'Cloverfield' Spoof on 'South Park'

On October 22 episode of "South Park" called "Pandemic", the story tells about a kind of epidemic which attacks the world and the people in it. The episode is a kind of spoof of "Cloverfield", a 2008 monster horror film, using the involvement of Stan's dad Randy and the giant pig.

The situation in "Pandemic" is getting out of control and people are struggling to fight it or to save themselves. While at the same time, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman are trying to take some advantages from the chaos.

The sequel episode of "Pandemic", called "I'm So Startled", will continue the misfortunate situation which is used by the boys to make some money that seems easy and profitable to get. They have asked Craig to join their plan because the guy has something that is needed to make their dream comes true.

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It's Been A Fun Ride

Bye!

Hello gang. It looks like the Cloverfield ride is officially over. At least that what it looks like...

The movie is out, the DVD is out, and little has popped up since then so I think it's safe that unless a sequel pops up that we can officially call it. I enjoyed the time here on Cloverfield and it was a fun ride. You can follow me and my friends at the new Dave and Thomas site for more movie info along with rather stupid and mundane posts.

The posts here at Blogger will stay up as long as Blogger allows so feel free to cruise through the archives and catch up on the Cloverfield mystery all over again.

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DVD Giveaway

Howdy! As you know, Dave and Thomas have a new home at Dave and Thomas.net (bookmark the new location) To help mark the move we're giving away some DVD's! This week's winner was Terry from Ohio.

Be sure to head over and catch this week's contest and see if you can win. Also, the fate of this site is being decided. All the movie sites (Watchmen, Cloverfield, Speed Racer,...) will be rolled into a new site in the next week. Stay tuned. I'll probably be giving away stuff for that, too!

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Laugh 'Till It Hurts At The Why So Serious Website

Charlie here. I was directed via a post on slashfilm.com to http://www.whysoserious.com/laughtilithurts/static.htm (can't find the post at the moment. you can probably find it later). It's a short video from what looks like a security camera.

Also from slashfilm.com, it appears that The Dark Knight has sold eight times the ammount of presale tickets from three weeks prior to the film than Spider-Man 3. Spider-Man 3 is the #10 film on movietickets.com's list of top preforming films of all time.

That's all for now. Only 3 weeks until The Dark Knight's release. I wish I could make it to the midnight showing, but it's already sold out.

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New Two Face Clip At The "Why So Serious" Site

Charlie here. News for The Dark Knight has been slow recently. I missed posting the info on the Harvey Dent Election because I left town right after I got the email from the Harvey Dent campaign website. (For those of you who missed it, Harvey Dent won the election for District Attorney.) Well, it seems that there is a new video clip up at http://www.whysoserious.com/myhero/, which gives us a new clip of Two Face. While you don't see much of Two Face (just a few seconds of the back of his head), it still gives us something to tide us over until the July release.
Enjoy!

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THE DARK KNIGHT - IMAX Comcast Exclusive featurette

Director Christopher Nolan & Director Of Photography Wally Pfister share their opinion on why they choose to do 4 action sequences for the upcoming Sequel movie to BATMAN BEGINS . The Dark Knight with the IMAX technology. In this featurette it also includes new scene to The Dark Knight movie .

The Dark Knight starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, opens in conventional theaters and IMAX on July 18 2008.


The Dark Knight Clown Masks featurette

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The Secret Device Standee

Hey ya'll, Charlie here. While waiting at the theatre to see the new Indiana Jones, I saw a standee for The Secret Device ARG. I quickly whipped out my cellphone and grabbed a pic, and here it is:

I had no idea that you could win prizes with this ARG. Well, good luck to all who decide to help find things for this ARG.

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Cloverfield, Rambo Top Amazon Blu-ray Bestsellers

After months of speculation the Cloverfield Blu-ray is reading to appear to the public. According to the Amazon list it looks like Cloverfield's Blu-ray version is getting a lot of attention.

For almost an entire week, Lionsgate's Rambo and Paramount's Cloverfield on Blu-ray Disc have been switching between the #1 and #2 spots on Amazon.com's Blu-ray bestsellers list.

Both title are highly desired for exemplary high definition presentations, but they've also been heavily discounted by Amazon.

Cloverfield is selling for $19.95, 50% off its $39.99 list price. For comparison, Paramount's There Will Be Blood on Blu-ray is releasing the same day with the same list price, but is being sold for $27.95.

