“10 CLOVERFIELD LANE”: Monsters come in many forms

“10 CLOVERFIELD LANE”: Monsters come in many forms

(L-R) John Goodman and director Dan Trachtenberg on the set of 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, by Paramount Pictures

JOHN GOODMAN (“Howard”) remembers the day in 1975 when he left his native St. Louis for New York, armed only with a degree from Southwest Missouri State University, $1,000 borrowed from his brother and a dream of becoming a professional actor. He didn’t want to look back later and say, “I wonder if I could have …” So he made the rounds, worked at odd jobs and just tried to keep busy. He’s been busy ever since.

His most recent films include, Jay Roach’s “Trumbo,” which premiered at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival to rave reviews and was nominated by the Critics’ Choice for Best Acting Ensemble and by The Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Goodman’s upcoming films include Bad Robot’s thriller, “10 Cloverfield Lane,” Warner Bros’ prequel “Kong: Skull Island,” Voltage Picture’s drama “Going Under” and Focus Features’ spy thriller “Coldest City.”

In 2013 Goodman starred in Ben Affleck’s drama “Argo,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and in Robert Zemeckis’ thriller “Flight.”
That same year he won the 2013 National Board of Review Spotlight Award for his work in “Argo, “Flight” and “Trouble with the Curve.” Goodman was also seen in the Weinstein Co.’s black-and-white silent feature “The Artist” which won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture.

His other TV credits include Amazon’s original series “Alpha House,” the Starz miniseries “Dancing on the Edge,” DirecTV’s “Damages,” and NBC’s “Community”.

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MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD (“Michelle”) began her career in performing arts at a young age in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was in these adolescent years that her exceptional talent in dancing and acting earned her the opportunity to study dance at the prestigious Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. Soon after, she was appearing on Broadway and singing in the International Children’s Choir. Winstead’s passion for the arts has segued into a successful career in TV, Film and Music.

Prior, Winstead starred in Emilio Estevez’s drama BOBBY alongside William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Elijah Wood, Sharon Stone and Anthony Hopkins. The film received two Golden Globe nominations in addition to a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Ensemble Cast. She also starred in Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic DEATH PROOF opposite Kurt Russell and Rosario Dawson, Universal’s THE THING opposite Joel Edgerton, Edgar Wright’s comic-to-film adaptation of SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD alongside Michael Cera and Anna Kendrick, as well as Timur Bekmambetov’s film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER. This was followed by a leading performance in James Ponsoldt’s critically acclaimed SMASHED, which she received a 2013 Indie Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead. That same year, she reprised her role as ‘Lucy Gennaro McClane’ in John Moore’s action thriller A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD and starred in the sleeper hit THE SPECTACULAR NOW alongside Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller.

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JOHN GALLAGHER JR. (“Emmitt”) For 3 seasons, John starred opposite Jeff Daniels in Aaron Sorkin’s THE NEWSROOM. The series came to a dramatic conclusion last fall when at the same time John was starring opposite Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins in the critically acclaimed OLIVE KITTERIDGE miniseries for HBO. Gallagher’s other television credits include LAW & ORDER: SVU, LOVE MONKEY, LAW & ORDER: CI, NYPD BLUE, ED, THE WEST WING, and LAW & ORDER. No stranger to the big screen, Gallagher’s film credits include THE BELKO EXPERIMENT (upcoming), HUSH (Blumhouse-upcoming), SHORT TERM 12, THE HEART MACHINE, MARGARET, JONAH HEX, WHATEVER WORKS, THE GOOD STUDENT, and PIECES OF APRIL. One of Gallagher’s most notable achievements is his Tony award winning performance as ‘Moritz Stiefel’ in Duncan Sheik’s and Steven Sater’s rock musical SPRING AWAKENING for which he also received a Drama Desk and Drama League nominations. John’s other theater credits include Green Day’s Broadway musical AMERICAN IDIOT, Broadway’s JERUSALEM, David Lindsay Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize Winning RABBIT HOLE (Broadway), CURRENT EVENTS, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, PORT AUTHORITY and FARRAGUT NORTH. John is set to return to Broadway in 2016 in the eagerly anticipated production of Eugene O’Neill’s masterwork Long Day’s Journey Into Night. He just released his debut full-length album, Six Day Hurricane via Rockwood Music Hall Recordings.

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DAN TRACHTENBERG (Director) grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia drawing comic books, playing nintendo and making movies with his action figures.

After graduating Temple University’s MFA program he moved out to Los Angeles to direct TV commercials for Boxer Films. Garnering praise for his work with from Lexus to Hellboy 2’s viral marketing component, Trachtenberg continues to direct commercials for the international company Great Guns.

Before moving on to feature films, Trachtenberg won a Webby for his co-created/hosted internet show “The Totally Rad Show” a web series devoted to movies, video games and comic books.

Hollywood first recognized Trachtenberg’s talents with his Black Box TV short “More Than You Can Chew.” But in 2011 his short film “Portal: No Escape” (based on the popular Valve video game) debuted on YouTube to over 1 million hits in 24 hours. At this time, the short has over 17 million views on YouTube.

Currently, Trachtenberg is hard at work developing his original “Crime of the Century” for Chris Morgan Productions (Fast Five/Wanted) at Universal Studios, a pitch he developed with Dan Kunka. He also developed New Line Cinema’s adaptation of the award-winning comic book series “Y the Last Man.”

Cast: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and John Gallagher, Jr.

Paramount Pictures Presents
A Bad Robot Production “10 Cloverfield Lane”
Produced by J.J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber
Story by Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken
Screenplay by Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken and Damien Chazelle
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg

In theatres March. 11th, 2016
Rated PG-13 for thematic material including frightening sequences of threat with some violence, and brief language. Running time: 103 minutes.