For JJ Abrams forthcoming science fiction actioner Cloverfield, which opens January 18th, it appears Paramount is going with a marketing campaign similar to The Blair Witch Project.

Curiously, the studio hasn't released any clips or interviews for the movie. But they've just released three fake foreign news clips to YouTube. Each reports of a Japanese deep-sea drilling platform disaster.

Click here for the segment from Spain, here for Italy, here for Germany, and here for the official site.

Coolness.