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Director of 2011'S Thing Prequel Reveals Sequel Would Have Taken Place On Oil Rig

posted 9 months ago by bozo_500 (12548)
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https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-thing-2011-prequel-director-reveals-scrapped-sequel-idea-exclusive

Over the summer, John Carpenter hinted that The Thing franchise may return in the form of a direct sequel to his paranoia-soaked body horror classic. But if Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. had his way, the series would have clawed its way out of the ice over a decade ago with a follow-up to his 2011 prequel, The Thing (now streaming on Peacock, alongside the 1982 original).

"We fantasized about a sequel," the Dutch filmmaker exclusively tells SYFY WIRE over email, revealing that he wanted to continue the saga of paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), sole survivor of the Norwegian camp massacre. "Kate would escape and would be picked up at sea and tries to warn the world at an oil platform near the South Pole," the director continues. "The monster would break loose on the the rig. I liked the oil rig mayhem idea."

[–] Porsche911 (2911) 9 months ago

Great news !

[–] [deleted] 9 months ago

A shame this sequel will never happen given this movie flopped. I would have loved a continuation, great movie.

[–] Moonglum9 (10852) 9 months ago

Screw all these Thing prequels and sequels. Somebody just make a At the Mountains of Madness instead.

[–] Annkat (218) 4 months ago

I think having it set at the Russian base would have been better.

They could have somehow intercepted the Norwegian base and American base distress calls therefore know something was coming but not exactly what.

They don't even have to bring back Childs, McGready or Lloyd, because it is obvious all of them are dead. There wouldn't even have to be a Thing since it froze with McGready. It would just be a study in fear, paranoia and hallucinations. Maybe add the American base discovery at the end.

[–] DarthAckbar (1272) 4 months ago

sounds like an ALIEN ripoff

[–] OuterSpace (114) 4 months ago

What's the point? It would just be the exact same thing, again.

It's a great concept but it's also extremely limited to where they basically did everything in the Carpenter version and this "prequel" was already more of the same. Unless you just want the same thing endlessly, the only fresh take would be removing the intimate aspect and making it a wide scale event but that would be expensive and possibly ruin what people enjoyed about the concept.

[–] e3e34ifj (1502) 4 months ago

Again, the creators of these newer Thing films fail to understand the basic concept of how the creature works. If it got onto an oil rig, it would have ZERO need to stay there. It would just have to jump into the water, assimilate a random fish, and then it's game over. Someone writing the script should've recognized that.