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The Thing is a horrifying and intelligent creature with purpose. Sadly, the same cannot be said of its new movie. Much like the horrifying hybrids its eponymous alien becomes, Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s The Thing doesn’t know what it wants to be. Officially, the film is a prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 classic horror film of the same name. However, by copying certain elements of the original’s plot* and pacing, the new film is torn between how much it should emulate and how much it should invent.

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Filming Begins in March on Prequel to John Carpenter’s THE THING

by Matt Goldberg Posted: January 3rd, 2010 at 9:18 pm

I’m no horror aficionado but John Carpenter’s The Thing is definitely in my Top 5 scariest movies. Now Production Weekly is reporting that the prequel to the 1982 film will begin shooting this March in Toronto and continue filming through June. Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. will be working from a script by Ronald D. Moore (the TV remake of Battlestar Galactica) and Eric Heisserer (the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street). For those who don’t remember, the 1982 film began with a Norwegian helicopter trying to kill a runaway dog only to have its pilot and passenger killed in the confusion. While The Thing eventually makes it clear why they were trying to kill the dog, Moore’s script focused on what led up to that helicopter chase. It’s unclear how much Heisserer changed and what they’re going for tonally with this prequel. I do hope the tagline for the prequel will be, “Okay, so it turns out there’s actually a warmer place to hide than man.”

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A Fistful of News

by Matt Goldberg Posted: October 25th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

Throughout our day, we here at Collider find neat little stories and we want to share them with you. The problem is that each individual story is too small to warrant a full article. But together as a delightful grab bag, it’s the perfect gift from us to you. It’s a revolutionary concept but what can we say? We’re trailblazers.

We have 6 delightful stories after the jump for your viewing pleasure.