We know that The Thing has been moved out of its early 2011 release slot by Universal. And now we know why…
Yesterday, we reported the news that Universal had taken the remake/prequel/reimagining of The Thing off its release schedules, and had given its planned release slot to Fast & Furious sequel, Fast Five, instead.
So, we wondered, just what had happened to The Thing itself? Because this is a film that we’d heard some surprisingly positive murmurings about. Surprising, because the mere idea of any kind of new take on The Thing is surely enough to get alarm bells blaring very loudly indeed.
However, we’re going to have to wait quite a bit longer to find out whether the film measures up now, as HitFix has revealed the reason why the film lost its release slot. Namely, that more filming is set to take place.
This news comes from Marc Abraham, the producer of the film, who has confirmed that additional photography has been agreed “to enhance existing sequences or to make crystal clear a few story beats or to add punctuation marks to the film’s feeling of dread” (those quotes are from the HitFix story, rather than directly attribute to Abraham, just for the purpose of clarity).
Pick-up photography is nothing to fear, of course. Even the likes of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy , amongst many other films, benefited from further shooting once principal photography had been completed. And this there’s little reason to fear that this is bad news for The Thing.
It does, however, mean that a new release date has to be sought. HitFix reports that The Thing is still set to be completed early next year, but Universal now has to schedule it once more.
Once we have the new date, we’ll let you know.
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