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http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/06/exclusive-jj-abrams-super-8-teaser-trailer-description-revealed/
This sounds ultra cool! I love JJ Abrams viral marketing campaigns, all the stuff he did with Colverfield was amazing. I can't wait to actually see the trailer though.
We’ve told you that the super secret movie trailer for JJ Abrams next film Super 8 was attached to Iron Man 2. I have just received a reliable report from someone who has seen the trailer. I am 100% sure that this report is legit. Here are some spoiler free details:
I can confirm that it is not a Cloverfield sequel or prequel.
It is written and directed by JJ Abrams.
Yes, produced by Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment (not Dreamworks).
And it takes place in the late 1979.
I know it’s hard, but reading the description won’t be anywhere as much fun as watching the trailer the way it was supposed to be enjoyed — on the big screen, with a big crowd. But for those of you who just have to know right now, I have included the long/detailed description
Again, this is your last chance to turn back.
You don’t have to read the description…
Are you sure?
Okay then…
Here is the teaser trailer description from our source:
The trailer lasts about one minute and a half.
- Spoiler:
A train rushes by the screen. We notice that it has lots of cargo.
Text comes on the screen: “In 1979, The U.S. Air Force Closed A Section of AREA 51.”
We see the railroad crossing light blinking and ringing as the camera pans up we see some sort of light moving in the background. What is it? A UFO?
More Text: “All The Materials Were To Be Transported To A Secure Facility In Ohio.”
No, it appears to be the headlights of a yellow 1970’s truck, which skids in a 180 degree motion, and suddenly pulls onto the tracks.
Point of view of the truck heading into the light.
Black screen and white text: “From Producer Steve Spielberg”
We see the truck explode as it hits the train.
Then… the cargo train is heading towards the car explosion - BAM. It is wrecked, thrown from the tracks like a wild snake. The flaming metal body flipping towards the camera. Cars flying through the air. It is INTENSE.
Another black screen and the text: “And Director JJ Abrams”
The camera really slowly moves in on the wrecked pieces of the train, most of which is now just scrap metal. At least one car remains intact.
Black screen, white test: “Next Summer”
We see some sparks.
Black screen, white text: “It Arrives”
We pull up on one of the train cars with a US Airforce logo. The wheel on the door begins to spin out of control as we pull in closer. The wall of the door begins to bend like some huge force is punching it from the inside.
Cut to one second of a close up of an 8mm camera lens.
Cut to black. White text: “Super 8″
The credits at the end were pretty bare.
Paramount Pictures Presents, An Amblin Entertainment/Bad Robot Production
“Super 8″
PRoduced By Steve Spielberg JJ Abrams Bryan Burk
Written and Directed by JJ Abrams
And the bottom featured the Amblin Entertainment, Bad Robot and Paramount Pictures Logo.
It definitely feels like a late 1970’s Spielberg film, think Close Encounters of a Third Kind. I’m excited to see what the actual movie is about.
If it is anything like a Spielberg film from that era, it will probably be set in the suburbs and focus on a middle class family who somehow gets stuck in the middle of this alien situation. I love Close Encounters, ET and the old Amblin films. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have been saying that they’re trying to make “Amblin” movies, but have not even come close. I hope that JJ Abrams is able to deliver something closer to those movies. I have faith, and from what I’ve heard — this trailer is dead on.
This sounds ultra cool! I love JJ Abrams viral marketing campaigns, all the stuff he did with Colverfield was amazing. I can't wait to actually see the trailer though.
