There might only be $38 million to play with, but a large proportion of that has been allocated to making the Thing look as creepy as possible. However, anyone fearing a shonky CGI-based creature will be relieved to know that the effects will be closer to Carpenter’s schlock and gore than your typical modern horror movie.
“When I came on board, I said I’m not going to write this if it’s going to be a CGI-fest,” Eric Heisserer told i09.com. “This has to be practical, this has to be an old school creature, as real as possible. Whatever CGI stuff it's going to have, has to be as good as or better than that. We can't get away with computer generated FX in this type of film.”
Good news then, and even more encouraging is the decision to hand responsibility for the look of the Thing to Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr. of Amalgamated Dynamics. If the names don’t ring any bells, they’re the chaps behind such creature-feature luminaries as the Alien, Predator and the giant worms from Tremors.
Quite the track record then, which is just as well given how iconic the FX in the Carpenter film were. If anyone is up to recreating that classic creature-feature feel, these two are.
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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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