The folks at /Film have gotten their paws on some production notes for Cloverfield wherein we gets us some more clues about the Big Bad Baby in Cloverfield. Really, it’s a baby. JJ says so himself. And the movie is a love story. A fucking love story? Please.

Reeves also skillfully interweaves an important storyline throughout the film, that of Rob and Beth’s (Odette Yustman) earlier relationship. Hud is unknowingly taping over an earlier recording Rob had made with the camera of intimate, quiet time spent with his mate. “You see their loving gaze. It’s this small love story,” says Reeves.

That Reeves would be director Matt Reeves. But you guys want to hear about the monster. Straight from JJ Abrams mouth (allegedly):

The concept for the monster (affectionately known simply as “Clover” in-house) is simple, says Abrams. “He’s a baby. He’s brand-new. He’s confused, disoriented and irritable. And he’s been down there in the water for thousands and thousands of years.”

And where is he from? “We don’t say – deliberately,” notes Goddard. “Our movie doesn’t have the scientist in the white lab coat who shows up and explains things like that. We don’t have that scene.”

Not only is the creature disoriented – he’s downright angry. “There are a bunch of smaller things – humans – that are annoying him and shooting at him like a swarm of bees,” observes Reeves. “None of these things are going to kill the monster, but they hurt it and it doesn’t understand. It’s this new environment that it finds frightening.”

Sooo… it’s a love story with a baby monster in it? Great. But wait, don’t forget the parasites! They’ve gotta be kick-ass right?

And because of that, the idea of the parasites was born. “They’re these horrifying, dog-sized creatures that just scatter around the city and add to the nightmare of the evening,” Abrams says.

Ok, so now it’s a love story complete with a lovable baby monster and it’s pets? Still no word on the Incredible Bloating Woman in the trailer. To read the whole article, which has a lot more info click that little pointer of yours riiiiight HERE.

For more production photos lick the screen HERE. Clicking might work too, give it a try.

Now, if only I could remember that release date…

Alright, so it’s only (reportedly) a picture of the toy version, but it should still be what the damn thing looks like (apparently). That fiendishly sexy site MovieWeb got this picture from some guy I guess and they also claim the image was created by the art director for the movie.

I guess I kind of dig it. At least he looks mean and agile, unlike the whale monster that was all over the net. But at the same time he looks a little too “Godzilla ’98″ for me. At least there is no way in hell this movie could ever be nearly as bad as that foul, foul atrocity (or anything else written and directed by Roland Emmerich). It definitely has an “other-worldly” feel to it, lending credence to the tag line “Something has found us.” Could this be an alien? Could there be more of them coming our way? Shit, that would suck.

What say y’all? Leave some comments. We’ll forward them to the producers. I promise.

***UPDATE***

According to Dark Horizons (who are way sexier and I like better than MovieWeb) this image is NOT the monster. Sonofabitch!

I’m disappointed that we still don’t know, yet I am hopeful that it will be better than that thing. On the other hand maybe it IS the monster and they (the movie people) are straight up lying to us yo! I guess we’ll know in ten days.