The prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing (presumably still also entitled The Thing) will be released on April 29
th 2011. Eleven months from now.
The story deals with a team of
Norwegian scientists who unwittingly discover a alien organism in the wreck of a hundred-thousand year old
spacecraft in the Arctic which proceeds to infest itself inside them.
For anyone who hasn't seen or has forgotten just how spectacular this film was,
check out the original trailer here.