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JJ Abrams' Lips Say Cloverfield 2, But His Shirt Is All Avatar

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:30:00 PST

Everyone is a buzz about the J.J. Abrams' Avatar T-shirt at WonderCon this weekend. Not only did he tease fans with Cloverfield sequel talk, but his outfit contained secrets from James Cameron's new alien movie.

Here's a little video from the panel and you can hear him talking about Cloverfield 2 (please let this happen) and see the T-shirt in action.

But what does it all mean, J.J.? According to the site MarketSaw, it's:

exploded parts schematic of the Power Suits (as referred to in the scriptment).

A Power Suit, you say? Are these "power suits" in this Avatar set pic prey tell? Will our human heroes have to walk about in this suit, or will this be the gadget that makes their Avatars?

Picture from 2009 WonderCon Flickr share via, Inkyhack.

Cloverfield 2 On Hold Until JJ Can Think Of New Gimmick

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:35:00 PDT

Where's that sequel to New York monster movie Cloverfield already? It's on the far back burner, says director Matt Reeves: "We're still kind of toying with what it's going to be and whether or not we're going to find something that will be as exciting for us to make and, hopefully, for an audience to watch. So we'll see. It's really in the baby, baby stages. And right now it's definitely on hold until we come up with what that would be." He wouldn't say whether or not this story was going to be a prequel but did mention that would relate to the original. I'm just glad they're taking their time and trying to do it right, unlike many studios that churn out sequels too soon — Marvel I'm lookin' at you. [Sci-Fi]

First Images From Cloverfield 2?

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:40:00 PDT

Some new viral marketing for the long-awaited (since January, anyway) Cloverfield 2 has trickled out — unless it's just a red herring. A viral site released these underwater monster photos. Look closely and you can see crooked-legged monster/aliens running about on (what appears to be) the sea floor. The pictures accompanied a government-esque blacked out document detailing a frantic transmission between Ngog Atsumi and Sub-4767. View all three black and white pictures and transmission document after the jump.

More underwater black and whites, possibly from Sub-4767? Could Sub. be short for submarine? Perhaps this is where the unidentified object landed that audiences' saw crash into the ocean in the corner of the final Coney Island scene. What if the new Cloverfield 2 took a page from The Abyss? That would leave little room for handycam work.

Most of the conversation is blacked out but a nicely placed, "ATSUMI: It went after them," followed by a few "(screaming)" moments still gives the impression of a monster attack.[Filmofilia]

Cloverfield 2 May Have Some Familiar Faces

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:45:00 PDT

Cloverfield's monster rampage may have ended with apocalyptic levels of destruction... but that doesn't mean all of the movie's characters actually died. In fact, a source tells io9 that some members of the Cloverfield cast have been asked if they'd like to reprise their roles in the sequel, alongside another batch of good-looking no-names. As you can guess, there are possible spoilers below.

Sources say some Cloverfield stars including Jessica Lucas (Lily Ford) and Mike Vogel (Jason Hawkins) have been approached. Talks started early in 2008 (at the height of Cloverfield fever.) True to the "just a taste" nature of Abrams' work, none of the original characters' fates were sealed on camera. The movie even hinted at their survival with a barely audible whisper to the audience after the credits rolled. So a number of the actors have their fingers crossed that they made it out of the monster madness unscathed, our source revealed.

But there is no guarantee the new movie has to pick up immediately after the first one left off. Unfortunately when Cloverfield 2 will get its wings, is anyones guess. Just recently director Matt Reeves told MTV that he was putting it on the back burner for his new pet project The Invisible Woman. Only time and randomly placed Easter Eggs in the Cloverfield DVD will reveal more. Please bring back Hud and his one-liners!