UPDATE BELOW
We’ve not heard that much about the forthcoming prequel to The Thing, the Matthijs van Heijningen Jr directed The Thing (more on this later…), but here’s what purports to be the first poster for the film.
AICN posted the image which isn’t the best quality but it’s an appropriately stark effort nonetheless. The tagline isn’t quite as catchy as Man is the warmest place to hide, and it does still have the October release date on it, which begs the question as to the whereabouts of the trailer? We saw a leaked version back in October last year but nothing has been seen or heard since.
And I’ve only just realised that as a prequel to The Thing, calling your film The Thing is a little odd, but I’m still hopeful for the film as the cast is decent and I love the idea of seeing more of the world Carpenter created (or reimaigned), though I still hold out a distant wish that they will use practical creature effects.
It’s a blurry photo, and there’s an excellent chance Universal will request that this one comes down, but one of the film’s stars, Mary Elizabeth Winstead just tweeted the following to Harry Knowles,
which perhaps points to it being the real thing.
UPDATE
It is. Universal hve released the high quality version and it reveals something nasty in the stark image we’re presented with. Click on it, and take a closer look.
Here’s the poster,
Teaser Trailer.com had this one.
