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doubtful, saw a call sheet for this flick from someone who worked on the movie describing a scene of the military shooting at something that is flying. vague but this thing doesn’t look like it can fly or is it advanced enough to fly any kind of plane/ufo
Obviously it’s Super 8’s monster’s arch rival, who came from another train that goes through the woods.Or naked old man.
Just a photoshop, not viral marketing for anything:http://byjov.blogspot.com/2010/12/mystery-alienzombie-hunting-pic.html
I don’t feel like the studio and producers would let plot details slip, even if from the mouth of a child actress. The parents would have undoubtedly been required to sign a privacy contract or something, because of the intentioned secrecy.