Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton will star in "The Thing," Universal's latest take on the shape-shifting alien who terrorizes a group of people in a remote facility.
The best-known version might be the 1982 John Carpenter-Kurt Russell cult movie, which was a contemporary remake of 1951's "The Thing From Another World," directed by Howard Hawks. All take inspiration from a 1938 short story, "Who Goes There?" published in pulp mag Astounding.
Matthijs Van Heijningen is directing the latest movie, which was written by Ronald D. Moore and Eric Heisserer. Strike Entertainment's Marc Abraham and Eric Newman are producing.
Winstead will play a Ph.D. candidate who joins a Norwegian research team in Antarctica after it discovers an alien ship in the ice. When a trapped organism is freed and begins a series of attacks, she is forced to team with a blue-collar mercenary helicopter pilot (Edgerton) to stop the rampage.
Or are they Americans? Doesn't really say. And one is a mercenary helicopter pilot? Alright, I'll bite. In these movies I always thought the actors were second to the Thing itself, so whoever gets cast is fine by me. I'm actually really excited to see this prequel believe it or not. The Thing (even the original 1951 movie) were always favorites of mine as a kid. Besides, who doesn't want to see a bunch of Norwegians get theirs!
God, I hope there's a set visit.
