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.

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