New Thing pre-writer?

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by: Dave Davis Mar. 26, 2009

After years of rumblings about a sequel, prequel, cable miniseries or remake to John Carpenter's sci-fi masterpiece THE THING, it finally seems to be starting to congeal.

Universal and Strike Entertainment are raiding the gore store for a prequel to Carpenter's icy terror tale (which was based on the short story "Who Goes There?", also adapted into a 1951 movie), with commercial guy Matthijs Van Heijningen directing the tentacles and victims.

A script was already cranked out by "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" overlord Ron Moore, but Bloody Disgusting have learned that a new writer, Eric Heisserer, is working on ways for humans to become grotesquely deformed. While hardly a household name (what screenwriter is?), Heisserer apparently also recently chipped at the remake of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.

The new film will be a "companion piece" to Carpenter's sci-fi classic, focusing on the body-hopping shape-changing alien before it was discovered by MacReady and friends in Antarctica. Heisserer is reportedly doing a "from scratch" rewrite. Van Heijningen is also attached to producer Zack Snyder's slow-moving zombie project ARMY OF THE DEAD.

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JediteX
8:51PM on 03/30/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The original was great, I'd love to see a prequel!
The original was great, I'd love to see a prequel!
 
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TBagNUrMom
4:50PM on 03/27/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I just watched the one with Kurt Russell the other day. Man, what a great movie! This sh** needs to be done right. Ron Moore kicked a$$ with Battlestar. Now bring on the biatches!
I just watched the one with Kurt Russell the other day. Man, what a great movie! This sh** needs to be done right. Ron Moore kicked a$$ with Battlestar. Now bring on the biatches!
 
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WalterKovacs
3:51PM on 03/27/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Agreed with porkchop.
Agreed with porkchop.
 
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porkchopexpress
9:40AM on 03/27/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
It would be a nice spin if they filmed this in Norwegian with English subtitles
It would be a nice spin if they filmed this in Norwegian with English subtitles
 
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biff_debris
5:59AM on 03/27/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
WATCH CLARK, YOU HEAR WE?
So Universal rejects a Ron Moore script for one by this Heisserer guy? Maybe because Moore wrote a solid script instead of a gore fest? Well, possibly one good thing about this is it'll probably result in an R-rated film...
So Universal rejects a Ron Moore script for one by this Heisserer guy? Maybe because Moore wrote a solid script instead of a gore fest? Well, possibly one good thing about this is it'll probably result in an R-rated film...
 
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brechtsky
12:55AM on 03/27/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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very nice ... almost as good as the last one pertaining to "The Thing: Id rather not spend the rest of the winter tied to this f***ing couch!

... Speaking of, just saw the lice episode of south park, had a great Thing parody as well, complete with winter parkas and jumping petri dishes!
very nice ... almost as good as the last one pertaining to "The Thing: Id rather not spend the rest of the winter tied to this f***ing couch!

... Speaking of, just saw the lice episode of south park, had a great Thing parody as well, complete with winter parkas and jumping petri dishes!
 
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werewolf23
12:43AM on 03/27/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Another movie they should just leave alone.
Another movie they should just leave alone.
 
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holden0013
10:34PM on 03/26/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Fantastic 'Extra Tidbit' there, Davis.
Fantastic 'Extra Tidbit' there, Davis.