It's Official: Matt Reeves is your director for "The Batman"

Looks like The Bat Signal is officially going to shine in Matt Reeves' direction, as the "Cloverfield" and upcoming "War for the Planet of the Apes" director has officially confirmed that he is the director for the upcoming solo Batman film that Warner Bros. is making for their DC Extended Universe, which is tentatively titled "The Batman".

According to Batman-News.com, Reeves confirmed his involvement in a press statement released, which strangely doesn't mention Ben Affleck in it. Affleck, who was formerly attached to direct, write, and reprise his role as Batman in the solo film, stepped back from his duties as director for "The Batman" to concentrate on his performance instead. While it may just have skipped mentioning his name, he is still the Caped Crusader for DC Films, and is set to appear in "Justice League" later this year.

The Batman has no release date scheduled yet.

"10 Cloverfield Lane" Poster and Trailer released

Pretty much a man full of surprises when it comes to delivering things "out of nowhere", director J.J Abrams produces and presents his "spiritual successor" to his 2008 monster flick "Cloverfield" with this unexpected poster and trailer to "10 Cloverfield Lane"... Which features a group of survivors hiding out in a bunker and a mystery that we'll only find out when we see the film.


10 Cloverfield Lane Trailer (2016)
10 Cloverfield Lane hits pretty early... On March 11, 2016!

First Look at Apollo 18 Poster...

Movie news site Slash Film has posted an eerie and creepy image in the form of the official "Apollo 18" poster. The film, presented by The Weinstein Company, is a sci-fi horror found footage flick in which a group of astronauts on a secret expedition to the moon encounter an alien life form... and nothing good comes out of it. Similar to The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield, the movie will be told "camcorder style", so the viewer will experience all the horror through the eyes of the lens only. Directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, the film is slated for a March 4 release next year. Check out the source post at Slash Film for more details.

Super 8, What Art Thou?

Is it just me, or did we never get a teaser trailer to J.J Abrams next original movie attached to Iron Man 2 when it premiered here?!

Via website i09, the next film by the guy who gave us Lost, Mission Impossible III, Star Trek, and the surprising monster hit Cloverfield will be called "Super 8", and it's name has something to do with the motion picture film format of the same name developed in the mid 1960's. It apparently has ties to 2008's Cloverfield, and will feature a group of kids using the camera as a recording tool, which they develop and discover something... strange. Since I haven't seen the trailer, this is still puzzling and mysterious for me. But knowing Abrams, he'll deliver something with a punch and full of bizarre storytelling that's definitely worth experiencing once it comes out. I'm real curious now.

UPDATE (May 6, 2010): Well, guess we can debunk the idea that it's a Cloverfield sequel or prequel. Enewsi reports that JJ Abrams has stated that Super 8 has nothing to do with his 2008 monster movie. You can read the rest of the post here.