"Cloverfield 2" trailer with Iron Man 2?
Tue, May 4, 2010 
I personally thought that the shaky cam first person shot 'Cloverfield' was annoying and stupid. So when they started talking about a sequel, I wasn't at all interested. Where can you really take it from where it was left off.
Rumors of a sequel have been circling in the two-plus years since its release and with the success of last summer's Star Trek, Abrams is pretty much Paramount's golden boy and can now make any film he wishes. Those rumors are starting to look a lot like reality with the news that a sneak peek of Abrams' secret Super 8 will be unveiled when Iron Man 2 hits this weekend. The trailer is said to be so top secret that theaters aren't even allowed to open the film canister that contains it and the Iron Man 2 post-credits sequence until Thursday afternoon, meaning projectionists will have to hustle to prepare and attach it for midnight screenings.
According to Hit Fix:
Prints of "Iron Man 2" are already showing up at theaters nationwide, and all of those prints come with a final reel locked in a film canister that has a coded electronic lock on it.
...I can tell you that the film is called "Super 8." I can also tell you that it is rumored to be a "Cloverfield" sequel. How it ties in to the first film is unclear at this point, but I would imagine the trailer will make that connection explicit so that audiences basically walk out after two hours of amazing Iron Man action talking about a two minute trailer as the most exciting thing they saw. What I can't tell you is what you're actually going to see in the trailer, and frankly, I don't want to know yet.
It appears that Abrams will not be directing this film, and the more I've poked into it, the more convinced I am that this is not the movie that Abrams is rumored to be teaming with Steven Spielberg to make. At first, I thought they were connected, but if this is a "Cloverfield" follow-up, I have trouble believing Spielberg would suddenly jump onboard now. Instead, that's most likely a different secret Abrams project.
Noone knows for sure yet, that this is in fact a trailer for the cloverfield sequel, but after this weekend I would expect the trailer to hit the internet. If your not already seeing IronMan 2 like everyone else, wait until after this weekend and I'm sure you'll know soon enough.
Mitch Anderson
Vulture has exclusive details on the trailer for the J.J. Abrams–produced Super 8, which will unspool at 12:01 am Thursday night in front of Iron Man 2.
Insiders familiar with the trailer tell us that it shows a bunch of kids who are shooting a movie with a Super 8 camera in the seventies or eighties. When they develop the film, they notice that there's an alien creature in the frame. Our sources also say that Super 8 is absolutely connected to 2008's Cloverfield (possibly a prequel, but not a sequel).
Whether the actual Super 8 movie will be set in the seventies, eighties, or present day is anyone's guess. And yet, just this scrap of information will have fans obsessing for months. Advantage yours, Abrams.
As much as I hated Cloverfield, this does sound very cool. Well played Abrams, well played.
Mitch Anderson
Vulture was able to catch up with J.J. Abrams last night and asked him about his secret trailer that is attached to prints of Iron Man 2 this weekend.
Abrams said, "You have to check [out the trailer]. But it has nothing whatsoever to do with 'Cloverfield,' despite your expert reporting." So what is Super 8 about? "I won't be able to tell you until it's done," he said.
Reader Comments (4)
This does sound pretty cool, but I actually like the first one too
the first clover field was shit, but this sounds "okay" thats it...I'll wait until I know more to judge
I didn't mind the first one, but I hope this one is better
I feel relieved that this isn't to do with cloverfield