Curiosities | “Cloverfield – Monster”, directed by Matt Reeves, turns 14!

Prior to being hired to direct the ambitious “Batman,” Matt Reeves teamed up with producer JJ Abrams to bring to life the underrated apocalyptic footage found in “Cloverfield – Monster”.

Despite strong critical reception (garnering a 78% approval rating), audiences didn’t seem overly interested in the Reeves-conceived Cloverfield – monster story – but that didn’t stop the film from making $ 172 million. at the global box office against a budget of $ 172 million to US $ 25 million.

In the plot, Michael Stahl-David plays Rob Hawkins, a young man who lives in New York and is about to move to Japan. He reunites his friends for a farewell party, during which he intends to reveal unresolved feelings. . However, a strong shaking frightens the guests. Everyone is looking for news about what happened on TV that says the city has suffered an earthquake. Upon reaching the terrace to see the damage, the group notices a giant fireball, followed by light falling on the city. Panic seizes everyone, which increases even more when they finally arrive on the street.

Counting on names like Odette Yustman, TJ Miller, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan and Mike Vogel, in addition to a screenplay by Drew Goddard, the film deserves more recognition than it gets, and as it approaches its 14th birthday, we’ve put together a list of some behind-the-scenes anecdotes for you to check out.

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Lizzy Caplan thought it was a romantic movie, until she attended the second audition, when she read a scene. After she passed the audition, she found out that the feature film was a Cloverfield – monster story – and that the actors were only allowed to read the script after signing. The first trailer for the film aired before “Transformers” in 2007. The video showed a massive explosion in New York City and the Statue of Liberty’s head thrown across the street. The teaser was shot with a portable video camera and did not include a title.

The man they meet in the alley speaks Ukrainian. He asks for help to find his daughter and his wife because he cannot leave without them. During the film’s opening weekend, several theaters issued warnings to indicate that viewers could experience motion sickness and dizziness from hand movement. The logo of the DHARMA Initiative, a fictional research project appearing in the critically acclaimed “Lost” series, can be seen briefly at the start of the film.

In the trailer, the voice shouting: “I saw it! Is alive! That’s huge! “It’s from Reeves himself. The decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty on the street is based on the poster for John Carpenter’s classic” Escape from New York “, which features the same image. The title was originally a nominal code for the film – after all, it’s named after Cloverfield Boulevard, located in Santa Monica, California, where the production offices of Abrams’ Bad Robot Company are located.

The film’s financial success had two sequelae: the first, “10 Cloverfield Street”, was released in 2016 and achieved critical and commercial success, expanding the universe created by Reeves, Goddard and Abrams; the second, ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’, was presented by Netflix in 2018. The design of the creature served as inspiration for several subsequent films, including ‘Star Trek’ (2009), ‘Super 8’ (2011), ‘ Transformers: The Dark of the Moon ‘(2011),’ Pacific of Fire ‘(2013) and’ Godzilla ‘(2014).

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