Just what is Super 8? Its a cine camera, a model of film making way before digital film making was available. But what is Super 8 really? Its a super-secret JJ Abrams movie which is either on the tail end of production, or its in post-production. Why the all the hush-hush? Its Cloverfield (2008) all over again isn't it? Yep. You got it. All secrets until ... wham!! You get hit by a monster movie, or in this case with Super 8, an alien movie.
The Skinny: A cargo train delivering an alien species on the way to / or from Area 51 gets derailed, and the alien species on board escapes. Sci-fi mayhem ensues.
The Helmer: JJ Abrams - Undercovers (2010 TV), Star Trek (2009), Anatomy of Hope (2009 TV), The Office (2007 1 episode TV), Mission Impossible III (2006), Alias (2001 - 2005 TV), Lost (2004 TV), Felicity (1998 TV)
The Casts: Unknown
Release Date: Somewhere in 2011
The Prediction: You can put your money on this little pony. How can you go wrong with Abrams helming and writing it? AND produced by everyone's favorite uncle STEVEN SPIELBERG. You just can't. I'm currently watching JJ Abrams produced TV series Fringe, which I love to bits. so I'm very partial to this guy. Which means I'm rooting for this one.If you check out the trailer, you can see that Abrams is not going by way of Cloverfield handheld videocam look, i.e. all jerky and realistic. This one looks pretty slick and obviously not handheld. Which should be good.
