The above video has been making its way around the internet, supposedly as viral marketing for Cloverfield 2, or possibly as a publicity stunt, possibly related to this other video that references Cloverfield and may have been Cloverfield 2 marketing.  Bottom line, we don’t really know much about it at this point.  But I will say this for it, the whole time I was watching it I was hoping the girl in it would fall down unconscious, and she totally falls down unconscious.  Now watch as I attempt to remove the cat fur from my underwear using only my mind.  Dang.  Still didn’t work.

(*rides by on Vespa scooter*  Ooooooh snaaaaaaaaaap)

This video has been making its way around the internets, and why not?  It is after all a meaningless cluster of images one of which is a sign that says “Cloverfield” for a split second.  Haha, remember that?  It was this movie every seemed to care about for a couple days.  So, is this viral marketing for Cloverfield 2?  Maybe.  Or maybe it’s just an experiment.  Like, if I wrote “Cloverfield” on the side of a pigeon and then filmed it while it walked around eating seeds and cleaning its feathers, how long would people watch?  In related news, Sexman has changed his name to Cloverfieldman.  You’ve done it again, Abrams.

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Cloverfield made $41 million in its first weekend and it looks like they shot it on a cell phone.  So it’s a real shocker that they’re making a sequel. 

Variety is reporting the Cloverfield director Matt Reeves is "in talks" to direct the sequel, and that he’ll also be directing The Invisible Woman.  

Timing of the projects will depend on how quickly Paramount can complete discussions with Reeves, producer J.J. Abrams and scribe Drew Goddard to scare up another monster tale for the "Cloverfield" sequel. There’s a good chance the sequel will be Reeves’ next film, in which case he will direct "The Invisible Woman" afterward.

"Woman" is a Hitchcock-style thriller that probes the mind of a former beauty queen who turns to a life of crime to protect her family.

I hope they finish the script soon!  Annoying kids from an MTV reality show running from monsters on poorly filmed camcorder is the next big thing in cinema, I’ve always said.