Abraham and Newman were keen to avoid the whole “remake” tag (despite their slightly clumsy revelation that that’s exactly what Universal were after), describing it merely as a “companion piece” to the John Carpenter film.
With that fairly hazy template in place, Battlestar Galactica writer Ronald D. Moore was hired to write a script, leaking various tidbits of information suggesting that the film would in fact be a prequel.
“It's not a remake," Moore assured IGN back in 2009. "We're telling the story of the Norwegian camp that found the Thing before the Kurt Russell group did, so it's very buried in the continuity. It's supposed to be the other story that you saw part of, so we didn't want to reinvent it. It was really much the opposite. We really wanted to have this flow seamlessly into what he did.”
As Thing devotees will no doubt remember, the movie kicks off with Kurt Russell’s character stumbling across a Norwegian research station stuffed full of corpses. Sounds like we’re going to see what exactly happened to them. Expect plenty of blood…
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snakeplissken
Aug 11th 2010, 9:42
Sam Carter? Derek Jameson? Am I missing something because they don't sound Norwegian.... Also, anybody who has seen the first movie will know that any prequel must end with 2 NORWEGIAN guys chasing a dog in a helicopter, and if they don't use the original actors, using CGI to make them look younger, I will be gutted.
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garyu2
Aug 11th 2010, 17:21
Urgh Jesus. Possibly the greatest horror movie ever made being tarnished by a prequel starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead (who will survive whilst sporting a nice piece of cleavage despite the conditions, I am betting). Plus you can bet the outstandings original special effects will be replaced by CGI and done in 3D, etc. Is it too late to pull the plug?
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Ichi1
Aug 11th 2010, 19:35
" Dawn Of The Dead, a surprisingly non-c**p remake that successfully amped up the gore-levels" Ramped up the gore levels? Have you even seen the original Dawn of the Dead?
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namedropper
Aug 11th 2010, 20:54
Hmmm I'd love this to be a winner but it does a touch of the "Predator v Aliens" about it.
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KerrAvon
Aug 11th 2010, 21:39
Snake's right where the hell are the Norwegian's on a Norwegian research station? As much as this would intrigue me I'd rather wait for Del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness which has the potential to be terrifying.
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chocolateleaky1
Aug 12th 2010, 18:30
They cannot be remaking the best sci fi/horror, it does not need it. The John Carpenter version is my all time favourite film!!
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