THE THING Prequel Details Emerging!!

Merrick here...
Infobits about director Matthijs Van Heijningen's prequel to John Carpenter's THE THING (HERE) are starting to leak out. The project, which looks like it'll roll in March, will use a script by Eric Heisserer - who himself reworked a script by BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's Ronald D. Moore. As it's a prequel, this means the film will probably be crawling with crazy Swedes (err, Norwegians) - as Carpenter's 1982 movie established that a Norwegian science team in the Antarctic was the first to unearth that nasty-ass space beastie. Despite said Norwegians, the main character in this installment appears to be an American(?) woman named Kate Lloyd. There's also helicopter pilot - a character named Sam Carter - who appears to be something of a counterpart to Kurt Russell's R.J. MacReady character from Carpenter's film. You can find more character details at SpoilerTV (HERE). BloodyDisgusting (HERE) now has a brief plot synopsis for the prequel. The concept, truthfully, isn't particularly surprising:

begins when an alien spaceship is discovered far beneath the ice near a remote Antarctica outpost. We're told that a group of scientists decide to thaw out a creature from inside that kicks off the mayhem at the camp. It is said to be a prequel,

Both the prequel and Carpenter's progenitor movie are based upon Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks' 1951 THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (HERE) - which itself was built from John W. Campbell's WHO GOES THERE? (available HERE).
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