Abraham Talks "The Thing" Remake
By Garth FranklinSunday, September 14th 2008 8:38am
Out doing promotion for his new film "Flash of Genius", Marc Abraham talked about one of his upcoming projects - the remake of the John Carpenter/Kurt Russell 1982 horror classic "John Carpenter's The Thing."
Many have been confused about the film as talk has it as either a sequel, a prequel or a remake. Abraham tells Latino Review that "This is more of a prequel than a sequel, there is your exclusive. Its going to be taking place in the same time frame."
The original film dealt with a shape-shifting alien that is revived after being frozen in ice. The alien infiltrates a scientific research station in the Antarctic and kills a Norwegian research team. A nearby American research team investigates the incident and is in turn infiltrated by the alien. Blood, gore and a head with spider legs ensue.
So what will this new version be about? "These are the events leading up to the 1982 film." Best guess seems to be it will deal with the Norwegian research team uncovering the organism and their subsequent slaughter.
I'll tell you what, John Capenter's "The Thing" was scary and distrurbing with some of the grossest visual effects I have ever seen!
It was one of the best films made in that genre. A prequel i can deal with, a sequel, hmmm but a remake no, no ,no ,no. Kurt Russel made the role of McCready. A sequel with him going back to the site i would see, but a remake i would boycott it.
Very interesting
Why remake it? There is nothing wrong with the 1982 version. I say no to a prequel or a sequel.