The Thing
Film directed by John Carpenter
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| 2024 | Pendragon Game Studio released The Thing: The Boardgame. |
| 2024 | Characters and an area from The Thing appear in the video game Funko Fusion. |
| 2023 | A pinball table based on The Thing was featured in Pinball M, including R.J. MacReady and various film elements. |
| September 2021 | A 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray of the film was released. |
| 2020 | Universal Studios and Blumhouse Productions announced the development of a remake of Carpenter's The Thing, planning to incorporate elements from The Thing from Another World, the original film, and the original novella Who Goes There?. |
| May 2020 | An extended play (EP) titled 'Lost Cues: The Thing' was released, containing Carpenter's re-recorded music as the original masterings were lost. |
| 2017 | A 400-page art book featuring art inspired by The Thing was released, with contributions from 350 artists and forewords by Eli Roth and John Carpenter. |
| 2017 | Mondo and USAopoly released The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31, a board game where players can take on roles of film characters or the Thing, competing through subterfuge and sabotage. |
| 2017 | A 4K resolution restoration was released on Blu-ray, initially as a UK exclusive with a limited run of 8,000 units, overseen by Carpenter and Cundey using the original film negative. |
| February 23 2017 | A remastered version of the soundtrack was released on vinyl, with a deluxe edition including an exclusive interview with John Carpenter. |
| 2016 | The British Film Institute named The Thing one of ten great films about aliens visiting Earth |
| 2016 | A Blu-ray release featured a 2K resolution restoration overseen by Dean Cundey, including new interviews, segments on music, writing, editing, and artwork. |
| 2015 | Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight drew significant inspiration from The Thing, including casting Kurt Russell and replicating themes of paranoia. |
| 2014 | Carpenter reflects in an interview on the previous script drafts, describing them as 'awful' and noting they ignored the chameleon-like aspect of the Thing. |
| 2012 | Morricone retrospectively recalled the unique collaboration with Carpenter, describing how Carpenter ultimately used Morricone's electronic score. |
| 2011 | The New York Times surveyed prominent horror filmmakers about the scariest film, with John Sayles and Edgar Wright specifically citing The Thing. |
| 2011 | Howarth and Larry Hopkins restored Morricone's original score using updated digital techniques, arranging tracks in film order and including Carpenter and Howarth's compositions. |
| October 2011 | A prequel film, also titled The Thing, was released, depicting the events leading up to the Norwegian team's discovery of the alien creature, grossing $31 million worldwide. |
| January 2011 | In an interview, John Carpenter remarked that The Thing might be his favorite film from his own filmography, lamenting its initial lack of commercial success. |
| January 2010 | Clarkesworld Magazine published 'The Things', a short story by Peter Watts told from the perspective of the alien, which later received a Hugo Award nomination in 2011. |
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