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Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | 2012
Best Makeup | 2011
Best Film | 2011 | Matthijs van Heijningen
Budget 35,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 31,505,287 USD
An enormous number of screen shots from the first movie were kept on the set while filming at all times, in order to ensure that the Norwegian station would be rebuilt to the smallest details.
The producers convinced Universal Studios to allow them to create a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) instead of a remake, as they felt Carpenter's film was already perfect, so making a remake would be like "painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa". However, the prequel still has the title of the original film, because they couldn't think of a subtitle (for example, "The Thing: Begins") that sounded good.
Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. had such a negative experience with the film, due to constant studio interference, that he claimed to have lost his passion for filmmaking and retired for nearly a decade. Although he has been working on films again in Norway, he has since vowed never to work with an American studio again.
The filmmakers used Kurt Russell height (who is roughly between 5'10-5'11) as an estimate as to how big the sets would have to be to faithfully recreate the Norwegian camp as no blueprints existed from the John Carpenter movie.
(at around 5 mins) It is mentioned in the DVD commentary that the remains that Kate Lloyd is examining at the beginning of the movie is one of the dog thing props from John Carpenter's The Thing (1982).
"Adam Finch: So, I'm gonna die because I floss?"
"Sam Carter: I wanna know how the Cavaliers are doing? Kate Lloyd: Hmm. I don't follow football. Sam Carter: It's a basketball team. They play basketball. Jameson: Barely. They're the Cavaliers, man."
