We published an enormous JJ Abrams special in Empire #287, covering his whole career up to Star Trek Into Darkness. As part of that, I spoke to his frequent FX collaborator Neville Page (he worked on both Star Treks, Cloverfield and Super 8), and we put an expanded version of the print article online. He speaks about his design philosophies, and inspirations like Rob Bottin and John Carpenter. He doesn’t know if he’s working with Abrams on Star Wars Episode VII yet…

http://www.empireonline.com/features/neville-page-movie-monsters