I am curious to what they are going to call the film. The Thing Rises, The Thing Lives, or how about The Thing from Another World as a nice homage to the original? I really have high hopes for this. I cant even count how many hundreds of times I have watch the JC film.

That's the one...that was the 1st time I ever saw that.

Didn't they pull some sot of weird language stunt in Battlefield Earth?

I saw it as a kid all the fucking time cuz it was on USA, ugh. I was soooo bored. I don't remember. I just remember the weak epic battle ending and John Travolta's boots.

I thought they were Swedes?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9jp...layer_embedded

some of the worst bootleg footage imaginable...but here's a quick peak at the trailer. The shots of the room w/ the ice block put a smile on my face.

that's not the worst bootleg footage imaginable...we've all seen worse.

i watched it without sound at work today...i'll wait for a legit trailer before i watch it again.

I would hate to see those videos. I really have to withhold judgment on the trailer as that looked horrific. I couldn't tell what was happening, aside from the block of ice. Seemed like a lot of jerking around to avoid people seeing he had a camera.

Was that Vaughn from Community at the beginning of the trailer?

Shitty quality aside, it actually doesn't look that bad. It kind of looks like what I had in mind for this. I'm looking forward to seeing a better quality version.

How are they going to fit the sexy Swedish/Norwegian babe taking that hot steamy shower in the Antarctica in the film? Possibilities.

So is this a prequel or a remake because this looks a lot like Childs and Mcready.

It's a PREQUEL...set in the Norwegian Camp...but in tone will essentially be a remake as the same thing happens at this camp as we saw happen to the US camp in John Carpenter's film.

It's a remake, using the "set at the Norwegian camp" premise as a cheat in order to call it a prequel and technically not be lying, even though in execution, there probably won't be anything substantial differentiating it from a remake. That's just my two cents, though.

I'm assuming it's going to end w/ the Norwegians doing you know what?

That would be funny if they end it with the actual sequence that opens JC's THE THING. And then the audience would have to go rent the 1982 film to find out what happens...

AND THEN..they can release John Carpenter's film in theaters somehow...and THEN I can finally see it in a theater.

That'd be cool..but I doubt that'd happen.

what movie was that trailer shown in front of?

it was shown at the NY comic con panel.

The nasty? As long as they're hot that would be a god ending.

and at that point we find out this movie is actually a prequel to Ski School

Looks like this could be another Universal fuckup, al la The Wolfman.

Universal Moves Up Fast Five, Removes Thing Prequel From Schedule

Universal Studios has removed the prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing from its 2011 schedule, instead opting to move Fast Five aka Fast and the Furious Five into its former April 29, 2011 release slot. Fast Five had originally been scheduled to come out in June where it would have gone up against the Warner Bros. comedy Something Borrowed and J.J. Abrams' Super 8.

According to a Universal studio source talking to Hero Complex, The Thing wasn't going to be ready in time despite production commencing last spring. Fast Five with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Tyrese, meanwhile, is guaranteed money so moving it into a less competitive time frame should equate to a guaranteed pay off.

As of now The Thing is stuck in limbo without even a hint as to when it will hit theaters. I nominate October when moviegoers are actually looking for a little horror at the box office.

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Translation: We saw the film and thought it sucked, so we're going to have re-shoots and bring in 3 different editors and chop it down to 85 minutes, and then dump it in February 2012.

Discouraging news, but yeah I wasn't too optimistic about the prequel in the first place.

Can't say I'm looking forward to this one, but I was planning to see it. The Thing is my favorite horror film, after all.

After seeing some of the promo pics I was starting to look forward to it. I know it's obviously going to pale in comparison to Carpenter's flick, but was still a bit anxious.