The first clip for The Thing has arrived, by which I mean to say that the first official clip from the prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 The Thing which also happens to be confusingly titled The Thing has arrived. Despite the title, this new movie is not a remake of Carpenter's film, which was itself a remake of The Thing From outer Space, but the concept is the same: Remote Antarctic research station encounters malicious shapeshifting alien, paranoia and awful events ensue.
In Carpenter's perfectly executed story, the American research base first meets up with the alien in the form of a dog on the run from a Norwegian who is intent on murdering it, for obvious reasons. This new The Thing depicts the Norwegian team finding the titular beast in the ice and, like a child who encounters a bear cub, making the crucial mistake of taking it home.
The clip debuted at MTV, where you can find an interview with star Mary Elizabeth Winstead. There's no Winstead in the clip, however. Instead, you can watch Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as he investigates a big old block of ice.
While Carpenter's film featured an exclusively male cast, the prequel has some ladies, with Winstead playing a paleontologist visiting the research site and Kim Bubbs as part of the staff. And no, not everyone is Norwegian. The male lead alongside Winstead is played by Joel Edgerton, who also stars in this weekend's Warrior. Joining Winstead and Edgerton are Eric Christian Olsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonathan Walker, and many a Norwegian.
We'll see if this The Thing lives up to its namesake on October 14th.
