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Prequel 'The Thing' released

When: 14 Oct 2011
Sources: 3 public sources

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who starred in the 2011 prequel The Thing Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Universal released a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 'The Thing', set at a Norwegian Antarctic base where scientists dig a shape-shifting creature out of the ice near a buried alien spacecraft.

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PressUniversal bringing back 'The Thing' (opens in a new tab)Variety / 2009
OtherThe Thing (2011) (opens in a new tab)Box Office Mojo
OtherThing, The (opens in a new tab)The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE)

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