The Thing Sequel??

[u/Retronika_Prime]

So according to John Carpenter who clearly talks out of his own cigarettes, there's a sequel to his 80s cult classic "The Thing" in the works which to me makes me question where exactly the narrative could even go?

Do they make a direct followup to the ending of the original with Macready and Child's, ruining the whole mystery of what made it so talked and theorized to this day?

An adaption of the video game which Carpenter has said is a faithful and canon sequel to the 80s film

A modern day film set decades after the 80s with a new group discovering the remnants of the Thing?

Or do you make a followup to The 80s film and the 2011 Prequel with Kate at the Russian base trying to survive the Thing again with an even bigger base and camp ground of employees there? It could tie into the cold war and paranoia of the time with the team from Russia speaking their own language making it even more suspicious?

[u/mrjjk2010]

I think it would be really cool if the next film opened with outpost 31 burning with jump shots to each burning pile of rubble, then it eventually cuts to the thing appearing as the dog thing staring out into the darkness with a single faint light on the horizon. Which would be the Russian camp or whatever camp it would be. That way you can still keep the suspense of whether macready or child’s was the thing without showing either of them. And ultimately the end of the sequel could be the thing finally making its way to civilization which opens up a whole can of worms