Universal Pictures Remaking John Carpenter's The Thing
The script will be written by Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore. The 1982 original dealt with a shape-shifting creature from outer space that terrorizes researchers at an Antarctic facility.
Carpenter's film continued the storyline of the Howard Hawks-directed The Thing From Another World. That 1951 film starred James Arness as an alien monster that wiped out workers at an Army radar station.
Carpenter's film opened with a team arriving to find that encampment has been wiped out. The alien moved from the body of one team member to another, so it was never quite clear who the villain was.
Both pictures were based on the John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 short story Who Goes There?
The producers said they consider the new film to be more "a companion piece" to the Carpenter film than a note-for-note remake.
Sources: Variety
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slysnide
Given that the original story was good, and that special FX in puppetry and practical FX have improved so much since the 1982 remake, then this sounds like it could be a promising movie. And the fact that it's not a 'note-for-note' remake should make it more acceptable to fans. Though since the publication date of this article, there are nor results for an '09 release by Universal Pictures. So I hope they go for it!
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