Joel Edgerton Confirms The Thing is a Prequel Story to Carpenter’s Version
What’s Playing had an interview with actor Joel Edgerton recently and he put any speculation to rest about The Thing and if it is a remake of Carpenter’s original or something else entirely. We have been speculating for some time its a prequel based on other quotes and interviews we have come upon. Back in January we latched onto a story from Bloody Disgusting which talked about the script being a prequel story focused on the Norwegian perspective and base. Edgerton has confirmed those sentiments.
“Anyone who is a big fan of the John Carpenter version of The Thing knows that it starts on the American base station but the investigation of where the Thing has come from leads us to know something very bad has happened at the Norwegian base station and the prequel centres itself around there and what happened pre-Kurt Russell”.
The film is set to star Edgerton along with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and is directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. In the film, due to film in Vancouver, Edgerton plays Sam Carter a helicopter pilot who teams with a graduate student named Kate Lloyd (Winstead) to pursue an alien life form.
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