How Much Prequelness Will THE THING Prequel Have??

Merrick here...
ShockTillYouDrop caught up with Joel Edgerton, who'll appear in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s prequel to THE THING (now filming). Many folks have been wondering to what extent this would lead into John Carpenter's 1982 film - a question which STYD put to Edgerton.

"Well, it's a prequel and definitely the Norwegian base is modeled on the base you see in the Carpenter film," he told us. "Being a prequel you'll see a lot of tie-ins as to how the base comes to be the way it is in the Carpenter film, being so destroyed, and that evidence you see in the Carpenter film, We'll get a glimpse into that. It's great because you have a bunch of people behind making it—Eric Newman and Marc (Abraham), the producers at Strike (Entertainment), those guys and Matthijs the director, they have such respect for the original film that they're not trying to do a remake, they're just trying to pay homage to the original and also do the right thing with what I think is a real cool way in to doing that, and revisiting the material." [EDIT] I've been on set and I've been at the base, and it's a full station, and it's f*cking exciting. We're out there in Antarctica, it's amazing. We're shooting in Toronto, but it feels like we're there."

...says Edgerton HERE. Interesting! I guess we should prepare for the gnarltastic desecration and dismemberment of many crazy Swedes. As long as it's not PG-13, there may be hope. If you haven't seen, or want to re-watch, Carpenter's adaptation of John W. Campbell's WHO GOES THERE?, you can now find it on Blu-Ray for $12.00 or less HERE. Campbell's progenitor novella is also avialable - HERE. For a while, THE THING was also streamable in HD via Netflix. Although, if I recall, the fact that it was HD wasn't indicated on the film's Netflix listing. Not sure if it's still there or not, but it might be worth a look...
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