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September 6: THE THING prequel on the way

Studios have become savvy to the fact that it’s just as profitable to go back as it is to go forward, and it appears the boys at Strike Entertainment—the same company that brought us the DAWN OF THE DEAD remake, SLiTHER, and the forthcoming historical epic 300 (which looks amazing)—feel this is the key ingredient to bring THE THING back to the big screen. Fango has learned that Strike is combing Hollywood for a writer (or writers) to tackle a THING prequel. Since the production house works solely with Universal, which gave us John Carpenter’s classic 1982 THING remake, this is understandable.

The gestation period on a new THING has been a long one. Since Carpenter’s film—starring Kurt Russell, a bevy of amazing character actors and the timeless, inimitable special FX of Rob Bottin—overcame initial critical and public derision to become a modern classic, Universal has pondered just what to do with a property that is ripe for follow-up status. Many have stepped in to lend their two cents, beginning with Dark Horse Comics, which created a miniseries back in the early ’90s that was the next best thing to getting a full-blown cinematic continuation. Then George Clooney flirted with the idea of bringing the original story, “Who Goes There?” (by John W. Campbell), to the small screen in a project similar to the black-and-white FAIL SAFE he executive-produced; then the THING video game came along; then Frank Darabont was attached to a Sci-Fi Channel original movie. Time will tell if the prequel’s birth will come anytime soon; we’ll keep you updated. —Ryan Rotten

I really enjoyed The Thing myself. I think they can make it a bit better with todays technology. But they should not overdo it.

credit: empireonline.com

When we last reported on plans for a prequel to The Thing, we promise we weren’t frakking kidding you.

But though the idea of this new film being a prequel seems a little up in the air (the current reports call it a “remake”), Universal is most definitely going ahead with a new Thing.

Though the idea of remaking Carpenter’s iconic, claustrophobic tale of Antarctic researchers and the alien which infests and kills them through the power of shape shifting is close to blasphemous, the studio has at least made one smart choice: hiring Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D Moore to pen the screenplay.

And David Foster, who produced the 1982 original, is back on board to oversee this new vehicle, which, while it’s not a huge reason for hope, is at least something. He’s promising this will be a “companion piece to the Carpenter film”.

Can anyone truly replace Kurt Russell and John Carpenter? And will this be a CG-fest? Why don't we just wait here for a little while... See what happens?