now Ganu coming to NYC to witness the attack?

More Free Cloverfield Screenings

Here are some more opportunities to see a free screening of Cloverfield:

Phoenix, AZ: Passes available on 1/15 at LAT TV, 3800 N. Central, Suite 850. (602)648-6550. 1/16 screening - AMC Center Theatre.

UK: There are free ticket available in England through 103.2 Power Fm for an advance screening for cloverfield. The showing will be on the 30th Jan a whole 2 days before the release in the UK. Visit PowerFM for more info.

Denton, TX: The University of North Texas is giving out free screening passes.. They're in the UNT bookstore (software store, NOT the textbook store), located in the Student Union building. The screening's going to be at the Rave (Hickory 16) on Thursday, the 17th, at 7:30 pm.

Houston, TX: Passes available after 6pm on 1/15 at Cafe Adobe-MarqE, Silber/I-10. 1/16 screening-Edwards MarqE IMAX.

Dallas, TX: Passes available on 1/15 at LAT TV, Plaza of the Americas, 700 N Pearl St, ste N-200. (214)451-5190. 1/16 screening - Cinemark Webb Chapel IMAX.

San Antonio, TX: Passes available on 1/15 at (TWO LOCATIONS):
Texas Gallery Furniture, 1049 S. E. Military Dr., San Antonio TX. 78214. (210) 928-0000 and
Texas Gallery Furniture, 4475 Walzem Rd., San Antonio TX. 78218. (210) 637-7656McAllen, TX: Passes available on 1/15 at UT Pan-American, College of Business Administration, room 212G, Felix Garcia, Chairman - Academic Chapter, (956)457-3609

Ann Arbor, MI: You have a chance to win tickets at the BROWN JUG (1204 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48104) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 (7:30 p.m.--9:30 p.m.). Five winners will be chosen to win a VIP pass (plus, one guest) to see Cloverfield at an advance screening of Cloverfield (48 hours before it opens) on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 in Ann Arbor. Two grand-prize winners will be also be chosen to win a VIP pass (plus, 5 guests) PLUS Lost: Season 3 on DVD. In addition, we will also have a one night only CLOVERFIELD happy hour menu. Posters, cups and other CLOVERFIELD promo items will also be there for the taking. Invitation on YouTube.

Sacramento, CA: Sacramento fans of Cloverfield can get passes from two local radio stations for a showing TONIGHT! They can call 106.5 KWOD at 916-766-1065 and 98 Rock at 916-766-5000 for more info.

* Thanks to ashhew1985, Heath, Ryan D, Tommy G, and Salsatv.com

1-18-08 - Photo # 9 - Night Vision

There is a new photo on 1-18-08.com. It looks like this might be what happened before picture #8, since it is still at night.

Of course this would mean that they knew about the monster BEFORE it made it to NY.

UPDATE: the link above is to our mirror of the original 1-18-08 site. DO NOT go to the original 1-18-08 website anymore. The domain expired and is no longer controlled by Paramount, and someone else snatched it up to run ads with malware.

* Thanks to Pete, Nathan, Epochdemic, and Tamara for emailing me!

Cloverfield Interviews & Articles

Here are a grip of interviews from the last few days:

Lizzy Caplan - CLOVERFIELD actress Lizzy Caplan and more!
Mike Vogel - Mike Vogel Tries To Keep The Secrets Of Cloverfield
Mike Vogel - Cracking the secrecy of ‘Cloverfield’
JJ Abrams - JJ Abrams Cloverfield Interview
Matt Reeves - Matt Reeves Video Interview, Cloverfield
Brad Grey - Remaking Paramount by the Seat of His Pants

Timeline - JJ's Cloverfield Diary

Peru - El misterio de Cloverfield (La Repúblic)

Free Cloverfield Screening - Indianapolis, IN

CloverfieldClues reader Travis has passes for 24 people to see Cloverfield tomorrow, January 15th, in Indianapolis, Indiana. These are first come, first serve, and you will need to pick up the tickets in Greenwood.

Email travis at if you are interested.

* Thanks Travis!


UPDATE: Travis let me know that all the tickets have been taken. Thanks again Travis!!!!

CloverfieldClues in NJ Star-Ledger

The Star-Ledger newspaper has a story on Cloverfield, and there's a mention of CloverfieldClues!

NJ.com: Innovative marketing could turn 'Cloverfield' into a monstrous hit

* I know this isn't as exiting for you as it is for me :)
** Thanks to Lisa Rose!

1-18-08 - Photo # 8 - Another Attack

There is a new photo on 1-18-08.com site*. It looks like another monster attack, this time on what looks like some large ships. There's either a glitch in the photo, or something is intentionally blurred out. There's nothing on the back.

UPDATE: the link above is to our mirror of the original 1-18-08 site. DO NOT go to the original 1-18-08 website anymore. The domain expired and is no longer controlled by Paramount, and someone else snatched it up to run ads with malware.

