The Thing prequel?

[jefferiestubes8]

Universal Pictures is targeting The Thing for a release on April 29, 2011 which is two weeks after Scream 4 and one week after Red Riding Hood hit theaters. One week later, the 2011 summer season kicks-off with Thor.

The studio describes the thriller as follows:

Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. The shape-shifting creature, accidentally unleashed at this marooned colony, has the ability to turn itself into a perfect replica of any living being. It can look just like you or me, but inside, it remains inhuman. In the thriller The Thing, paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers as they’re infected, one by one, by a mystery from another planet.

Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the crash eons ago. But it is about to wake up.

When a simple experiment frees the alien from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew’s pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=67054

[Reverend]

On the one hand it sort of spoils the suspense when you know only two (rather clumsy) Norwegian guys are going to make to the end but on the other hand, it'll be interesting to see how that one guy gets pinned to the door by a shovel...

[Harvey]

Well, we assume that everyone dies at the end, but I suppose some people could escape from the Norwegian base. Not that I expect that to happen.

[Teelie]

It is always possible some people do escape. The American base we saw wouldn't know there were other survivors who got away which opens up a sequel to The Thing that you know they'll do if this is a success. Afterall, the only survivors we knew of were speaking Norwegian and may not have known there were others or had a chance to alert others.

[Dark Dreamer]

I would much rather have a sequel than prequel. Though I guess I should be glad that it is not a remake. Could you imagine the awesome creature effects from the original film being replaced with CGI?

[Base_Delta_Zero]

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is the only good news I've heard about this thing so far, but can her hotness overcome the fact that prequels suck?

[The Mirrorball Man]

Dark Dreamer wrote:

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I would much rather have a sequel than prequel. Though I guess I should be glad that it is not a remake. Could you imagine the awesome creature effects from the original film being replaced with CGI?

It is a remake disguised as a prequel. And we don't have to imagine these creature effects done in CGI, that's what we'll get whether we like it or not.

[Wynterhawk]

Aquehonga wrote:

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Does EVERY damn movie HAVE TO have an m-effing sequel or prequel

Hollowood!

Thank you!

I love this movie, please don't *(#0 with it!

[jefferiestubes8]

A Visit to the Set of 'The Thing' Prequel: Part 1
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/21897


Director Matthijs van Heijningen On Set Interview THE THING
http://www.collider.com/2010/10/04/d...iew-the-thing/

[saturn5]

Much rather see a sequal where global warming uncovers the ship once more and McCready makes his way back to the antarctic to confront the second pilot

[jefferiestubes8]

Universal debuted the first ever footage from The Thing prequel at New York Comic Con. Spoilers ahead... First Thing prequel footage cracks open the alien ice block http://io9.com/5659890/first-thing-p...lien-ice-block

[JarodRussell]

Aww come on did we really need this? A prequel to The Thing? Really? Can they really not spend their money on something original? Or give it to Haiti instead of wasting time with this?

[Python Trek]

"There's nothing new under the sun."

[jefferiestubes8]

2:05 video length
The Trailer for 'The Thing' Leaks Online!
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/21986

[davejames]

Man, had almost forgot about this movie.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79822

New trailer looks pretty decent... although I was kinda hoping they would do more than just tell the same basic story again. I'm not really getting much of an 80s vibe from it either.