Posted September 19, 2011 02:57 PM by Matthew Smith
Universal and IGN have released a new red-band trailer for the upcoming horror thriller The Thing.
Set in the days prior to the events of John Carpenter's 1982 classic, the prequel centers on a team of Norwegian scientists working in Antarctica. After the group unearths a deadly alien creature from a ship buried in ice, they must band together to survive.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) takes the leading role as Kate, a young Paleontologist who is brought to Antarctica to study the strange organism. Also set to make appearances are Joel Edgerton (Warrior), Eric Christian Olsen (NCIS: Los Angeles) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost). Dutch filmmaker Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. gets the directing credit.
The trailer itself reveals more of the gory creatures effects absent from previous looks at the film. These have all been done in CG, which is a departure from the practical effects in seen in Carpenter's 1982 version.
The Thing will hit theaters next month on October 14th, 2011.