Editing The Thing (1982 film) (section)

==Sequels==

[[Dark Horse Comics]] published four comic book sequels starring MacReady, beginning in December 1991 with the two-part ''The Thing from Another World'' by [[Chuck Pfarrer]], which is set 24 hours after the film.{{sfn|Turke|2011}}{{sfn|Dark Horse|2018a}} Pfarrer was reported to have pitched his comic tale to Universal as a sequel in the early 1990s.{{sfn|Turke|2011}} This was followed by the four-part ''The Thing from Another World: Climate of Fear'' in July 1992,{{sfn|Dark Horse|2018b}} the four-part ''The Thing from Another World: Eternal Vows'' in December 1993,{{sfn|Dark Horse|2018c}} and ''The Thing from Another World: Questionable Research''.{{sfn|Goodreads|2018}} In 1999, Carpenter said that no serious discussions had taken place for a sequel, but he would be interested in basing one on Pfarrer's adaptation, calling the story a worthy sequel.{{sfn|Bauer|1999}}{{sfn|Turke|2011}} A 2002 [[The Thing (video game)|video game of the same name]] was released for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 2]], and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] to generally favorable reviews.{{sfn|Metacriticgame|2002}}{{sfn|MetacriticgamePC|2002}} The game's plot follows a team of U.S. soldiers investigating the aftermath of the film's events.{{sfn|John Agnello|2016}}

In 2005, the [[Syfy]] channel planned a four-hour miniseries sequel produced by [[Frank Darabont]] and written by [[David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick]]. The story followed a Russian team who recover the corpses of MacReady and Childs, as well as remnants of the Thing. The story moves forward 23 years, where the Thing escapes in New Mexico, and follows the attempts at containment. The project never proceeded, and Universal opted to continue with a feature film sequel.{{sfn|Sauriol |2009}} A prequel film, also titled ''[[The Thing (2011 film)|The Thing]]'', was released in October 2011 to a $31{{spaces}}million worldwide box office gross and mixed reviews.{{sfn|Box Office Mojo|2011}}{{sfn|Metacritic|2011}}{{sfn|Lambie|2011}}{{sfn|Paul|2011}} The story follows the events after the Norwegian team discovers the Thing.{{sfn|Lambie|2011}} In 2020, Universal Studios and [[Blumhouse Productions]] announced the development of a remake of Carpenter's ''The Thing''. The remake was described as incorporating elements of ''The Thing from Another World'' and ''The Thing'', as well as the novella ''Who Goes There?'' and its expanded version ''[[Who Goes There?#Frozen Hell|Frozen Hell]]'', which features several additional chapters.{{sfn|Ankers|2020}}

Although released years apart, and unrelated in terms of plot, characters, crew, or even production studios, Carpenter considers ''The Thing'' to be the first installment in his "Apocalypse Trilogy", a series of films based around [[Cosmicism|cosmic horror]], entities unknown to man, that are threats to both human life and the sense of self. ''The Thing'' was followed by ''[[Prince of Darkness (film)|Prince of Darkness]]'' in 1987, and ''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]'' in 1994. All three films are heavily influenced by Carpenter's appreciation for the works of Lovecraft.{{sfn|Topolsky |2012}}{{sfn|Grey|2011}}