J.J. Abrams Re-Making 'Cloverfield' with Earthquake Instead of Monster
August 12, 2008 Comments
J.J. Abrams has announced he's finally jumping on that late-'90s disaster movie bandwagon and making something about an earthquake. From THR:
[Abrams] and David Seltzer, the screenwriter of the original "Omen," are working together to shake up audiences with a disaster flick for Universal involving an earthquake. The project is untitled and not intended to be a remake of Universal's 1974 movie "Earthquake."Details of the story are being kept in a seemingly tremor-proof vault, though as is Abrams' modus operandi, relationships will be at the core of the project. Abrams arguably rewrote the rules for disaster flicks with "Cloverfield," which thrust the big story to the background by making the audience see the bedlam through the prism of a personal relationship.
In true Abrams form, he's already started viral marketing:
Incidentally, Judge Judy is at the heart of all of Lost's mysteries, too. Just think about it: Judge Judy, J.J. Abrams? That can't be a coincidence.