J.J. Abrams finally reveals some things about Super 8

J.J. Abrams has been incredibly secretive about his upcoming, Steven Spielberg-produced Super 8, releasing only an early teaser trailer that left the film wide open to speculation as to what might be trying to bust its way out of that derailed train car—besides, you know, aliens. Because several things made that seem pretty obvious, from the mention of “Area 51” to the fact that Spielberg is involved. But following a full, 30-second trailer premiere during last night’s Super Bowl, Abrams is finally sharing some details: The film is set in 1979 Ohio, and concerns a group of six kids using a Super 8 camera to create a homemade zombie movie who happen to be in the right place at the right time to capture that train’s wreckage and the “decidedly inhuman” thing that emerges.