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J.J. Abrams Takes Us to the Fringe

IGN took time to site down and have a great interview with J.J. Abrams about the upcoming Fox TV show "Fringe." We get from Abrams what to expect from the mysterious new show and the influences that help to bring it to the screen.

We recently caught up with the busy J.J. Abrams to talk about his new television series Fringe, which he co-created with his frequent collaborators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Alias, Mission Impossible III and the upcoming Star Trek).

Fringe centers on three characters – FBI agent Olivia Dunham (newcomer Anna Torv), scientist Dr. Walter Bishop (Lord of the Rings' John Noble) and Bishop's son Peter (Dawson's Creek's Joshua Jackson), as they investigate some very strange occurrences.

Abrams, who of course co-created Lost, is an executive producer on Fringe, and during our conversation we talked about what his ongoing involvement will be with the new series, the inevitable comparisons Fringe already is getting to The X-Files, and how he came to cast Torv – the latest in Abrams' successful run of casting then-unknowns as the female leads on his series, which has previously included Keri Russell (Felicity), Jennifer Garner (Alias) and Evangeline Lilly (Lost)

Question: How did Fringe come about? What was the inspiration for it?

J.J. Abrams: It was really just Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci and myself just hanging out and talking about the kind of show we'd love to see on the air. For better or worse, like most of the things I do, it just comes from stuff that I'd love to watch. It's sort of a boring answer, but that's kind of what the truth is!

Question: What will we see on the show on a weekly basis? What's the core of the show?

Abrams: At the core of the show are three very distinct characters – this young woman, who's an FBI agent; this really eccentric, nutty and until recently institutionalized scientist; and his somewhat troubled and estranged son. [It's] this trio going up against this very shadowy network of [what are] essentially researchers, who are playing with science and pushing it in ways that are increasingly terrifying. And these three are basically the good guys who try to police them.

(...continue J.J. Abrams "Fringe" interview)

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LOST Season 4 Finale-Alternate Endings

If you missed the season finale of Lost last night or are planning to watch it soon please don't watch these alternative endings. There were 3 versions shot for the final episode but after viewing the 2 that didn't air it seems like only one (last night's) fits.

Normally I would just stick up the video (watch here) but since the preview shows details that would spoil I'll just safely link to the video instead. The finale ends a strike-shortened season with some rather fun results. A few mysteries were wrapped up but for the most part we're facing a few more years of trying to find out the real answers.

• Review: `Lost' brilliantly wraps up Season 4 with answers, new questions >
• Lost’s Grand Finale: Time Is On Their Side >
• Lost: Deconstructing a Great Finale >
• Lost Easter Eggs: "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" Season 4 Finale >
  

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Lost Finale Sneak Peak

The Lost season finale is coming up this week and we've got a sneak peak at the special 2-hour episode with this exclusive Lost video. To help get off the island the gang will need the help of the world's most renown archaeologist.

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A Few New Updates On The Dark Knight

Hey ya'll, Charlie here. I have a few new updates that I have come across on The Dark Knight.

First, the trailer for The Dark Knight has won "Trailer of the Year" at The Golden Trailer Awards. The award was chosen through voting on the USA Today website. "Trailer of the Year" is a new category in the nine year old award show. The Dark knight was one of thirteen candidates that were announced on May 8th.

Next, a few new Dark Knight international banners have been released. They were exclusive to http://www.omelete.com.br/, hence "Omelete exclusivo" on the banners.

That's all for now!

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Lost Season Finale

Be sure to check your DVRs for the Season Finale of "Lost" this Thursday. The 2-hour special features the final 2 episodes of this strike-shortened season and begins at 9 PM. Here's a couple of teasers to get you ready.

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Official 'The Dark Knight’ Website Online

The Dark Knight website, a non-viral version, looks to have officially gone online full-time this weekend. We have about 2 months until the Batman/Joker battle hits the big screen. The official Batman website should get your fix of trailers and poster downloads until the next batch of virals go online.

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J.J. Abrams Fringe Trailers

J.J. Abrams has something against planes. In these new trailers for his new show on Fox called "Fringe" we once again see a large jetliner like in "Lost" where mysterious circumstances occur. These new clips of "Fringe" shed some light on the "X-files-ish" new show coming this fall.



