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Cloverfield is a 2008 American found footage horror 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 (in his film debut), Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, and Odette Annable.
The first film of the series, released in 2008, is a found-footage monster horror film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, and written by Drew Goddard. Before settling on an official title, the film was marketed as 01-18-08.
Jul 25, 2019 · While most movie studios hire professional cinematographers for films, actor T.J. Miller actually filmed certain scenes for Cloverfield. Miller played the character Hud, who filmed most of the events in the film.
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- IT WAS INSPIRED BY GODZILLA. J.J. Abrams had wanted to make a monster movie for a while. He was in Japan with his son, who dragged him to toy stores. “We saw all these Godzilla toys and I thought, we need our own monster, and not King Kong,” Abrams said during a Comic-Con panel.
- GODZILLA DID NOT INFLUENCE THE CLOVER MONSTER’S DESIGN. Neville Page had the task of designing the 250-foot-tall Cloverfield monster, known as Clover.
- THE MONSTER WAS SLIGHTLY CLUMSY, AND THAT WAS ON PURPOSE. In an interview with io9, Page shared that if the monster seemed a little bit clumsy, there was a reason for that: It's supposed to be a baby.
- LIZZY CAPLAN HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE SIGNED ON FOR. When the actors auditioned for the movie, they weren’t told what the film was, and they weren’t given a full script.
Jul 28, 2021 · The Cloverfield franchise has a dense history, both within its in-movie universe and the assorted stories of how this series came to be.
Jan 16, 2023 · Long before his acclaimed entry to the Dark Knight’s onscreen adaptations with The Batman, director Matt Reeves essentially revived the found-footage genre with 2008’s sci-fi, Cloverfield.
Jan 29, 2023 · In the 15 years since Cloverfield’s theatrical release, the world originated in director Matt Reeves’ massive sci-fi movie has grown through a loosely connected anthology.
