J.J. Abrams directing untitled Godzilla meets The Blair Witch Project in NYC movie?

He's insisted that it's not a remake of or sequel to anything.

That was directed at The Host comment, not the Honey I Blew Up the Kids comment.

I saw Honey I Blew Up the Kids in the theatre. I remember my favorite part was the animated title credits.

they're in the middle of production? they're still casting.

-- jessie monster, Wednesday, July 25, 2007 6:17 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

??? -- several cast members have been confirmed already, there have been several sightings and rumors of Slusho trucks in LA and New York (even some video footage surfaced recently), not to mention the fact that this thing comes out in less than 6 months and they already had enough footage to release a trailer weeks ago, wtf are you talking about.

uh, you win?

haha sorry if i came off all apoplectic there, i just have no idea where you got the "still casting" thing from

read an article today where some Alias dude said he was just cast. my general point on the changing the monster bit (which maybe isn't HORRIBLY dumb if they haven't done the CGI unless it's a dude in a suite--WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME--but I am not known for undumbness) was more that there's no way in hell they're going to let some dude figure out what it is 6 months before release. talk about buzzkill.

yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they're still casting some supporting roles, but it sounds like production's been in full gear for a while now. anyway, if the monster is some mythological/Biblical thing, who cares if someone susses that out early, that wouldn't really tell us much about the movie at all. what would really spoil things if someone leaked what it looked like or the ending or some major plot development.

haha ok what's the hint in the news about said Alias dude being cast:

Former "Alias" and current "Heroes" star Greg Grunberg tells TV Guide that he'll be appearing in J.J. Abrams' secret movie 1-18-08.

One movie that Abrams is casting Grunberg in is the buzzerific disaster flick known only by its myriad working titles (i.e., Cloverfield, 1-18-08, Slusho). "It'll probably be something where no one will be able to tell it's me," he said. "As you know, J.J. calls me his good-luck charm, so he's got to put me in there somewhere. I actually went to the set the other night, and it was really exciting and cool. The budget is not astronomical. But they're doing incredible things."

"no one will be able to tell it's me" = lol it IS gonna be a guy in a monster suit!

haaaaa good catch

Cue Godzilla riff:

"Duh-nuh-DUH-NUH!"

Lost was an original idea within a familiar genre (stranded on a desert isle). There's no reason to think that this isn't the same concept: an original story within the monster-movie genre.

A guy in a MOTION-CAPTURE suit oh wait.

yeah that's been my assumption all along, too, Eazy

I'm sure that's precisely what it is, I'm just interested in the mythos clues he's handing us cause I'm a geek like that.

http://www.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/tdl/images/pg/tomorrow/tomorrow_atr05_ph1.jpg

I HAS SOLVED IT.

is he chewin on some fat testicle there?

i probably shouldn't have said that, huh?

Hey, look, a question no one ever wanted to see in print!

xpost ha!

Just leaked from the abrams camp:

http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/compdiff/monsterc.jpg

ZOMBIECAT WILL DESTROY US ALL.

aggressive zombiecat is aggressive?

I don't think it really particularly matters *what* the monster is - it's fairly obvious that the spin on this film is that it's going to be from the POV of random bystanders.

http://barros.rusf.ru/img/dorogajajauvelichilrebenka1992still01.jpg

FACT: Keri Russell had a role in Honey I Blew Up the Kid and later went on to star in JJ ABRAMS-PRODUCED Felicity.

COINCIDENCE?

jessie monster bringin the TRUFAX

if this had anything to do with giant toddlers I'd quit my job and get in line right now.

http://xenafan.com/movies/ghostbusters/crowd.jpg

I never realized that was Columbus Circle.

http://www.hundland.com/posters/i/TheIronGiant.jpg

They changed the date at the bottom just to throw us off the scent.

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Abrams_1-18-08.jpg";>

Burning skyscrapers, a destroyed NYC monument, and a date. I THINK I SOLVED THE RIDDLE.

fuuuck

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Abrams_1-18-08.jpg

awes

New Planet of the Apes!!!

looks like there's something moving in the water there

obviously jimmy wales is a mason

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39027000/jpg/_39027407_abfab-bbc-203index.jpg

good god

hahahah. It all comes around.

LOL

i just hope whatever the monster is it isn't stupid looking

Kim wins.

Uh, guys:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=201275979

Did anyone flip over the new photo yet? The back says:

January 2008 Lascano, Platt, and Robbie

Jamie Lascano: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=217778567
Hudson Platt: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=201294483

Robbie is the guy above.

Anybody having any luck with the ubiquitous "augie" shirt?

these are the characters in the movie or something?

OK, now when you go to the slusho site, you can click on flavors, and you get to make your own slusho by combining flavors. Waht?

xpost: yeah, it looks like it.

SLusho "happy talk" now operational as well.

And we can now buy slusho apparel from the slusho store. Gee thanks.

wow, MySpace added GoogleAds. Just when you thought it couldn't get uglier.