Fans of director John Carpenter's horror movie 'The Thing' are in for a treat - plans are afoot for a prequel.Studio bosses at Universal have revealed they are working on a new movie with screenwriter Ronald D. Moore, the man behind the relaunch of sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica, to explain how the shape-shifting alien came to be discovered.
The project will be helmed by filmmaker Matthijs Van Heijningen, according to Variety.
*Pinched from IMDb, 30/01/2009
