This is a prequel that takes place in the Norwegian camp that was shown in the 1982 film. The story follows a Ph.D. candidate, who joins a Norwegian research team in Antarctica after it discovers an alien ship in the ice. When a trapped organism is freed and begins a series of attacks, she is forced to team with a blue-collar mercenary helicopter pilot (Edgerton) to stop the rampage.
RELEASE DATE
2011
CURRENT STATUS
In Production
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Strike Entertainment
MPAA RATING
N/A
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DIRECTED BY
Matthijs Van Heijningen
WRITTEN BY
Eric Heisserer
Ronald D. Moore
STARRING
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Joel Edgerton
Dennis Storhøi
Trond Espen Seim
Jørgen Langhelle
Stig Henrik Hoff
Jan Gunnar Røise
Kristofer Hivju
Jo Adrian Haavind
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PROJECT DETAILS
- Filming in Toronto and British Columbia, Canada.
- Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Final Destination 3, Black Christmas) stars.
- Aussie actor Joel Edgerton (Smokin' Aces, Acolytes) plays a merc. helicopter pilot.
- Strike Entertainment and the original 1982 film-version-producer David Foster will executive produce.
- It's said that this film will borrow heavily from the original short story 'Who Goes There?' by John W. Campbell Jr., which was the basis of the 1982 John Carpenter film and the 1951 Howard Hawks original, The Thing From Another World.
- Co-scripted by Eric Heisserer and director Matthijs Van Heijningen.
- Battlestar Galactica writer/exec-producer Ronald D. Moore scripted an earlier draft.
- Set before the events that took place in John Carpenter's 1982 film.
- Originally announced as a remake, but was later revealed to be a sequel that would air as a two-part four-hour mini-series on the SyFy Channel. It's now considered to be a prequel and "re-imagining" of the series.
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Tags: aliens, based on short story, creatures, Eric Heisserer, gore, Joel Edgerton, John Carpenter, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, PREQUELS, Strike Entertainment, the thing, thing
Can anyone confirm what format this movie will finally be; syfy vs. bigscreen? Bigscreen could be good (despite the sequel status), syfy will be horrible.
And while we know what eventually happens to the Norwegian camp, I wouldn't be surprised if the Hero and/or Heroine manage to escape somehow. Maybe one becomes infected and makes it to civilization via a rescue team that comes for Keith and Russel. Who the hell knows. Nice thing about scifi horror; nothing is off the table.
And for those interested, Dark Horse comics did a graphic sequel to the movie where the Thing does make it to civilization. Only read the first two installments, but those were very good. A definite recommend.
Should be going to theaters. It was once going to be a miniseries on SyFy, but that was years ago.
Hot damn! If Mary Elizabeth Winstead is going to be in it I'm there!
Of course, it's not like I wasn't planning on seeing it anyway...
So this movie is going to be a Sci-fi Ch. movie?!?! If that's the case then it's gonna suck ass. Sci-fi Ch.'s movies suck. They do have some interesting ideas and stories but the end results are just so painful to watch. Besides going back to see what happened to Norwegian camp is pointless. From the events of THE THING we know what happens. Someone had a great idea, have the Thing make its way to civilization and watch it spread across the world.
Carpenter's version was awesome and one of my all time faves. Why the hell does Hollywood keep thinking that moving backward is a good idea?!?! Didn't Lucas' prequel prove that they suck! No? How about Rise of The Lycans? Come on Hollywood! Move it forward! If it was scary in an isolated camp, it would be a hell of lot scarier in a populated city. The paranoia would be insane! Damn you Hollywood
I have to strongly agree about the overuse of prequels.
Here are just some that have been made:
Star Wars, Casino Royale, Wolverine X Men origins, Rise of the Lycans (Underworld).
And then you have "The Hobbit" the prequel to Lord of The Rings.
I agree the story should move forwards NOT backwards.......and that is part of the appeal of Carpenter's first film......i.e you only get hints at what occurred before hand.
If Carpenter wanted to fill in those details he would have included them in his film in the first place.
Also prequels just serve to confuse things, take Casino Royale.....now James Bond is supposed to be just learning the ropes to being a "00" agent with a license to kill, but the story takes place in modern day......so when exactly is Daniel Craig going to turn into the Sean Connery bond that we all know and love?......It certainly didn't happen in the awful "Quantum of Solace".
And that's the problem with sequels, in that any sequel to a prequel just doesn't make sense and gets tiresome and silly.
And let's say we watch "The Thing" the prequel......are we supposed to watch the prequel first and then watch Carpenter's main "The Thing" afterwards
Please by all means keep the films coming......but no more prequels......who needs them?
Any comment i make about this is going to be biased as JOHN CARPENTER is a God, even when he does wrong.
I'm a child of the 80s so as you can imagine the Thing is one of my all time favourites I still remember the first time I saw it, sneakily watching it in the early hours of the morning on my black & white portable with crappy hoop aerial, the picture and sound were awful but boy was i scared scared like never before, This wasn't my first introduction to Carpenter films but it was the one that broke the camels back.
The trademark music the bleak desolate isolation and god damn those monster effects, In their time there really was nothing better and in my opinion there has not been anything you can even compare to them since and the strongest elements of the film Kurt Russell, Keith David (both Carpenter regulars) and the rest of the cast.
No one other than Carpenter and/or Dan o Bannon should be let loose with a prequal, yeah the story was already there and ready to be handed out on a plate when Carpenters original came out,But the execution is my concern there aren't many directors that can do justice so just leave it alone please. CGI monster aaagggghhhh no.
I know it's pegged as a feature film now but any mention of sy-fy mini series should signal the end of any project that was the stake in it's heart in my eyes.
Curiously I loved the playstation game tho.
There was a time when it was going to be a miniseries on the SyFy channel, but not anymore. It's going to theaters.
the thing is one of my favorite movies
cant wait for this prequel, and i am from Norway so it will be interesting to see how they make us look
Just say "NO" to prequels. Honestly, they always wind up being really bad.
I'm looking forward to this a hell of allot because I want to know exactly how everybody at the first outpost died and how everything went down, apparently they are going to show exactly what happened to everybody that we see when Mac goes to the camp in john carpenters, let's hope its good, people.
I'm king of eager to see this because I always wanted to see what happened at the Norwegian camp. From what we see in The Thing (1982) of the aftermath of the Norwegian camp, it looks like something pretty brutal happened.
However, I really hope they use similar FX & props used in the 1982 movie, I do not want to see CGI aliens. I would much rather see FX like in Carpenter's remake.
No, No, No! Third time is not a charm. The second one was just fine.
If they made a sequel or remake, people would complain more, at least with a prequel, they'll only complain alittle.
Why are they going back in the story? We already know what happens. Instead they should make a sequel where the thing somehow makes it to civilization and starts spreading and taking over the whole world. That would be kick ass! Maybe they'll do that after this one, I hope so!
I have to disagree. The Thing in civilization would remove the whole point. The entire story is about dealing with a hidden horror in isolation. If you introduce this kinda monster into civilization you end up with Aliens Vs. Predator 2. The monster becomes a spectacle and a cliche.