Scrapped Sequel Show To John Carpenter's The Thing Detailed By Producer: "The Studio Hated It"

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Summary As part of San Diego Comic-Con, producer Roy Lee details the TV show sequel to The Thing that never saw the light of day. The influential 1982 sci-fi horror movie from director John Carpenter, which has influenced filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro and Quentin Tarantino, is considered among the best of its genre. It has spawned comic book adaptations, video games, and a 2011 remake. But there was one project, a planned miniseries, that never got off the ground.

“I was with Frank Darabont after he’d done The Walking Dead. We were working on a sequel series for The Thing, which was picking up in the present day after the events of The Thing actually happened. It was done as a series, and he wanted to do it like The Walking Dead and turn it into a thing set in the U.S., but we never got it off the ground. We got a script written, but the studio hated it.”

There have been other attempts to keep The Thing alive, such as reports of Blumhouse working on a follow-up. Carpenter's sci-fi horror was based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by author John W. Campbell, Jr., and the remake would have leaned on an extended version of the story by Campbell as its basis. The Blumhouse project has yet to announce a cast or a director, though Carpenter has said he's involved.

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