Last December, images were leaked purporting to be creature designs from Super 8.

The pics were apparently intercepted from Super 8 vfx provider ILM, and had the internet abuzz with chatter, as blogthirsty fans speculated over the pictures.

Whether the images are accurate is not for us to say. But to focus so much on the mystery might mean you miss the forest for the trees.

Super 8 may be a movie with a monster in it. But it's not a monster movie.

"It's a human story. Even if you took away all the action, it's about relationships between fathers and their kids, and it's a love story, it's about finding your first love," says Elle Fanning.

"JJ has created a story with all these little moments of honesty and change and growth, with the characters surrounded by this beautifully shot film with wonderful special effects," adds Kyle Chandler.

"He created a story that doesn't manipulate our emotions, and that's good storytelling. It's all deserved, it's all honest.

"When you see the final film you see the sum of all the parts, and it's beautiful."

Super 8 is released in UK cinemas August 5 2011.