Hot on the heels of Super 8's recent casting news, Ain't It Cool News have published a string of pictures from the secretive sci-fi. Not official photos, of course, seeing as this is a JJ Abrams' film - these are on set snaps from the location filming in West Virginia.

Converting Weirton into 1979 Lillian Heights, Ohio, the alien flick co-produced by Steven Spielberg is conceived as an homage to Spielberg's works like E.T. and Close Encounters. Judging by these pictures, they've certainly nailed the small-town aspect of it.

Starring Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning (and now Noah Emmerich, Zach Mills Ryan Lee and Ron Eldard too), Super 8 sees some kids accidentally shoot an alien (escaped from a secure train heading out of Area 51) on their Super 8 home videos.

You can check out the trailer over here, or read on for more set photos. 

Remember those people who told you that Super 8 definitely wasn't the much-hyped Steven Speilberg-JJ Abrams project? They lied.

Yes, the Super 8 trailer hit cinemas in the US right alongside Iron Man 2. And it quite clearly said "produced by Steven Speilberg". That's one of the few things it did say, given Abrams love for secrecy and vague cryptic comments.

The trailer hints at (spoiler alert) a sci-fi concept, which sees an unknown (and unseen) creature coming into contact with ordinary folks, much like Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Or Cloverfield. But this will have a lot less shaky handheld camera, and a budget of $45 million.

With a 2011 summer release targeted by Paramount, the official site is now up and running. But if you want to see the trailer, you'll have to wait a while. Heat Vision have got a rundown of events, if that works for you.

Or, of course, you can just watch the leaked version. Which is on YouTube. Click away for grainy blurry awesomeness.