Trailer for J.J. Abrams' new show "The Fringe"



Fringe Trailer #2

Also on tap is the new Joss Wheadon (Firefly) Fox show called "Dollhouse." DOLLHOUSE focuses on a secret organization that employs "Actives" -- a group of operatives who have their memories and personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with new ones, allowing them to take on various missions for hire.

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Hellboy II's "The Secret Device" ARG

Charlie here. Seems everything has an ARG nowadays. The upcoming movie Hellboy II: The Golden Army has one called "The Secret Device". This ARG has been going on for a while now, so a lot of you probably already know about it. There is a lot to cover, so I'm going to leave that up to the guy's at http://www.cracktsd.com/ to help you. They have a beginer's guide there to help you. This ARG seems to revolve around finding "codes" for "the secret device".

Good luck with the hunt!

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Hong Kong Dark Knight Poster

Kung Fu Rodeo has discovered the Hong Kong version of the Dark Knight Poster.

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Cloverfield DVD Sales Numbers

The Numbers, a sales tracking site, has pegged the Cloverfield DVD with sales of 1.3 Million units since the release on April 22nd. The Will Smith movie I Am Legend leads this years numbers with over 5.4 Million units sold. But to prove their is no accounting for taste Alvin and the Chipmunks is in second place with almost 5 Million units sold.

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J.J. Abrams "Fringe" Video and Photos

L-R: Lance Reddick, John Noble, Blair Brown, Kirk Acevedo, Anna Torv,
Mark Valley, Joshua Jackson and Jasika Nicole in J.J. Abrams "Fringe" (source)

Movieweb.com is on fire with some footage and production stills from the upcoming J.J. Abrams TV show "Fringe." The show, due to air this fall on Fox, begins when an unlikely trio uncovers a deadly mystery that involves a series of unbelievable events, they discover it may be part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology on the FRINGE.



Fringe Preview Clip



Fringe Preview Clip #2

L-R: Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv and John Noble in J.J. Abrams "Fringe"

Joshua Jackson and Anna Torv in J.J. Abrams "Fringe"

Joshua Jackson in J.J. Abrams "Fringe"

Mark Valley and Anna Torv in "Fringe"

John Noble and Joshua Jackson in J.J. Abrams "Fringe"

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New Dark Knight Poster

Charlie here. I was browsing around slashfilm.com when I found the above poster for The Dark Knight. I agree with /film when they say that it fits nicely with the "Welcome to a world without rules" posters. Enjoy!

Also, the 3rd TV spot has arrived.

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Cloverfield Viral Success: Clearspring Technologies enters 'Web widgets' partnership with 360i

Fans of the Cloverfield viral marketing will remember the video "widget" contest that appeared a month before the movie released on 1-18-08. The widget showed a few minutes of the movie and there was a contest to see who distribute the code of the widget the most. The winners got Cloverfield prize packs like this.

The success of the Cloverfield widget is great news for future virals and the companies behind the technology (currently seen with the Hancock widget) is Clearspring Technology who just entered a nice partnership with 360i to enhance the widgets even more.

Last year, Paramount Pictures gave Clearspring a chance to test the studio's media marketing tactics using video widgets. The test proved successful: With "Cloverfield" previews shared across thousands of virtual theater sites, the movie opened at No. 1. Clearspring also produced a daily fortune cookie widget for DreamWorks' upcoming "Kung Fu Panda."

Kung Fu Panda widget

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Cloverfield Australia

Charlie here again. While surfing around I heard that in honor of Cloverfield's May 22nd release in Australia, some new videos to promote it were released. Well, I was pointed to IGN's website, where I found these:
http://media.dvd.ign.com/articles/873/873598/vids_1.html
Basically, they are videos of Cloverfield attacking Sydney, with several "buy the cloverfield DVD" subliminal messages. You can watch and download all six videos from the IGN website. Enjoy!

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Heath Ledger action figures are flying off shelves

Photo from New York Post

Hey ya'll, Charlie here. See that action figure above? That action figure is Mattel's Joker action figure from The Dark Knight. I would highly suggest you get one, but good luck finding one first. Why? Because rumor has it that Mattel will reissue a redesigned action figure. Again, why? Directly from Wired's Blog:

Ledger's death -- and his remarkably creepy look and performance -- is causing trouble for toy licensee Mattel. Depending on what report you read, The Joker action figure for the Dark Knight is either too scary for kids or too close to Ledger's real likeness to be respectful to his memory.

