Alcatraz follows Rebecca Madsen, a police officer (Sarah Jones), and Dr. Diego Soto (Jorge Garcia), a “hippy geek” who is the world’s foremost expert on Alcatraz. Both will investigate the reappearance of 302 wardens and prisoners of Alcatraz in modern day, after their mysterious disappearance fifty years ago.

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I watched the Super Bowl, and somehow I missed this teaser trailer for J.J. Abram’s highly anticipated ‘Super 8′!

JJ Abrams has teamed up with Steven Speilberg for this Area-51 disaster film. The trailer doesn’t give much info – but it’s much better than what we’ve seen up until now!

We’re getting a peak at the cast, including Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning.

Star Trek director J.J. Abrams tells TV Guide that he will be producing the fourth “Mission: Impossible” film. “I am incredibly honored that Tom Cruise has invited me back as a producer on ‘Mission: Impossible 4,’” said Abrams, who directed 2006′s Mission: Impossible III, but hasn’t yet committed to directing the fourth.

“Tom and I have come up with a really cool idea we are pursuing,” he added. The third film cost about $150 million to make and earned $397.8 million worldwide. The first pic pulled in $457.7 million worldwide on a $80 million budget and the second took in $546.3 million on a $125 million budget.

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I haven’t seen Cloverfield yet, and it pains me.  I know I would love it – it’s totally my kind of movie.  But I have vertigo really bad… and I would seriously be barfing 10 minutes into it.  I’ve had to walk out of the theater for far less.  People who don’t even suffer from vertigo (basically motion sickness) were throwing up in the aisles.  Don’t sound fun to me!  Damn you J.J.!

So tell me – did you see it?  How was it!

Matt Reeves, director of the J.J. Abrams-produced Cloverfield, is in talks with Paramount to helm a sequel.

On a $25 million budget, using a cast of unknowns, Cloverfield scored a $46 million opening weekend, setting a record for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Reeves has also cut a deal with GreeneStreet Films to direct The Invisible Woman, a thriller about a beauty queen-turned-criminal he wrote and will produce with Abrams. If Paramount can quickly work out a deal for a sequel with Reeves, Abrams, and Cloverfield writer Drew Goddard, the director would likely make that his next project and begin Invisible Woman afterward.

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Having scored a box office bull’s-eye with Cloverfield, producer J.J.Abrams is now turning his attention to Fringe, his two-hour pilot for Fox that focuses on a trio of investigators who solve supernatural and sci-fi mysteries.

Production on the project, which stars Mark Valley (Boston Legal, above left) and Kirk Acevedo (The Black Donnellys, above right), is expected to start as early as Feb. 1 and could cost Fox up to $10 million for the pilot alone. (Abrams told Hollywood Insider that he had cast a British actor on Wednesday for another key role, but refused to elaborate.)

Fringe, which earned a series commitment from Fox, is slated for a fall bow, though the 2008–09 season could be disrupted by the writers’ strike. Says a source close to the project, “The best way to work with J.J. is to not put him in a position where he feels forced.”

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If you’re dying to know what the Cloverfield monster looks like, here’s your chance! It’s not terribly clear, but you get the idea. Answer after the jump!

PS: Are you going to see Cloverfield? I will fo sho.

UPDATE:  Well, I hope you got to see it.  Paramount sent me a HUGE email telling me I better take it down immediately.  So – that really WAS the Cloverfield monster, and now I have to remove it.  Sorry guys!

5 Minute Sneak Peek!