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GoodBadFlicks Explores ‘The Thing’ Prequel and All That Went Wrong
Just a week ago, we posted an article about The Thing writer Eric Heisserer’s issues with the 2011 prequel, most of which boiled down to the decision to go from practical FX to CGI. Now the YouTube channel GoodBadFlicks has set its eyes on the ill-fated film and analyzes the issues that led to its serious box office underperformance.
What I love about the video is that it goes into the history of not only the prequel but builds up the video essay with information about the the original short story “Who Goes There?” and the first adaptation The Thing From Another World, as well as the PS2 video game sequel. From there it approaches the prequel in a rather level-headed fashion, offering information that is then used to create opinion.
As we’ve seen before, The Thing originally wanted to use practical FX, much of which looked absolutely incredible. However, the studio determined that CGI should be utilized and we ended up with a movie that looked unconvincing and, at times, flat out bad. It’s a shame because this video is seriously pushing me to revisit the film and try to watch it with a more open and aware frame of mind. Yes, it may look bad in some parts but others look very solid.
What are your thoughts? Will The Thing go on to become a classic just like John Carpenter’s adaptation did over the years or will it fade into obscurity, ignored and forgotten?
Described as “Ted meets ET,” David Mikalson’s raunchy comedy Goblin is being brought to life over at A24, and Will Forte (“The Four Seasons”) is now in talks to star.
Deadline first reported the news this afternoon.
Kenneth Branagh has been cast to voice the titular Goblin in the upcoming A24 movie, with the character said to be “green-colored” as well as “anatomically correct.”
Skyler Gisondo (Superman) is reportedly playing the Goblin’s human best friend.
The mysterious project sounds a bit like films including A Gnome Named Gnorm and more recently, Frankie Freako, though it’s important to note that it’s not billed as a horror movie.
Deadline details, “After [Mikalson] hatched the idea to make an outrageous buddy comedy about a goblin, using a practical puppet and operating outside the Hollywood system, his script quickly got him a rep team. While others might have eyed the raunchy comedy as a writing sample or planned to wait to see the micro-budget version Mikalson has been directing in Kentucky, A24 jumped all over it. The hot indie essentially has agreed to finance a full feature.”
“There was a lot of interest, but A24 came with what Mikalson really wanted, after spending all his money crafting the puppet title character: they acquired the movie and agreed to let him make it with a significantly increased budget than what he had left after creating the anatomically correct title character,” Deadline’s report goes on to explain.
What does the titular Goblin actually look like? Well, a cake that Mikalson had whipped up for his reps might give us our first look at what to expect. Deadline explains the photo you’ll see down below, “Take a look at the cake he commissioned with Marc Gravelle at Cake Art in West Hollywood, to present to his reps as thanks for making his dream come true.”
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