cool...i like the thing...hope this is good

i have never seen the thing, i have always wanted to but never came around to it

Tyler: see it asap. i'm surprisingly ok with this prequel... would love to see it happen with a real budget.

That can't be the plot for the prequel can it?

The original was freakin amazing with what little budget they had. The effects were really...WOW! And I don't think they can make it any better with CG.

Your right BD,that plot does NOT sound like a prequel, but a remake. If memory serves me right, it's been awhile since I seen The Thing, but does it not start out with these guys chasing and shooting at a dog that takes refuge with Kurt Russell and the other researchers? Then all hell breaks loose when the dog mutates in the cage with the other dogs ? What prequel are they talking about ??

That doesn't even make sense. It says its from the norweigen perspective but then it goes on to say exactly what happens to the american team... It sounds as if they got mixed up to me.

I'm all for this prequel/remake just so I can have a laugh at how awful it will be compared to The Thing.

25$ worth of tacos says they are going to over-do the CG effects and make 'it' look ridiculous, in a very bad way.

This never really figured to be a prequel anyway. John Carpenter's THE THING was made over a quarter century ago, and was not a commercial success. Though it is now (very deservedly) considered a modern classic of sci-fi/horror, and one of the best remakes ever, it wasn't until it had been on video for many years that anyone outside of genre fandom gave it that kind of love. The idea that a major studio would release a prequel to a property like that when they could simply do a remake doesn't make a lot of business sense. THE THING rocks, but no accountant in his right mind would want to directly tie a multimillion dollar production to a 2+ decade old commercial flop.

Yawn. Enough already.

so this is a remake of a remake that is already a classic. Why remake a classic?! Why can't they just remake film that didn't work? they coulda adapted the video game into a film, at least we would have a sequel and not a remake

It does sound like a cut and paste of the script to the 80's remake. It would have been better if the prequel dealt with where this alien life form first started whether it's a true alien or some man made biological stuff from one.

Seems like AFTER "the prequel takes place from the Norwegian camps point of view" it becomes the original. Probably just a summary synopsis of the first film, right? I had always hoped - since you know theyre going to CGI this film into the ground - that it would be projected into the future - like that prognosis Blair was looking at - if it reached civilization, entire human race wiped out... that would be sick to see - if it hit a city etc... trying to survive through it... but if it goes the Norwegian route - wouldnt be so bad - could reintroduce it as a new encounter, get the whole trust/mystery thing going again. Just - if it IS from the Norwegian POV - would be interesting to see the American camp approached at the end of the film - but since that was the last of the Norwegians, would seem to be a pretty unclimactic ending to a film.... And to anyone who has not seen THE THING: for godsakes, watch the best horror remake ever made already...

100% agree with Midnight Crow - you hit the nail on the head. Let me get a couple of tacos when you score. They give AWESOME gas.

I also see this with big explosions, tons of tentacles coming from the floors, snows, dogs, people and scene-chewing one-liners. I'm sure the reps were explaining this as "Tremors" meets "Predator". Leave this classic alone!

They must mean prequel/remake... Like a Rob Zombie prequel/remake.... If thats all that is going on I would rather this film not be made. Didn't they see how well the new Halloween was recieved by critics? Yeah.....please no...Don't screw up a classic!

just makes sense if John Carpenter direct it

I was fortunate enough to have watched John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) a couple of weeks ago. I had it in storage for so long yet i was so interested in seeing what it had to offer, one day i finally just said, "I gotta watch it." I grabbed the DVD, popped it in the player, and for an hour and 50 minutes, i was delightfully entertained. Granted this film kinda got me freaked out at autopsies, it's a small price to pay to see sheer excellence and brilliance. This set of news makes me think more of "remake" rather than "prequel" since if it was a "prequel", the Norwegian team would be the focus all throughout the movie, but since they also mentioned the American team more, it definitely has me thinking "remake". Either way, i'm stoked about it, and i REALLY wanna see if i can get the 1951 film for viewage.

They have to use practical effects, If its all CGI it'll be The Mist in the Arctic.

Freeze Drop the crappy CG, leave the rubbery decapitated head and mutated dog alone!!!!

If Strike is involved, i'd bet my ass good things are headed our way.

lol, what a joke

That sounds like a VERY familiar PREQUEL. Maybe all of these SCOOPS should be held until something more concrete is proven, ehhh?

What the fuck is that??? That is not a prequel. That's John Carpenter's The Thing. I think they are just trying to sell us a piece of shit pretending it's a prequel.