Moore to script "The Thing" remake

[phantomstranger]

12:00 AM, 17-NOVEMBER-06
Moore To Script Thing Remake
Strike Entertainment and Universal Pictures will remake John Carpenter's SF horror movie The Thing, with Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore writing the script, Variety reported. The 1982 original dealt with a shapeshifting creature from outer space that terrorizes researchers at an Antarctic station. That film in turn was a remake of the 1951 classic SF movie The Thing From Another World, which was adapted from the 1938 short story "Who Goes There?" by legendary SF author John W. Campbell Jr.

Strike partners Marc Abraham and Eric Newman will produce, and the company will co-finance the remake, to which Universal owned the rights. David Foster, who produced the 1982 film, will executive-produce.

The producers said they consider the new film to be more "a companion piece" to the Carpenter film than a note-for-note remake.

[PhilnEdee]

'a companion piece"...wonder what that means...prequel maybe?

[The_Return]

Originally Posted by PhilnEdee

...prequel maybe?

You speak Norwegian?

[PhilnEdee]

Originally Posted by The_Return

You speak Norwegian?

No way...I am still trying to figure out what the two guys in the chopper said at the beginning! Pretty sure when the guy made the errant grenade toss it was roughly translated into "OH SHIT!"

[Jameslofton]

Originally Posted by The_Return

You speak Norwegian?

Thats hilarious.


Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if this remake shows what happened with that group. The end could show footage from the original where Kurt Russell's group is headed there to check out the scene.

[Prelude95Si]

Why is this movie being remade, again, and again, and again?

[PhilnEdee]

Just no originality out there...but plenty of greed.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by PhilnEdee

Just no originality out there...but plenty of greed.

Plenty of originalty out there, but originality equals an unknown quantity - something corporations try to avoid. It's safer to crank out known products.

You want originality? Go see Independant films in the theater. If Original ideas start making more money, you'll see more of them brough to the screen.

And those of you who "don't go to the theater" (like I keep reading) have no room to bitch about what Hollywood does. The only way to make Hollywood listen is to pay to see what you like.

[The_Return]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Plenty of originalty out there, but originality equals an unknown quantity - something corporations try to avoid. It's safer to crank out known products.

You want originality? Go see Independant films in the theater. If Original ideas start making more money, you'll see more of them brough to the screen.

And those of you who "don't go to the theater" (like I keep reading) have no room to bitch about what Hollywood does. The only way to make Hollywood listen is to pay to see what you like.

The problem with that is that just one or two people really cant make a difference. It's the masses that matter.

[Miss Olivia]

The easy version:

"Oh, they're remaking The Thing??!?
Piss and moan.
Bitch and whine.
Bitch and whine some more.


I'm still going to watch it anyway.;)