John Carpenter's The Thing

[JimBeam]

I have the original " Collectors Edition " of this movie, from 1998, and this one doesn't seem to have anything new.
Looks like another attempt to make money by repackagaing prior material.

They are probably trying to grab some easy sales by releasing this around the same time as the Friday The 13th box set, the 2003 Dawn Of the Dead DVD as well as the 4 disc special edition of the original Dawn Of The Dead.
All of these are slated for release about the same time.

John Carpenter's The Thing Special Edition (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/index.php?Show=2119&Template=newsfull)

I have balls !!!

[Furtherman]

Thing prequel gets Spring start (http://www.totalfilm.com/news/thing-prequel-gets-spring-start?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+totalfilm%2Fimdbnews+%28Total +Film+IMDb+aggregate%29)

While a cast is yet to be announced, the date is set and the key players are coming together to begin work on the much-anticipated prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing.

Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. (behind the forthcoming Army of the Dead) will be creating his vision from a script by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar TV reboot) and Eric Heisserer (Nightmare on Elm Street remake)... So it's not just the current cold snap that's giving us the shivers.

This movie will tell us what happened to the Norwegians who found the Thing and were chasing the dog at the beginning of the movie.

[Patient zer0]

I say bring back swamp thing

[JimBeam]

I hope they make a good movie and don't just got for special effects and a big cast.

[Gerald]

Boooo! I want a direct sequel. Kurt Russell and Keith Davis have aged so well that they could probably reprise their characters.

[JustJon]

Boooo! I want a direct sequel. Kurt Russell and Keith Davis have aged so well that they could probably reprise their characters.

But then it ruins the ending of the movie.

[furie]

the PS2 game was fun

[JimBeam]

Watching it on cable now.

For a somewhat slow movie, with random gore/action, I will watch it almost any time it's on.

Looks like the prequel's supposed to get released in April 2011.

Cast doesn't seem to have any stars so that could help it.

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movie/thing

[Furtherman]

First inside look at The Thing prequel shows why it may be awesome after all (http://io9.com/5654684/first-inside-look-at-the-thing-prequel-shows-why-it-may-be-awesome-after-all)

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[JimBeam]

I'd rather they not go with subtitles.

I think we can suspend our belief enough for the whole alien thing that we can imagine Norwegians are speaking English.

[Furtherman]

Uh oh.

The preamble to John Carpenter's arctic-terror classic was set to invade theaters on April 29, 2011—and now it isn't. What bumped it from the release schedule ... and why?

If you've been anxiously awaiting a return to the horrifically chilly world that Carpenter created for his 1982 Kurt Russell-Keith David classic, you'll have to wait a little longer. Universal has bumped The Thing from the release calendar and slotted the Fast and the Furious brand extension Fast Five, which was set for June 10, 2011, in its place.

The official line is that The Thing—directed by rookie filmmaker Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and starring Joel Edgerson and Mary Elizabeth Winstead—isn't ready. And that Fast Five's predecessor, Fast and Furious, did extremely well when it opened in April 2009, so Universal wanted to replicate those conditions.

Fast FIVE?!

[torker]

First inside look at The Thing prequel shows why it may be awesome after all (http://io9.com/5654684/first-inside-look-at-the-thing-prequel-shows-why-it-may-be-awesome-after-all)

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/10/500x_inside.jpg

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