More info of victims to The Thing

Okay, so they might not all be victims, but they’re still all going to be exposed to the eerie creature in the prequel to The Thing. What has been uncovered is several character bios that describe also how some of the story will be presented in this feature. Here’s a snippet of one of the bios that was uncovered from Blood Disgusting below.:

[KATE LLOYD] In her late 20s to early 30s, pretty, bright-eyed, intelligent, she’s a graduate of Columbia and a Ph.D. candidate in paleontology (the study of prehistoric life). On the recommendation of her friend Adam Goodman, Kate is tapped for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by Dr. Sander Halvorson to join his research team in Antarctica, where an extraordinary discovery has been made. Upon arrival, Kate soon finds herself at odds with Halvorson about how best to proceed with the discovery — an alien spaceship with a mysterious and sinister frozen THING found nearby — specifically whether to transfer the specimen undisturbed to a more appropriate facility for analysis, or, per Halvorson’s wishes, to drill into the specimen’s ice encasement for a definitive tissue sample.

If you dare to be spoiled, you can read the rest of the bios right here. Filming is scheduled to start up in Toronto, Canada in March with Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. directing. There’s no exact release date for the film at the moment, but if they’re starting up so soon with filming it will more than likely get a late 2010/early 2011 theatrical run under Universal Pictures.