I have returned to bring to you a mystery

And what prods me to finally post something new? Well, mostly the Internet rumblings about this new secret J.J. Abrams movie. Also, we're almost finished with the work on the autumn issue of Prerogative, which comes out July 27, and so I have some more time to do things like this.

People who saw "Transformers" also saw a snippet of an untitled movie to be released in January 2008. Here is the official trailer.

A movement is growing online of people who are trying to learn more about the film. Not even the official name is known for sure (the codename at least appears to be "Cloverfield"). Here's what IMDb has about the movie. And here's a site that's definitely related.

A possibly related website is one for Slusho, which people say was on a shirt that one of the characters is wearing in the movie trailer (I haven't rewatched the trailer yet to check it out myself). A couple other sites were/are considered to be linked to the film, but producer J.J. Abrams disagrees. Note that he also says we haven't found most of the film-related websites yet.

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Speaking of (the fabulous) J.J. Abrams, for those of you who aren't as familiar with that name: He has worked as a writer, producer and/or director for "Lost," "Alias" and "Felicity," among other projects. He directed "Mission: Impossible III" and is set to direct the next "Star Trek" film. I think he's also supposed to work on the movie versions of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. And he's good friends with (the fabulous) Greg Grunberg, who has been in lots of J.J. Abrams projects, though some of you might know him better from "Heroes." (A scan of his acting credits on IMDb also unearths such early-career gems as "Frankenstein: The College Years" and an episode of "Baywatch.")

Greg Grunberg also plays in a band with Hugh Laurie ("House"), James Denton ("Desperate Housewives") and some other people. They raise money for charities. I recently watched a few episodes of "Jeeves and Wooster," an older British show, and Hugh Laurie was pretty impressive in his sing-and-play-the-piano scenes.