[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

The reboot is based on Frozen Hell, a long lost extended version of the "Who Goes There" novella that was discovered and released last year. I picked it up and it's fantastic, and very different than previous releases. A lot of similar names and scenarios, that were eventually changed when the final novella came out, and then when the movies were made. The opening is way more expanded and would be very different when adapted.

The John Carpenter Thing rights apparently reverted back to the writer's estate as copyright law allowed. The studio can still license the movie for re-releases (as seen with Scream Factory and Arrow video). But no all-new merchandise can be created without getting a license from Universal Studios, Bill Lancaster's Estate, and any actors you want to make figures of. Not impossible, of course. But I bet that it's pricey.

If anyone can do it, It's NECA! Now, whether or not they wanna bother is a different story....


I'd heard of the Frozen Hell thing a couple months ago, but apparently there's an interview with John Carpenter from yesterday where he talks about a reboot like it's the first he's heard of it, so I wasn't sure if Frozen Hell was ditched in favor of something else, if two reboots were being made, or if Carpenter was just confused haha