New Cloverfield Details And Photo Emerge

Paramount sent us this new (but uneventful) photo of Mike Vogel and Michael Stahl-David from Cloverfield. Click on the image above to enlarge. A new article in Variety reveals a few new Cloverfield tidbits. Here are the interesting pieces:

The film started out as an "elaborate 60-page treatment" by Lost writer Drew Goddard.

Cloverfield features no musical score at all, "just source music and well-orchestrated ambient sound."

The beginning of the film was show with a lightweight Panasonic HD HandyCam, "then moves into transitional sequences shot with a 3-lb. Canon for about a third of the film." The special effects shots were filmed with "the much-heavier" hi-res Sony F23 or Thomson Viper.

One five-minute continuous master shot "incorporates 20 VFX elements."

Director Matt Reeves promises "intimate contact" with the monster by the end of the 90-minute film.

A digital version of Cloverfield will play on in a few hundred screens.

You can read the full article on Variety.com. Cloverfield hits theaters on 1-18-08.