This has made the action figure a collector's item. It has been flying off shelves like someone is giving away free money. According to another source, the action figure sold out at the Toys R' Us in Times Square in minutes! It has been selling for over $50 on ebay.

Just another interesting tidbit from the Dark Knight world.

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Fringe News: the Script from 'Fringe' and 'Dollhouse'

J.J. Abrams has finally let us know a little more about his upcoming TV project, "Fringe." The show will air on Fox and has a Pilot budget similar to "Lost" and story-wise is being compared to "The X-Files."

Sounds interesting already. Dark Knight Guru Charlie was digging around for some Batman news when he found this excellent script review of J.J. Abrams "Fringe."

We know that Joshua Jackson is one of the names set to star in the show which is shooting in Toronto, Canada. Now we know more of the story with the script of the pilot being let out for some critics to look over. One who writes for Zap2it sums "Fringe" up as " an X-Files meets Altered States meets Alias vibe that's immediately familiar and comfortable."

Altered States, for you younger folk, is a 1980 William Hurt flick about a research scientist who believes in different states of consciousness and he uses a sensory deprivation tank and hallucinogenic drugs to find the ultimate truth. But soon his mind-altering experiments get out of control.

Here's the rest of the article that deals with "Fringe":

Fringe Written by J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
What It's About: When something disturbing, unexplainable and just a bit icky happens to the passengers on an international flight, FBI Agent Olivia Warren (Torv) begins an investigation that leads her to Dr. Walter Bishop (Noble), a renegade scientist whose unorthodox experiments into fringe phenomena led to arrests and eventually institutionalization. Warren can only get Bishop out with the help of his estranged son Peter (Jackson), a young man with a genius IQ, but questionable morals and motivation. The son isn't ready to reconcile with his father, the father isn't ready to be reintegrated into the outside world and Olivia isn't ready to serve as babysitter, but they form an unlikely team. How does the airplane tragedy relate to The Pattern, a spate of unexplained occurrences sweeping the world? And what does any of this have to do with the mysterious Prometheus Corporation, one of the world's most forward-thinking companies? And what do we make of Broyles (Reddick), the head of the Homeland Security's newly formed Fringe Division?

How It Reads: The script I read feels like an early draft. It's rife with typos and comes in at more than 110 pages, far longer than any two-hour pilot could handle. Once 20 pages of the script are trimmed, I'm assuming the pilot will play far better. The script has an X-Files meets Altered States meets Alias vibe that's immediately familiar and comfortable. The actual plot of the pilot could probably have fit into a standard hour, but Abrams and Company are making the effort to give the material a global scale and the script plants at least a half-dozen potential running mysteries that will allow Fringe to have both serialized elements and also freak-of-the-week plots. The set-up of these three individuals against a vast corporate/government conspiracy has been fruitful for Abrams in the past and there's no reason to believe that it won't work here. While Abrams has always been able to write carefully delineated female characters, Olivia is initially the weakest link in the show's core trio, another strong, career-minded female whose personal life threatens to undermine her professional prospects. The inevitability of a strained will-they/won't-they romance between Olivia and Peter already has me rooting for an expanded role for Astrid, the FBI underling to be played by Jasika Nicole.

How It Might Play: For FOX, the best thing about Fringe -- other than getting into the J.J. Abrams business, of course -- is that the series has the potential to partner with almost any established show on its schedule, depending on how they spin it. It's the story of two bickering partners solving crimes and flirting? Team it with Bones. It's the story of a brilliant and eccentric man with limited social skills? Let's match it with House. It's about a strong, single woman doing whatever she has to do to save the world? Sounds like a match with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. While I can't speak for Torv, the other lead roles seem perfectly cast, though Fringe isn't going to be sold as a star-driven show. It's going to be sold as FOX's attempt to reclaim the X-Files demo that the network has jeopardized with the swift cancellation of too many shows from folks like Whedon and Tim Minear. The script lends itself to a large-scale pilot and it should leave viewers knowing exactly what to expect in the episodes to come, which is more than can be said for...

Be sure to check out the rest of the article to see the script review of another interesting show of the Joss Whedon series "Dollhouse."

