The Thing prequel plot revealed...

Bloody-disgusting revealed plot details for Universal Pictures/Strike Entertainment's The Thing prequel as follows...

"In the screenplay by Ronald D. Moore, the prequel takes place from the Norwegian camps point of view. An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog.

The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase.

During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realize that an alien life-form with the ability to take over bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over."

It is also rumored that director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. is pushing for R.J. Macready's (Kurt Russel's character from John Carpenter's film) brother to be the main character...

(Thanks to www.bloody-disgusting.com)