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It appears there’s still a lot of speculation running rampant about whether or not Universal’s The Thing, directed by Matthijs van Heijningen is a remake or a prequel. Cast member Joel Edgerton lays it out to What’s Playing by saying:
“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.”
Edgerton’s role? He plays the helicopter pilot and he joins leading lady Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Death Proof). Even though we were told shooting was to take place in Toronto, What’s Playing says the production is settling into Vancouver. We’ll know for sure soon enough. (Source)