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"Hancock Was Here" Viral Falls Short

Sony Pictures looks like they were headed toward an interesting viral campaign with their upcoming Will Smith flick Hancock but have let up on the throttle in the last month. The "Hancock was Here" site is geared toward showing some clips of the disfunctional Super Hero doing his thing around the world. However, there has been little activity on the site with the last update happening over a month ago.

The main site for Hancock is more active. Sony is sponsoring the contest seen below in the widget for a lucky person to win a trip to the Hancock premiere. Grab the code and get points. Hmmm...that seems familiar.

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2 New Batman TV Spots

The first TV Spot for The Dark Knight
Dark Knight guru Charlie found these 2 TV spots for the upcoming Batman sequel. In the second spot you'll notice the new deal the producers made with Lamborghini to highlight the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. Lucky dogs!


The second TV Spot for The Dark Knight

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The X-Files: I Want to Believe Trailer

Mulder and Scully are back with the X-Files: I Want To Believe movie due out this July. The resident Dark Knight guru Charlie found this sweet trailer while digging up some cool Batman spots. It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years since the first film came out.

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Fox: It's a go for J.J. Abrams' "Fringe"

Variety reports that the next J.J. Abrams television venture, Fringe, is getting the official "go" from Fox TV. Nice. I wonder if they will encorporated some sort of viral site with the new series. I'd be sad if they didn't.

Fox just made it official: It's a go for J.J. Abrams' "Fringe."

Two-hour pilot produced by Abrams' Bad Robot and Warner Bros. TV, stars Aussie thesp Anna Torv as a femme FBI agent who tackles cases involving spooky unexplained phenonena with the aid of an out-there scientist and his neer-do-well genius son. Yes, it does sound like "X-Files Redux" but because "Lost" is perhaps the Greatest Show Ever we'll give Team Abrams (whose fearless leader is pictured at left) the benefit of the doubt that they can put a fresh spin on the genre.

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J.J. Abrams "Fringe" News

J.J. Abrams is returning to the small screen with the mysterious "Fringe" which is due to premiere on Fox this fall. The budget for "Fringe" is very high (Lost budget levels) but is getting good buzz from the heads at Fox.

J.J. Abrams "Fringe" looks like a lock after an enthusiastic response from the network's brass during the weekend. Fox already has given its blessing for staffing to begin on the Warner Bros. TV-produced sci-fi drama.

IGN.com talks a little more about "Fringe" and "Dollhouse" which is from Buffy and Firefly guru Joss Whedon.

Some might also fear not getting a fall launch indicates a lack of faith in the project at FOX, especially given Whedon's bad history at the network with Firefly. One thing to keep in mind though is that part of FOX's decision-making with Dollhouse is no doubt affected by the fact that it's a bit behind other series like Fringe. Fringe had a completed pilot script before the writers' strike and a pilot was produced earlier this year. On the other hand, Whedon had not yet begun writing Dollhouse when the strike began. He had to quickly do so when the strike finished and the pilot for the show is currently in production.

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J.J. Abrams Talks Cloverfield with Rolling Stone

The inhouse Batman viral guru, Charlie, was cruising around town in his homemade Batmobile and while at a red light he was flipping through his issue of Rolling Stone and noticed this little blurp about J.J. Abrams.

Charlie and I agree that this may be the first time that anyone from the Cloverfield camp has officially claimed the Cloverfield Monster fate at the end of the movie. Click the above pic to read more.

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Aaron Eckhart: Not just another pretty face

Aaron Eckhart signals Batman

With all the viral world of Batman's The Dark Knight it's easy to skip over some of the real articles featuring the movie. The L.A. Times recently took time to sit down with the talented Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent, A.K.A. Two-face). I've always enjoyed Eckhart since he won me over with his role in Thank you for Smoking, a good flick to get an idea of how two-face Eckhart can really be!

My Dark Knight guru Charlie pointed me to this L.A. Times article with Eckhart as they discuss the movie, the re-invention of the Joker, and his role as Harvey Dent.

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Cloverfield 2 Pictures Surface?

There's some news on the web at what looks like new viral additions to the Cloverfield world. MovieWeb and Cloverfield Clues are two sites that are wondering if new images from a viral site are really from the Cloverfield realm or just elaborate hoaxes. Who knows, but that's the fun in all this.

