John Carpenter completely dodges giving details about Blumhouse reboot

the thing The movie franchise is getting a major reboot — but don’t ask John Carpenter about it because he has nothing to do with it. Carpenter was interviewing Safe Wire To celebrate the 40th anniversary of his groundbreaking 1982 cult classic from the thingstarring Kurt Russell and Keith David, and it was no surprise that he was asked what’s going on with the new version of the thing This is in development at Blumhouse Pictures and answered the way only John Carpenter can do it.

“What the hell do I know? This is the topic of my career. Write [this] Down… John Carpenter: “What the hell do I know?” Nobody told me anything,” said the director.

Not only did John Carpenter make it clear that he had nothing to do with him the thing Rebooting, he went on to explain that he wouldn’t make any speculations about it — and wouldn’t share a single idea of ​​his own about where the franchise might go next. He quipped, “I’m not going to tell you that. That would be something I would find out and do and then find out in the cinema.”

So here it is — John Carpenter is as old school as he is when it comes to discussing a movie in the making — that is, not at all.

No wonder John Carpenter seems a little angry about the discussion the thing Reboot, it’s been doing this for a while now. In 2020, Carpenter indicated that he might deal with it the thing The restart, which then opened the doors to press inquiries. ComicBook spoke to Carpenter earlier this year, and he similarly had nothing to offer about what’s going on thing, He says, “There are updates I’m not allowed to talk about. We’ll see, and we’ll see. Never say never in the movie industry, never say never.”

the thing The reboot was announced nearly two years ago, and it’s clear that it has faced the huge challenge of trying to get production going in the midst of the pandemic. The few details we do know are that it will return to the source novel “Who Goes There?” by John W. Campbell, which inspired Carpenter the thingwhich was itself a remake of the 1951 film The thing from another world. In recent years, more Campbell’s work has emerged, and “Who Goes There?” The novel has been updated to a complete novel called frozen hell. This completed work will now be the inspiration for this new version of the thing Movie.

A direct introduction to Carpenter’s the thing It was released in 2011, but crashed and burned at the box office ($31.5 million on a $38 million budget). but, the thing 2011 still retains something of a cult status alongside the 1982 movie. It will be interesting to see how this new reboot works.

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