News has been circulating for a while now that John Carpenter’s icy classic The Thing is to get a prequel.

The project has been written by Battlestar Gallactica mastermind Ron Moore, who also wrote Star Trek: First Contact and a whole bunch of TV Shows including Carnivale.  It will be directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen who made his name directing commercials for Toyota and Pepsi amongst others.

Rumors suggest that the prequel to the sci-fi masterpiece will center around the experiences of R. J Macready’s brother.  Macready, for those of you who don’t know or remember, was the character played by Kurt Russell.

No names have thus far been linked to the project in regards to actors but rest assured that will change soon.

This should be fun.

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