MovieWeb doesn't look to source where they found their material but a look on the Cloverfield Clues shows that fans at unfiction have again found some new clues. It looks to center around the usgx8810b467233px website which some unfictioners have decoded. Once you pop in the passwords you'll get a look at this.

While some see this as clues to a sequel to Cloverfield it should be noted that there is rumored new viral material arriving with the Blu-ray version of the movie in June (which is why all the fuss for its delay).

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2nd Trailer for The Dark Knight

Here's a much better quality video of the latest Dark Knight trailer we all talked about last week. It sure beats the shaky, handheld cell-phone versions from last week!

Thanks to the resident Dark Knight guru Charlie you can download (or view) the high-def version yourself from the latest WhySoSerious Happy Trails viral site.

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Jokerized Dark Knight Movie Trailer

The Dork Knight
Remember those special Dark Knight reels they gave out to lucky Joker fanatics last week? Well, Charlie (the Dark Knight guru)found one online and it looks like the Joker has gone through the entire trailer and made it his own. Very nice touch!

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Cloverfield Blu Ray Date Set

Paramount has officially given time to the Cloverfield Blu-ray as evident of the high-end version missing from the April 22nd launch. Brian has tipped us off that Paramount has officially set a date for the Blu-ray version of Cloverfield is set for June 3rd.

And although Blu-ray represents a small fraction of the DVD sales (around 2%) the release of the Cloverfield on Blu-ray will bring to life more of the viral backstory of the movie.

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Joker's Plan: Viewing The Latest Dark Knight Trailer

The Joker has produced a secret screening of the latest Dark Knight Trailer. Participants unlocked codes and clues to find themselves on a scavenger hunt. More details from First Showing indicate a safe having to be cracked by lucky participants for clues.

Here's what went down in London:

I just got back from the trailer...it was quite crazy...they handed us Joker cards and a raffle ticket.

They then handed a tin to some guy in the crowd and told us all to walk to the Odeon cinema.

We all sat down in anticipation...and they showed us the trailer....and AWESOME AWESOME trailer!!!

At then end of the trailer, they called out a raffle ticket number and some lucky guy got the reel of the actual trailer...lets see if it comes up online. ;-) (source)

The lucky winner! (source)

Thanks for tip, Charlie.

Nicely done, Joker. You have successfully gathered your troops. For those of us unlucky enough to decorate ourselves in Joker masks we'll have to wait to see the trailer one of two ways. Either online bootleg or wait until the alleged release of the trailer with the upcoming Speed Racer flick.

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Behind the scenes with TJ Miller in Cloverfield

One of the bonus disc offerings for last week's Cloverfield premiere onto DVD was a Best Buy exclusive featuring some behind-the-scenes video of TJ Miller (Hud) and his trusty camera.


TJ Miller Cloverfield, Part 1


TJ Miller Cloverfield, Part 2


TJ Miller Cloverfield, Part 3

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Dark Knight Viral Updates: New Posters and Joker Instructions

Charlie, our Dark Knight Viral Guru, has given us a nice, new site featuring 5 new international posters for the upcoming Batman sequel. These are nice Batman posters featuring the characters holding up their symbols. It's in Spanish so to check out what they say in English you can see the /Film update that popped up soon after.

/Film also has up the Joker poster as well as the 'gift' that was received from the Joker featuring a note from the crazy one along with a mask and a Joker card.

The updates for the Joker's website, WhySoSerious, are starting to come in with instructions. Each of the portraits has a timer and city associated with it. London, seen above, is in with instructions on where to meet and what to look for. Be sure to check back later today as most of the cities associated with the portraits have their timers finishing in the next few hours.

Batman: The Dark Knight poster

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Dark Knight Viral Campaign Marches On; New Site, New Poster

"Welcome to a world without rules..."

My official Dark Knight Viral guru Charlie has pinpointed a new Batman poster and link to a new Dark Knight viral site as mentioned on /Film. First off, the new poster features a killer outline of the Batman logo in flames with the tagline "Welcome to a world without rules." 

Very nice!


Second, there is a new viral site up at WhySoSerious.com, the site of the Jokers online antics. Or at least his main site. This new page features images of Presidents of the U.S. decked out in Joker makeup. There's a counter at the bottom saying that in "three days' (of this post) something will happen. 

Very curious...

