De acordo com o The Thing Collector Community, o canal Syfy quase produziu uma sequência para ‘O Enigma de Outro Mundo‘, clássico de John Carpenter.

“Em 2005, o Syfy estava desenvolvendo uma sequência para ‘O Enigma de Outro Mundo’, na forma de uma minissérie de quatro horas. O projeto seria chamado ‘O Retorno da Coisa’, e foi escrito por David Leslie Johnson.”

Apesar de não ter sido revelado o motivo do projeto ter sido engavetado, a sequência começaria com uma equipe de russos encontrando os corpos de MacReady e Childs, e os restos da coisa. A história se passaria 23 anos depois, com a coisa escapando no Novo México, e as tentativas para contê-la.

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Back in 2005 SyFy network planned a four-hour Television Mini-Series sequel to The Thing to be called .. wait for it… “Return of The Thing”. It was written by David Leslie Johnson. David is busy to this day (wrote the upcoming Aquaman, and looks to be involved with the upcoming remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street – 2021). The producer was to be Frank Darabont (The Green Mile). Sadly the project never went anywhere. This is part one (Exposure). Runs 112 pages. #thething #thethingmovie #johncarpentersthething #thereturnofthething #davidlesliejohnson #frankdarabont

Uma publicação compartilhada por The Thing Collector Community (@thethingcollectorcommunity) em 13 de Ago, 2018 às 7:03 PDT

So this is part Two of the 2005 planned SyFy Network 4 hour mini-series “The Return of the Thing”. Titled “Night Two : Extreme Amplification”. It was never produced… why? I don’t know. Doesn’t seem to be any clear reason. Syfy channel was pretty big at the time. My digging hasn’t found a clear reason. Head over to the Facebook page for links to spoiler filled reviews of the script… and some additional history. If anyone has extra info…. feel free to add to the story. #thething #returnofthething #johncapentersthething #davidlesliejohnson #frankdarabont #thethingmovie

Uma publicação compartilhada por The Thing Collector Community (@thethingcollectorcommunity) em 15 de Ago, 2018 às 9:43 PDT