The Thing Prequel
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According to a recent interview with Sci-Fi Wire, Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica writer/exec-producer) turned in his final draft a few weeks ago of what he describes as a "companion piece" to John Carpenter's 1982 film.
He reveals that the studio (Universal Pictures) seem happy with it and now that director Matthijs Van Heijningen is attached, that it's all dependent on when the studio wants to go ahead with it. Check below for an excerpt from the interview:
What was your goal with this new version?
Moore: Well, the idea was to make a companion piece to Carpenter's. I started on the project with the feeling that Carpenter's version is just an amazing piece of work. It's a great film, and we really wanted to honor that version.
And so you've gone the prequel route?
Moore: We wanted a piece that would link up to [the Carpenter film] and not supplant it. So we didn't try to sort of completely reinvent what it was. We wanted a movie that would sort of live alongside it.
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Vidjet ćemo kako će sve to ispasti...nadam se barem ocijeni dobar, a kao veliki fan filma volio bih da film bude odličan.
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Šansa da ovo bude dobro je jednaka onoj da uwe boll dobije oskara
Zašto diraju savršenstvo, zar je kreativnost pala na toliku razinu da je nemoguće izmisliti novu ideju. Svi se danas oslanjaju na fakin imena umjesto da se potrude i naprave nešto vrijedno gledanja. Kad se sjetim da je bio "veliki štrajk pisaca" pitam se zašto ih nisu jednostavno otpustili obzirom da nisu baš posap zaslužili...
The Thing je film, ne igra, ne prequel u kojem je abraham se borio protiv stvora na pramcu noine arke dok su kitovi navijali sa strane
FFS koliko će dobrih stvari upropastit :/
Zašto diraju savršenstvo, zar je kreativnost pala na toliku razinu da je nemoguće izmisliti novu ideju. Svi se danas oslanjaju na fakin imena umjesto da se potrude i naprave nešto vrijedno gledanja. Kad se sjetim da je bio "veliki štrajk pisaca" pitam se zašto ih nisu jednostavno otpustili obzirom da nisu baš posap zaslužili...
The Thing je film, ne igra, ne prequel u kojem je abraham se borio protiv stvora na pramcu noine arke dok su kitovi navijali sa strane
FFS koliko će dobrih stvari upropastit :/
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DeadFish wrote:Šansa da ovo bude dobro je jednaka onoj da uwe boll dobije oskara
Zašto diraju savršenstvo, zar je kreativnost pala na toliku razinu da je nemoguće izmisliti novu ideju. Svi se danas oslanjaju na fakin imena umjesto da se potrude i naprave nešto vrijedno gledanja. Kad se sjetim da je bio "veliki štrajk pisaca" pitam se zašto ih nisu jednostavno otpustili obzirom da nisu baš posap zaslužili...
The Thing je film, ne igra, ne prequel u kojem je abraham se borio protiv stvora na pramcu noine arke dok su kitovi navijali sa strane
FFS koliko će dobrih stvari upropastit :/
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Glavno da ne rade rimejk, a ovo sa Norveškim kampom je dobro dok se budu držali nekih očiglednih i važnih planova...
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Tako je: nepotrebno dug i sexy shower scene (ipak je to Antarktika, mali prostor i svi znamo da su znanstvenici napaljene seks mašine), glupo objašnjenje aliena ("zapravo je astečki bog kojeg su zarobili u veliki hram pod ledom. I da, on dolje čuva Atlantidu. I u ovoj inačici puca plazmu"), Norveđani bez iznimke pričaju Engleski s nekim lošim rusko-njemačkim naglaskom, crnac umre prvi...dr_gonzo wrote:Glavno da ne rade rimejk, a ovo sa Norveškim kampom je dobro dok se budu držali nekih očiglednih i važnih planova...
Yeah, gledat ću u svakom slučaju. Valjda i računaju na slične ljude koji idu gledati samo da bi saznali kojeg milog boga mogu snimiti o tome više.
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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.
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Ovo bi moglo stvarno biti dobro, jer ako tip gleda na detalje i izanalizirao je film....ovo bi stvarno moglo biti jako dobro i još da za glumce uzme:
Max von Sydow - šef stanice (ala Garry)
Rutger Hauer - pilot (kao MacReady)
Vladimir Kulich - mehaničar (Childs)
Ron Perlman - doktor
Ben Foster - čovjek zaslužan za pse (Clark)
Dennis Storhøi - biolog (Fuchs)
Dolph Lundgren - kuhar (Nauls)
Clancy Brown - znanstvenik (Blair)
Ovo bi bila odlična ekipa (barem sam ja to zamislio u skicama za svoj roman o Stvoru...no sada stah na 50-toj stranici i čekam zimu da opet uđem u đir), a mislim da bi film bio još i bolji kad bi svi govorili norveški (mislim da bih to stavio kao uvijet kad bih bio redatelj filma da bude što autetičnije, a to što Ameri ne vole titlove....ko ih jebe)
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