Over on HNR they've heard "reports" that Strike Entertainment, the production company behind 'Slither 'and the upcoming 'Day of the Dead' remake have gained the rights to produce a prequel based on John Carpenters 1982 horror classic 'The Thing'.

'Slither' was a good film, but I think that was largely due to James Gunn's vision rather than any input the production company had, 'Day of the Dead' will be the real test to see if these guys can output something decent.

I'm actually surprised they never cashed in at the time and made a bunch of direct to video sequels, other films from the same period like 'Halloween' and 'The Howling' had sequels coming out of their ears.

Strike Entertainment are apparently shopping around for someone to write the screenplay.

In the words of MacReady "Why don't we just wait here for a little while… see what happens…"

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