• 'The Thing' International Trailer

    In Soviet Russia, Thing absorbs you! Wait, that doesn't work. The Thing always absorbs you. Well, anyway, here's a Russian trailer for the upcoming prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film The Thing. It has a lot of stuff we've seen before and a few things we haven't, with the only trade-off being that the dialogue…

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  • 'The Thing' TV Spot Features Brief New Footage And Effects

    With the release of Universal's prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 movie The Thing now less than a month away, we're starting to see more footage. There's a trailer and a clip or two out there already. Now a new TV spot offers some new footage as well as a couple looks at the effects. (Sadly,…

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  • Early Buzz: 'The Thing' Prequel And Joel Schumacher's 'Trespass'

    We've got advance word today on two films. One, the prequel to The Thing, is an object of great curiosity to many fans of John Carpenter's 1982 film, which stands as a benchmark for practical creature effects. The other, Joel Schumacher's home invasion movie Trespass, which stars Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage, just seems like…

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  • 'The Thing' Trailer And Poster

    Seemingly dormant since appearing at the New York Comic Con last year, Universal's prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing has started to show signs of life this week. A teaser poster arrived (see below) and now there is a trailer. The movie tells the tale of an ill-fated Norwegian research camp that dug up a…

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