* Thanks to Michael A. for emailing me first!

Cloverfield Tickets and Showtimes

The official Cloverfield website, CloverfieldMovie.com, has added links to tickets and showtimes. Some theaters will be showing the movie beginning at midnight on the 17th, so get your tickets now.

CloverfieldClues in Boston Globe

Here is an great article from the Boston Globe that summarizes the Cloverfield ARG, and also mentions CloverfieldClues!

Boston.com: The marketing of 'Cloverfield' has been as mysterious as the movie itself

Monster Invades Florida News

Erick Weber, of the Local 6 Morning News team in Orlando, Florida, sent in this great spoof of the Cloverfield teaser trailer.

JamieAndTeddy Video #10 - The Crazy

There is a new video on JamieandTeddy.com (password: jllovesth).

Jamie has officially transitioned into full blown crazy.

You can download the video directly here: http://www.jamieandteddy.com/number10.mov

Or watch it on YouTube: ???

Transcript:

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* Thanks to Vlad for emailing me first (and for the 100+ other emails)!

Behind The Scenes Footage - IESB

IESB has some behind the scenes footage and interviews.

Going Back To Cali, Back To Cali

I'm sorry for no updates in the last few days. I'm out in California for the week, and the place where I'm staying has no internet access :( The next few posts will be a little "light", until I can catch up. Thanks!

TidoWave - Laying Low

TidoWave has a new blog post today.

We’ve been laying low (those hunters are after us) but I’m sure everyone’s seen the latest drool about that putrid drink. Wake up, America’s heartland!! Ganu shouldn’t be allowed to sell anything without FDA approval. This is just another of Tagruato’s many lies. First they murdered their own workers, then they spilled their death-station into our ocean. Now they’re trying to put their garbage inside all of us…

But we’re not saying anything that hasn’t been said before. Our loyal members know the truth about Slusho. And it’s those members who are going to bring about the change.

I don’t know how people keep falling for Tagruato’s constant deception….maybe it’s Ganu….maybe everything lies with him?

We're still waiting to hear from Janice... are we missing something that might already be out there?

* Thanks to Ty, Kate, and Travis for emailing me!

CloverfieldClues on the Radio

I was a guest today on NPR's All Things Considered, along with box office analyst Jeff Bock, and YouTuber Tom Simmons. We were interviewed by Neda Ulaby, for a story titled 'Cloverfield' Release Will Be Test of Online Hype.

The audio interview, and transcript are available on NPR.org.

CloverfieldClues was also mentioned on a Spanish radio show in Cancún, Mexico called Adixión. The interview was with one of our regulars, Tankobear, who was kind enough to subtitle the video in English for us.

I am half Colombian, like Odette Yustman, but unfortunately I don't speak Spanish, so Muchas Gracias!

JJ Abrams On Radio - KROQ, WMMR, DC101, Alice

JJ Abrams was on the Kevin & Bean Show on the World Famous KROQ 106.7 FM in Southern California, the Preston & Steve Show on WMMR 93.3 FM in Philadelphia, the Sarah & No Name Show on Alice 97.3 (KLLC) in the San Fransisco bay area, and Elliot in The Morning on DC101 FM in the DC area today.

Podcasts from KROQ and WMMR are available now.

• JJ Abrams on WMMR with Preston & Steve
• JJ Abrams on KROQ with Kevin & Bean (entire show here)
• JJ Abrams on DC101 with Elliot in The Morning
  

BTW, in the first two interviews, JJ Abrams mentions that the movie is two hours long. I think he probably means "about two hours", since the film was only one hour and 24 minutes long when it was submitted for ratings approval.

UPDATE: I have added another JJ interview with Elliot in The Morning on DC101 FM in the DC area. Still no word from Alice...

* Thanks to KROQ listener Josh E, and to KLLC listener Joe S, and WMMR listener Mark T!

Two Cloverfield TV Commericals from Premire.com

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Premiere.com has two exclusive new Cloverfield TV commercials, titled "Arrived" and "See It". There is a new title sequence at the end, and the announcer now says "From Director Matt Reeves".


You can also see them on YouTube here:

Cloverfield TV Commercial #17 - See It
Cloverfield TV Commercial #18 - Arrived

Statue Of Libery From Cloverfield At Paramount Studios

The headless Statue Of Liberty has been spotted in front of Paramount Studios, where the Cloverfield premiere will be held next week.

Although, it seem like everyone in the movie will be at Rob's Surprise Party in NYC!

* Thanks to Jess M., CurbedLA, and Slashfilm for the photos!




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Cloverfield Trivia - Round 4

Round Four of the Cloverfield Widget Trivia has begun- 20 new questions, now with a timer and a leaderboard.

* Thanks to Norik for emailing me the new questions!

