[Kino] Das Ding aus einer anderen Welt (Prequel)

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Universal will add a new chapter to "The Thing," lining up another take on the paranoid horror classic most recently brought to the screen by John Carpenter in 1982.
Studio has set "Battlestar Galactica" exec producer Ron Moore to write the script and commercials director Matthijs Van Heijningen to direct the re-imagining.

New project borrows heavily from the John W. Campbell Jr. short story "Who Goes There," the basis of the Carpenter film and 1951 Howard Hawks original "The Thing From Another World."

It is set in a Norwegian camp and chronicles how the shape-shifting alien was first discovered and overcame the inhabitants of that camp. Strike Entertainment's Eric Newman and Marc Abraham are producing. David Foster will be exec producer.

Van Heijningen has shot blurbs for brands including Toyota, Pepsi, Heineken, Bud Light and Visa. He is also developing "Army of the Dead" at Warner Bros. with producer Zack Snyder, who also crossed from commercials to features by directing the Strike-produced "Dawn of the Dead" remake.

Quelle: variety.com

[C4rter]

das musste ja irgendwann kommen, Carpenter wird ja gern verwurstet

[SFI]

We've got a special report for you guys as we caught up with Eric Heisserer, who is in the process of rewriting Ronald D. Moore's draft of The Thing (and also rewrote the reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street), the forthcoming prequel/reboot that's being helmed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. In the interview he reveals who the main character could be, along with details on how they plan on referencing the original film in the new one - this is sure to make fans very happy. Read on and talk about it below, is this a film you're excited for?

Heisserer tells us that he is still working on his draft of THE THING, which he says could go into production as early as January of 2010.

“[I’m working on it] as we speak, that’s why I have my laptop here,” he tells us on the set of New Line Cinema's A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot back in July.

Some early rumors were that the prequel would follow the brother of R.J. MacReady, who was played by Kurt Russell in the first film.

“That was certainly a character in Ronald Moore’s draft,” he tells B-D. “I can’t comment on whether or not were going to keep that going forward.”

One of the best parts about making a prequel is that a writer gets to really dissect the first film in order to construct a backstory.

“It’s a really fascinating way to construct a story because were doing it by autopsy, by examining very, very closely everything we know about the Norwegian camp and about the events that happened there from photos and video footage that’s recovered,” he continues, “from a visit to the base, the director, producer and I have gone through it countless times marking, you know, there’s a fire axe in the door, we have to account for that…were having to reverse engineer it, so those details all matter to us ‘cause it all has to make sense.”

“We explain how it got there,” he continues referring to the axe, adding that he found a way to bring suspense back to the film. “We’re finding so much from Carpenter’s movie that you think you’ve seen, but in actually it allows us to come up with certain twists on what we have that will allow people to be on the edge of their seat, and not know who’s going to make it and who’s not.”

In the screenplay by Ronald D. Moore that Eric is rewriting, the prequel takes place from the Norwegian camps point of view. An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realizes that an alien life form with the ability to take over bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over.

Quelle: Bloody-Disgusting.com

[Montana]

das musste ja irgendwann kommen, Carpenter wird ja gern verwurstet

Wieso eigentlich net... Wenn's gut wird?
Aber prequels haben bis jetzt irgendwie noch nie so richtig funktioniert. Die müssen immer auf irgendetwas hinschaffen, das schon in der "Vortsetzung" passiert ist. Meistens wirkt das sehr gezwungen...

[SFI]

Mary Elizabeth Winstead und Joel Edgerton übernehmen die Hauptrollen. Drehstart ist der 15.03.2010

[SFI]

Regie: Matthijs van Heijningen
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Eric Christian Olsen, Dennis Storhøi, Trond Espen Seim, Jørgen Langhelle, Kristofer Hivju, Jo Adrian Haavind

[Alrik]

Und dann immer die Streitfrage für Neueinsteiger. Schauen sie die Filme nach der Entstehungsreihenfolge oder nach zeitlichen Reihenfolge.
Da ja zumeist die Auflösung eines bestimmten Rätsels oder dergleichen im Vorgängerfilm, der ja später spielt, meist viel besser ausgearbeitet war als im Prequel. Weil die Filmemacher davon ausgehen das man Teil 1 ja eh schon kennt und man den Zuschauer nur langweilt wenn man den Zwist nochmal extra verschleiert und spannend gestaltet.

Bei Star Wars geht ja die Überraschung wegen Vader und Luke ab Imperium schlägt zurück ja auch flöten wenn man die neue Trilogie vorher sich angesehen hat.

[SFI]

US Start: 29.04.2011

[StS]

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Trailer:
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/45645/ ... -right-now

[SFI]

.. ich verzichte, was ich auch schon beim Original hätte machen sollen

[deBohli]

Das erinnert mich, dass ich das Original endlich mal schauen sollte.
Der Trailer sieht aber ganz ok aus.

[SFI]

... der sieht vor allem exakt so aus wie das Original.

[Seemi]

Das sieht schon arg nach Remake aus.

Und mittlerweile arbeitet auch jeder mit den Klängen von Tron/Daft Punk ...

[The Punisher]

Das "Original" war doch auch schon ein Remake . Sieht aber echt wie eine 1:1 Kopie vom Carpenter Film aus

[Seemi]

Aber es wurde nicht als Prequel verkauft

[SFI]

Wann kommt "The Thing" auf DVD?

[Seemi]

Wird erstmal direkt indiziert.

[freeman]

Die Tatsache, dass die Neuauflage wie Carpenters Streifen ausschaut, unterstreicht nur, dass Carpenter mit seinem Film der Zeit weit voraus war ... ;-)

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[SFI]

... wohl eher, dass das schon damals Dreck war und den Machern bis heute nix Neues eingefallen ist.

[freeman]

Oller Ischnorand! Schreib lieber mal nen Verriss, damit die Kurt Russell Liste voll wird! ;-)

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[SFI]

Das wäre dann ein sehr kurzer Verriss: dunkel, billig, langweilig und kalt!

[Seemi]

Klingt nach der Wohnung eines MOFs ...

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