The Thing Prequel Scribe Speaks Out

Awhile back some rumors began to circulate that Eric Heisserer was going to do a rewrite for the upcoming The Thing prequel. Well today Heisserer responded on his blog about the whole situation. Check out what he had to say below.

"Yes, Matthijs and I are hard at work with the very smart team at Strike on the prequel. We are all so much in love with Carpenter’s film, so protective of it, we’re doing all we can to avoid stepping on its toes. I jumped at this job because I hold the Carpenter adaptation to very high standards, and I knew it would be a challenge to create a comparable companion piece. Sort of a “Nobody better screw this up, especially me” mentality. Lucky for me, the people at Strike and the director have the same standards.

This is a “from scratch” rewrite assignment for the most part, as was my work on A Nightmare on Elm Street. I can’t say any more on that. I have the highest respect for both Ron Moore and Wesley Strick."

From scratch? I would think if this is a prequel of sorts that it wouldn't be from scratch. Maybe this is turning into another remake scenario only it takes place before what happened in Carpenters film? Well whatever the case may be we will let you know once we get more information about this.