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Saturday, 13 September 2008

The Thing will not be a remake but a prequel

We've all known about the remake of John Carpenter's The Thing that's been in development for a while. Latino Review has brought some exciting news on the remake today. George Roush talked with producer Marc Abraham recently and was able to chat with him about the remake — but wait, it's not a remake. So what is it? "This is more of a prequel than a sequel… it's going to be taking place in the same time frame." So what exactly does that mean we'll see? Abrams explained that this film will show "the events leading up to the 1982 film."
The Thing is one of my all time favourite movies and this news sounds very promising for the new film. A remake just wouldn't work so a movie before or after was definitely the way to go.

I've you've been living a secluded life and haven't ever actually seen The Thing, it's about scientists in the Antarctic that are confronted by a shape-shifting alien. In the film, we're introduced to an American research team (led by Kurt Russell) that is sent to investigate a Norwegian research team that was massacred by the alien. As far as we know, the origin of the alien and/or how it got to earth was never revealed. As George predicts, this prequel might show us how the alien got here and the story about the Norwegian scientists who were killed before we joined in. For reasons I can't exactly explain, this sounds pretty badass and I'll admit that I'm genuinely excited to see this movie come together in this way.

I know that The Thing is one of those classic thrillers that falls into the category of films that should never, ever be remade. And that's why this news is not only a relief but actually quite intriguing to hear about. As long as Abraham gets a strong writer and a director than can compete with John Carpenter (if that's even possible?), then we've got nothing to worry about. Maybe it'll start off with the arrival of the alien and jump ahead to the time when the 1982 film took place - which to me sounds like a perfect idea for a modern day prequel. This is the only update that Latino Review has on this remake, so for now, we'll be waiting to hear more. What do you make of this news? Does a prequel sound better than a remake?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Okay, i seriously posted this idea once in IMDB forums.
this will be awsome

Live for films said...

Nice on Daan. Looks like you got the ball rolling! Good to hear from you.
It will be amazing as long as they stick with the scenario set up in JC's original. Wonder if it will end with the 2 Norwegians in the Helicopter chasing down the dog and running towards the American base off in the distance then...BOOM! he dropped the hand grenade. There will be that definite sense of doomed inevitability with it that was there in the first one.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, i hope they dont screw this one up, when i posted it on the IMDB forums, i imagined the ending would be the last norwegian getting shot in the head by..the guy with the gun at that time, dont know the name.

If they go with the same special effects it would be brilliant :D

Live for films said...

Crikey. I didn't think of the effects. I hope they don't do it all fully CGI. Part of The Thing's appeal are the in camera model special effects. Proper old school

Anonymous said...

Yes, good old stop motion!

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