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Cloverfield Sequel Put On Hold

Matt Reeves sat down with MTV to talk about his new movie, the "Invisible Woman," as well as spoilers and sequels in the Cloverfield world. Here's a few highlights from the interview that might answer a few questions.  What happens to Marlena after she's bit.  Or, how about that darn Cloverfield sequel we hear rumors about?

Matt Reeves showing his skills

MTV: We all remember the scene where the medics realize that Marlena was bitten by one of the little monsters. They pull her behind a see-through curtain, and then there's blood all over the place. What happened there?

Reeves: She explodes. All of the medical technicians and all of the military start reacting to the realization that she has been bitten, because other people had been bitten and had horrible fates befall them. If you watch closely, you'll actually see one guy in particular get wheeled [past the camera], and his innards have exploded from the inside-out. ... Apparently, there is quite a bad effect from the venom of these little parasites.

MTV: Are they baby monsters? Will they grow up to be identical to the big monster?

Reeves: No, that was never our intention.

MTV: Where does the sequel stand at this point?

Reeves: In the very beginning stages. We all had such a crazy experience making the movie. It was so unusual and challenging to make a movie from that point of view and under these conditions, and one of the things we all promised each other was that this experience was so special professionally and creatively that we don't want to just make another one. [It needs to have] something fresh and new to it. We have a couple ideas, but it's so early.

Be sure to check out the rest of the great interview with Cloverfield Director Matt Reeves.

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Batman Viral: Operation Slipknot Has Begun

Wanted! "Operation Slipknot"

Our pal Charlie has been keeping us up to date on the Batman: The Dark Knight viral world. He pointed out that the Gotham Police Dept. is sending him some emails for his involvement. The viral world of the Batman movie is one of the most involved I have ever seen. With the implementation of "Operation Slipknot" today (details below) there have been a couple of more viral sites and even more questions emerging.

I'll try to brush over some of the viral sites for Batman that are active right now. Some of this might be redundant to a few but bear with me as I try to catch up.

Gotham Police Department Major Crimes Unit (GPDMCU)

Det. Jim Gordon is issuing e-mails to people like Charlie to help get involved to nab some criminals. Their latest effort is "Operation Slipknot." Here is the first message sent in by reader Charlie:

OPERATION SLIPKNOT

Within the last twenty-four hours, many of your colleagues intercepted packages intended for the 30 fugitives pictured here.

These informants are now receiving this critical evidence.

MCU is standing by. We need the information in the packages to be uploaded AS SOON AS IT IS RECEIVED. We will process the information and implement our final apprehension/extradition plans by 6:00 pm.

Time is of the essence. Do not let these suspects escape the long arm of Gotham City justice at the last minute. Upload the information immediately.

/Film has broken down the site some more to help us all catch up. When you enter in the information into the "Operation Slipknot" site they claim you'll receive this message:

"Gotham Police Major Crimes Unit, in cooperation with the GPD Internal Affairs Division, needs you to help track down numerous offenders that are fugitives from justice. Interestingly, we’ve tracked all of these individuals to the same last known location: Gotham Intercontinental Hotel. But we don’t know where they’ve gone from there.

Call the hotel and convince the concierge to ship you a certain package that’s been sent there for each fugitive. Use the provided intel and whatever means you can to convince him that you’re the intended recipient, your travel plans have changed, and he needs to send the package to you. Once received, you should have all you need to fill in the blanks as to that fugitive’s location.

We will add details about additional fugitives as they become available. Time is of the essence, as we have only a short time before the trail runs cold. Your cooperation in this operation will go a long way. Good luck." (source)

Gotham Intercontinental Hotel

As you can see there is another link embedded in there for the Gotham Intercontinental Hotel. Once there you can call the phone number (1-866-306-5589) on the bottom of the page and leave a message for the concierge. It's a recording stating they cannot answer your call but if you wait about 20 seconds after that a message system comes up.

Film School Rejects claims : "If you click on the “Assignment” button at the top right of the screen (of "Operation Slipknot"), you will see that you need to call the Gotham Intercontinental Hotel Concierge (1-866-306-5589) and convince them to send you a care package that has been left there for each of the listed fugitives. Once you receive that package, it will show you all of the information you need to proceed.