Here are the questions (and the answers):

1. What is the name of the killer in the original FRIDAY THE 13th? - Mrs. Voorhees
2. Who created the original Godzilla? - Tomoyuki Tankaka
3. What creates the zombies in the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD? - Radiation from a fallen satellite
4. What percent of New Yorkers would only have access to public transportation if they needed to be evacuated? - 60%
5. Approximately how many people would New York be able to shelter if a 7.0 earthquake hit the city? - 15,000
6. Why does Freddy Krueger stalk the kids in NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET? - Their parents were part of a mob that lynched him
7. From which film comes the tagline: “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”? - The Fly
8. What percent of New York fire stations would remain open to combat the estimated 170 fires caused by a 7.0 earthquake? - 7%
9. Which of the following disaster films has a monster attack? - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
10. Which of the following household items can be used to disinfect water? - Chlorine bleach
11. What modern disaster film shares a title with a classic Tom Waits song? - The Day After Tomorrow
12. Which of the following WAS NOT the name of a monster in a Godzilla movie? - Tekatsu
13. In a disaster scenario, New York City has enough food stockpiled for approximately how many refugees? - 15,000
14. What is the longest amount of time the average human can survive without food? - 3 weeks
15. Approximately how many fallout shelters exist under New York City buildings? - 230,000
16. Who was the star of the 1958 film, THE BLOB? - Steve McQueen
17. Which of the following is NOT a vampire film? - 28 Days Later
18. In which of the following years did New York City have the LOWEST crime rate? - 2006
19. HOLLOW MAN was a re-make of what classic film? - The Invisible Man
20. What 1950’s monster film was loosely based on William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest?” - Forbidden Planet

Register At CloverfieldMovie.com

The official Cloverfield movie website - CloverfieldMovie.com - now has an option to "register" with the site. By signing up for their mailing list, you will receive "information related to Cloverfield including site updates, special events and other breaking news."

You can get directly to the CloverfieldMovie registration page by clicking here.

This Is NOT The Monster, Part 4

Slashfilm has a story about a Cloverfield knock-off movie called Monster, which comes out on video 1-15-08. The company behind this blatant rip-off is The Asylum, a studio who is notorious for making low-budget versions of big blockbuster movies, and trying to fool people at the video store. They are kind of like the movie equivalent of gamejackers.

Other Asylum movies include Snakes on a Train, I Am Omega, Transmorphers, and The Da Vinci Treasure.

Cloverfield Review - Hollywood Elsewhere

Here is a another positive review for Cloverfield (and SPOILER-FREE!), from Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood-Elsewhere.com.

Cloverfield is a monster film unlike any other -- a complete original, but no less of a rock' em-sock 'em for that. It's amazing in that it's so short (by my watch about 74 minutes without credits), and yet so fierce ... This is not your father's Ray Harryhausen rampaging monster flick. Those movies, comparatively, were parlor dramas for the tame of mind. This movie is REM madness.

You can read the rest of the review at Hollywood-Elsewhere.com.

Rob's Surprise Party in NY - Winners

THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.

Winners will be contacted today by phone:

The RSVP submission period has now ended and the list is closed. We will be contacting the 200 people that have been selected to attend TODAY via the phone number that you provided us. Keep those phones powered up and near by, you will be getting a call very soon!

If you don't receive a call from us today, you unfortunately were not one of our randomly selected guests and you won't be on the list to attend the party.

* Thanks to Garrett for emailing me this info!

Cloverfield TV Commercial #16 - Impossible

Fandango has an exclusive new 30-second TV commercial titled "Impossible".

Watch it on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnhBGwyxfIg

* Thanks to Dave H. for emailing me this!

Cloverfield Review - AICN

"CLOVERFIELD is worth the obsession"

Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News has posted his review of his early screening of Cloverfield. The good news is, he can't say enough good things about it!

Here are some of the glowing comments, that almost seem to be pandering for a spot on one of those full page newspaper ads:

• Utterly Brilliant
• CLOVERFIELD is a bold genre-reinvention unlike anything we’ve ever seen before
• An intimate perspective on an impossibly grand scale human disaster beyond most human levels of comprehension
• Like SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, but instead of Nazis it’s a giant monster
• The movie is a landmark genre film
• A true milestone in film
• A complete reinvention of the disaster movie, the giant monster movie and even the love story
• I absolutely love this film and the only thought I had when it was over was how I wanted to watch it 5 more times today
• Good Bad Robot!!!
• It feels like nothing less than the rebirth of the cinema ;)

Take all this with a grain of salt, as Slashfilm reports that Harry also gave Godzilla a glowing review...

Unfortunately, the review is filled with spoilers (and obscenities), so instead of linking to it, I have posted an EDITED, SPOILER-FREE copy of the review here:

http://download.cloverfieldclues.com/aicnreview.htm