It's a relatively quiet day Around the Blogosphere, but I guess that is to be expected with San Diego Comic-Con now in full swing. There have been a lot of exciting happenings IN the office today. Emmanuelle Chriqui -- ie Sloan from "Entourage" -- was a guest on "It's On With Alexa Chung" today, and it caused quite a stir in the newsroom as people rushed downstairs to gawk.

We also debuted the awesome "Ninja Assassin" trailer this morning. Exclusive or not, I'm a sucker for slickly produced martial arts action and that's exactly what the trailer delivers. But then, I would expect no less from the Wachowski Brothers/Joel Silver production team. What else is popping out there you ask? Keep reading to know the score. Read more...

It's been ten years since "The Blair Witch Project" crept its way into the national consciousness. The movie, which follows three students making a documentary about the legendary Blair Witch, managed to hit the sweet spot of viral marketing and word-of-mouth buzz through an extensive online campaign that had movie fans scratching their heads over whether or not the footage was real.

In fact, writer/directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez went to great lengths to convince investors, and eventually potential viewers, that their movie was a documentary. They did so through the use of cleverly staged "found" footage and an extensive back story. In the end, "The Blair Witch Project" was such an effective horror movie because of what it didn't show -- and because the use of unsteady handheld cameras often left audience members feeling dizzy and nauseated. So whether shaky camera work is used or abused in the name of art, shock, shlock or gore, I salute the following flicks for making me reach for the Dramamine instead of the remote. Read more...

Between "Twilight" and the critically hailed Swedish flick, "Let The Right One In," now is the time for angst-ridden teens and vampires. And you thought "The Loys: The Tribe" put a nail in that coffin.

By now you know everything under the sun about "Twilight" (if that's a pun, it's not intended) but you probably know less about "Let The Right One In" (read Kurt Loder's glowing review here). If so, get thee to an art house and check it out. Haunting and throughly unique in tone, it's a stand-out flick this Fall. And yeah, it's in Swedish, alright? Deal. Or don't. Because there is an English-language remake in the works and it's coming from "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves. Ready to hear his take on the story? I chatted with Reeves the other day (he said he's at work on the script right now) and here's what he told me:

Will he change the time period and locale? "I’m keeping it in the early 80s. I love the setting of it being in a snowy locale. I’ve been thinking of Colorado, maybe Littleton." Read more...

Ever since "Cloverfield" came out, it's been taken as a fait accompli that a sequel would be greenlit. So where is it? Catching up with director Matt Reeves, the helmer admits to MTV News in an interview that "the studio of course wants it to happen," but wanting something to happen and coming up with the right idea are two very different things.

Reeves says that talks have been frequent if sporadic over the last nine months. "At times it’s gone dormant and then its come back up again," Reeves says of the brainstorming over a sequel.

"There are a couple ideas that have potential but we haven’t quite cracked it yet," says Reeves who is juggling his orginal screenplay, "The Invisible Woman" and his remake of "Let the Right One In" among his future projects. Trying to pin down just what those "Cloverfield" sequel ideas are though is easier said than done. One thought was to return to the source of the inspiration for the film. "When we were in Japan we thought, wouldn’t it be cool to do it here," he said. Read more...

In my mind, anybody who writes "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory" deserves mad props. Eric Bogosian is the bomb, yo!

Others, however, may find Matt Reeves more notable for having directed the monstrous hit "Cloverfield." I recently interviewed him on the topic of spoilers and sequels, and we also touched on his next film, which unfortunately will not involve either 30-foot-tall monsters nor Steven Seagal.

"I am directing a movie called 'The Invisible Woman,'" he explained, distancing the flick from anything involving Chevy Chase, trenchcoats and floating sunglasses. "And it's not like a sci-fi movie, even though the title seems to apply." Read more...

We knew we had a mystery on our hands when Fall Out Boy's frontman Pete Wentz revealed to us that the writer of "Cloverfield," Drew Goddard, told him that he "based much of the film" on Fall Out Boy's Infinity on High album...so much so that if you played the flick and the record simultaneously, they would sync up like "Wizard of Oz" and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

So...what's the whole story? Well, as we report exclusively, Wentz may have gotten some things lost in translation. When we reached out to Goddard, he told us: "To clarify ... I was playing their album the whole time while writing 'Cloverfield.' I don't want to undercut [the idea that the movie was inspired by FOB's album], but it was just that the album came out at the same time as I was writing the script, and the way I work, I need music on in the background, and I was playing it, so it was inspiring in that sense, so I told them it was inspiring." For more on this story, watch the video below and then click here to read our full report.

We finally got a chance to see this flick earlier this week so believe us when we tell you, it delivers. Remember that dull throbbing pain you felt at the pit of your stomach walking out of 'Godzilla.' Well i won't say all is forgotten with 'Cloverfield' but this is one compelling flick. Here are two exclusive minutes, as if you needed to be tantalized any more.

You could count on one hand the number of people who have watched the top-secret "Star Trek" that will be unveiled next month; even fewer fingers, most likely, would be needed to take stock of those who've seen dailies from the December '08 release. Writer/director Matt Reeves, however, is one of the chosen few.

"Way back, J.J. was like 'When 'Cloverfield' comes out, 'Star Trek' will be on it,'" Reeves said of his mysterious monster flick, which will hit theaters on 1.18.08 with the "Trek" trailer attached. "I was like 'That's a terrific idea; that's exciting'. So, I've known for a long, long, time that was their plan, and I've just recently seen bits of the teaser. I think it's amazing, and it looks pretty incredible." Read more...

It's been the subject of much speculation, but we can now confirm that the teaser trailer for J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" will in fact be shown in front of certain buzzed-about pic this January.

"Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves has told MTV News that Paramount has picked his monster flick as the venue to unveil the "Trek" trailer. There isn't much more to report on that front, but Reeves did say that he's seen the teaser and that it's "awesome."

See "Cloverfield" and the new adventures of Kirk & Crew on January 18, and stay tuned to MTV for much more on both those films in the coming weeks.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy a hot steaming cup of our links of the day, with news on Oliver Stone, Robert Downey Jr., "Cloverfield," "Harry Potter," and more.

- "The hills are alive with the sound of…thestrals?" A "Harry Potter" musical in the works? (Color us dubious) (Sunday Mirror)

- Enough with the mystery. "Cloverfield" site now roars. I yawn. (1-18-08)

- John Ridley is George Lucas's man, will write long in development Tuskegee-themed WWII pic "Red Tails." (AICN)

- Could your movie about a murdering, sociopath barber have, I dunno, less murdering? Burton told to tone down the gore in "Sweeney Todd." (CHUD)

- Good Morning, Vietnam! Oliver Stone making fourth trip to war well, to direct "Pinkville" with Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum. (Variety)

- "Soloist" becomes Duet: Robert Downey Jr. joins Jamie Foxx in musical biopic. (Variety)