Clown Travel Agency

It looks like a lot of roots for "Operation Slipknot" began with the games from ClownTravelAgency.com from earlier this month. To get caught up on the Travel Agency see here for details. It involves some purple bowling balls. But the mastermind behind this game wasn't Heath Ledger's Joker. Nope. It was Commissioner Jim Gordon of the GPDMCU and his clever April's Fool Joke.

The Clown Travel Agency led people to the Acme Security Systems (their main page here, the viral password goes here) where you enter in a password to get a voice verification. Try this yourself and you'll get a message from Gordon telling you he's now going to get you to work for him. Listen to the message from Gordon.

Whew! That should get us up to date on the GPDMCU aspect of the viral arm of Batman. Or, does it?

Kinsey Travel Agency

With the "Slipknot" site out today there is reports of a new travel agency called Kinsey Travel Agency. It looks like there's a spot to enter a flight number for more info.

The Dark Knight Viral campaign is being spearheaded by 4orty 2wo Entertainment. They're doing a great job of keeping the fans busy while waiting for the movie to appear.

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Teddy Hanssen - "One of those days"

A new updated post has appeared at Missing Teddy Hanssen. Aylse is still trying to get people to focus on the fact that Teddy is still missing and there's more facts to be uncovered.

Having one of those days - those "stare at the ceiling" days. I feel like it would be really easy for me to go crazy right now. Just give in and go completely bats**t insane. Maybe I never even had a brother to begin with. He's always been lost.

I've lobbied, held fundraisers, and slept outside government buildings. Everyone I could think to call I called. I have everyone's pity. But there's always more to do. The growth of people is great but I can't sort through all these theories. I don't know what to believe anymore. Everyone thinks they know. But no one knows for sure where Teddy is, do they? No one is honestly doing anything to bring him back. The attention is great - but people could care less whether he actually comes back or not.

Why isn't anything happening? Why am I in the exact same place I was 4 months ago? Why won't anybody tell me what's going on? What do I have to do to get the truth?????

I've gotta make more calls. It's part of being a crazy person. You don't ever stop.

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Cloverfield made for TV, says Abrams

J.J. Abrams is rallying around the Cloverfield DVD release by telling people that the hand-held style of the flick lends itself more to the small screen than theaters. Being the great promoter he is, Abrams wisely held off saying this until the movie left theaters!

Abrams told Reuters: "The thing about this movie - probably more than any I think - is that it is better on DVD than in the theatre. Because the movie is like a videotape. It lives on your TV. In many ways, it is supposed to be viewed on a (TV) monitor." (source)

If you held off on watching Cloverfield in the theaters because of the hand-held style than Abrams does have a valid point. Shaky movies like Cloverfield won't upset your stomach as much on smaller screens. I learned that one from the "Bourne" series.

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Cloverfield Ending - Did Something Fall From the Sky?

On the DVD watch the object circled in red above

The best part of grabbing Cloverfield on DVD (besides the Roar! Cloverfield Overture at the end credits) is finally getting my hands on a decent copy of the alleged object falling from the sky right smack at the end. In the Coney Island scene while the camera is pointed out of the Ferris Wheel there was something that fell into the ocean. With the nice DVD quality you can see that indeed there is something that falls from the sky. Read more about the Cloverfield ending here.

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Cloverfield Files. Get More Than The DVD

Spot the difference?

If you can spot the difference in the altered frame above from the Cloverfield movie than you'll love the Cloverfield Files. This site adds onto the DVD with extra videos and games. You get inside and once you beat the challenges offered, like finding the alterations above, you'll get a special video from behind the scenes of Cloverfield. Pretty fun.

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Missing Teddy Hanssen

Thanks to Christina for noting that T.I.D.O. and Teddy Hanssen are still at odds. Or rather, Teddy's sister Alyse Hanssen who is trying to track down her brother. There's a new site called Missing Teddy Hanssen that is worth a look. Teddy, from Jamie and Teddy, was involved in the Cloverfield viral world and his image even graces the 1-18-08 site.

A comment on T.I.D.O.'s site is from Missing Teddy Hanssen:

MissingTeddyHanssen
04/15/08 4:05 pm

That’s what I thought. You’re pathetic. And if you think I’m giving up on my brother you’re stupider than I gave you credit for. Anyone who’s tired of being lied to should come to my blog. We have to stick together. There are more people out there affected by this. I can’t be the only one. (source)

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