‘The Thing’ Prequel Begins Filming in March
January 4, 2010 by Alison
Universal’s prequel to John Carpenter’s classic, The Thing, is set to start filing this March in Toronto. Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment will be working with director Matthijs van Heijningen to direct the film from a screenplay by Ronald D. Moore and Eric Heisserer (Platinum Dunes’ A Nightmare on Elm Street). Is anyone else crying yet?
From Heisserer’s blog:
“Matthijs and I are hard at work with the very smart team at Strike on the prequel. We are all so much in love with Carpenter’s film, so protective of it, we’re doing all we can to avoid stepping on its toes. I jumped at this job because I hold the Carpenter adaptation to very high standards, and I knew it would be a challenge to create a comparable companion piece. Sort of a ‘Nobody better screw this up, especially me’ mentality. Lucky for me, the people at Strike and the director have the same standards.”
We all know this is either going to be really good or totally horrific. The mere mention of a Platinum Dunes member being involved is grating to the ears, especially when it comes to one of my favorite films. Hopefully they keep good on their promise and that the CGI is minimal and well done. Lament or celebrate this news with a trailer for the original below.
As John Carpenter’s The Thing is my favorite horror film, the news of a prequel being made really made me want to punch a baby. Now that you’ve brought to my attention that a member of Platinum Dunes is part of this movie makes the urge to kill rise even higher. Hopefully I’m wrong about the movie and it will end up being a good film (it will never get close to Carpenter’s Thing in my eyes), but I really don’t have high hopes for it… on a lighter note, I bet Miss Andre Dumas will love to see a movie about the Norwegian scientists… haha.
Erm. . . apologies for pednatry. . . but – wouldn’t the Christian Nyby version of 1951 be “the original”?
Remakes aren’t *always* a bad thing; though evidence suggests they mostly are.
Especially where Carpenter is concerned.
Hahaha! Are you talking crap about me BobbyBless?!!! I’m gonna git you. But yes you are right… I refuse to sit through a movie detailing the stupid shit those Norwegian scientists did! I don’t trust those no good- dig up evil alien monster-… clowns.