The Thing Prequel

[SeattleEd]

Just read in a Hollywood magazine they are in production for a Prequel to The Thing and Kurt Russell is going to be in it.
How can that be possible based on the story line of the John Carpenter version from '82.
Watched this movie not too long ago. Really great movie.

[Gorn Captain]

What are they going to do: that Russell met The Thing in his teen years already?
Like, they went to the same high school?
Confusing....

Still a terrific movie. The atmosphere is claustrophobic, it holds no punches.
No wonder it bombed, in the year of ET.

[samsallspark]

Maybe it starts with him telling someone the story and flashes back to the prequel.

[palitoy]

Maybe he's playing a different character.

[steelcouch]

I hope they dont ruin the story line. Seems like hollywood is running out of ideas. How old is Kurt Russel now. I really enjoyed the original. If Im correct didnt all the monster get destroyed?

[Nostalgiabuff]

maybe a part of it survived and went into hybernation again until someone else digs it out of the ice.
I always loved that movie. effects are a little dated now but it was a cool scary movie in it's time
I even have the game on PS which takes place after the movie

[kryptosmaster]

They never really did explain where the Thing came from, did they?
I haven't seen either film in decades so I don't recall. I remember liking both versions and still need to eventually add them to my DVD collection.
Rich

[SeattleEd]

Apparently I read the blurb wrong. My bad!.
Kurt Russell will not be in it. But it is a prequel.
From IMDB:
Is this film a remake of the 1982 film "The Thing"?

No. From what the media is claiming, this film will actually serve as a prequel to the 1982 movie The Thing, as the film will detail the events that took place in the Norwegian camp from that film.

If you look up any of the proposed and existing "Thing" projects they all have "The Thing" as their title. Unfortunately, this confuses a lot of the public audience, but that's what Universal wants.

[lepage]

Very strange, I have heard rumors of a film before AND I had also heard that there was at one point in time, plans for a tv mini series.
Maybe they will let Tim Burton direct it so that he can ruin another one of my favorite films.

"Watch Clark and watch him close you wearweee!?"

[spamn]

I've been following this, and I can't imagine how it isn't going to be lame. What can it bring to the table that the original didn't already do? And we know how it ends. I just can't imagine it's going to be worthwhile to watch for anyone familiar with the original.

[palitoy]

My buddy is in the industry, when we last talked he said the movie was going to end with the guys chasing the dog with the helicopter and running into Childs. That may be Kurt Russel's part in all of this.

[MysteryWho]

That seems like a weird idea. A sequel wouldn't surprise me, but I am surprised by a prequel. I don't worry about bad re-makes, sequels, or the like. They can be tough to swallow in the moment, but I don't think they diminish the original material in the long term.
The Thing is one of my favorite horror films. One of the best aspects of it is the lack of explanation. For one thing, you can imagine all sorts of interesting things (pardon the pun) rather than rely on some fixed idea of what is going on. The ignorance of the doomed group is easier to relate to than half-assed theorizing. Even Wilford Brimley doesn't really understand the creatures motivations beyond consuming them and surviving. He just knows they're doomed.
Also, it is clear that the alien IS capable of communicating with humans with speech but it doesn't want to or doesn't see the need. That's makes it much more frightening on a whole other level. For me that is very chilling, a totally indifferent and incidently hostile being.

[thunderbolt]

I need to watch the remake again, but I seem to remember Russell and Co. watching footage of the Norwegian team finding the saucer and it was an homage to the 1951 version. Maybe this will be a tighter remake of that movie.

[Gorn Captain]

My buddy is in the industry, when we last talked he said the movie was going to end with the guys chasing the dog with the helicopter and running into Childs. That may be Kurt Russel's part in all of this.

That could work.
But that crew was fully Norwegian.
Would they do it completely in Norwegian, or English with funny accents?

I'd rather see a sequel, with someone finding the frozen bodies of Russell and Keith David. I think if one of them was eventually a fragment of the Thing, it could easily wait for a new rescue crew and start all over again....

[spamn]

That could work.
But that crew was fully Norwegian.
Would they do it completely in Norwegian, or English with funny accents?

I'd rather see a sequel, with someone finding the frozen bodies of Russell and Keith David. I think if one of them was eventually a fragment of the Thing, it could easily wait for a new rescue crew and start all over again....

They are actually using several Norwegian actors. And yes, they have stated that the last shot in the film will be two Norwegians taking shots at a fleeing dog.

They've put a lot of work into studying all the Norwegian parts of the Carpenter version and CSIing everything shown to construct many of the set pieces. So they're definitely fans and trying to do the job right. But I'm pretty sure there's not much to be gained by showing what happened at the Norwegian camp. Even if they reveal something we didn't know, like a bunch of survivors running around in hidden ice caves below the camp, or another Thing still lurking around there.