The World Of ‘The Thing’ Expanding With New Adaptation ‘Frozen Hell’
John Carpenter’s The Thing was the second adaptation of John W. Campbell’s novella Who Goes There?, with 1951’s The Thing from Another World being the first adaptation. The world is expanding, Bloody Disgusting reports. In 2018, John Betancourt discovered a new, never-before-seen novel-length version of the story, titled Frozen Hell and took to Kickstarter to release it. Now, there has been a new development. This week, Betancourt gave an exciting update that he is teaming up with Blumhouse and Universal Studios for a feature film adaptation. Betancourt states, “In 1938, acclaimed science fiction author John W. Campbell published the novella Who Goes There?, about a team of scientists in Antarctica who discover and are terrorized by a monstrous, shape-shifting alien entity. The story would later be adapted into John Carpenter’s iconic movie The Thing (following an earlier film adaptation in 1951). The published novella was actually an abridged version of Campbell’s original story, called Frozen Hell, which had to be
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