Posted on 15 June 2010. Tags: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, battlestar galactica, cinema, Dennis Storhøi, Eric Christian Olsen, Eric Heisserer, film, horror movies, Jan Gunnar Røise, Jørgen Langhelle, Jo Adrian Haavind, Joel Edgerton, john carpenter, Jonathan Walker, Kristofer Hivju, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Matthijs Van Heijningen, movies, pop culture, prequel, remakes, Ronald D. Moore, scott pilgrim vs the world, Stig Henrik Hoff, The Thing, the thing from another world, the thing prequel, Trond Espen Seim, tyler stout, universal pictures
Universal’s The Thing prequel now has an official release date. According Box Office Mojo, the film is slated for a April 29th, 2011 release. Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr. is directing from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer and Ronald D. Moore.
The cast for the flick includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Jonathan Walker, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Dennis Storhøi, Trond Espen Seim, Jørgen Langhelle, Eric Christian Olsen, Stig Henrik Hoff, Jan Gunnar Røise, Kristofer Hivju, and Jo Adrian Haavind.
Synopsis: A Ph.D. candidate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) 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 (Joel Edgerton) to stop the rampage.
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Posted on 08 February 2010. Tags: battlestar galactica, cinema, Eric Heisserer, film, horror movies, Joel Edgerton, john carpenter, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Matthijs Van Heijningen, movies, prequel, remakes, Ronald D. Moore, scott pilgrim vs the world, The Thing, the thing from another world, tyler stout
The first bit of casting for the prequel to Jon Carpenter’s classic, The Thing, has hit the web via THR’s Heat Vision.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Grindhouse, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) and Joel Edgerton (The Secret Life of Us, Kinky Boots) will star in “The Thing.” The film is inspired by the events at the beginning of the 1982 version where remaining members of the Norweigan team are trying desperately to kill a runaway dog that has been infected with the organism.
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.
The film is set for a March 15, 2010 start date in Toronto, Canada. Matthijs Van Heijningen is directing the film, which was written by Ronald D. Moore and Eric Heisserer.
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