John W. Campbell Jr.

Movies

The Thing
Story
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
The Thing
Story
A team of American scientists investigate the empty, destroyed base of their Norwegian counterparts in Antarctica, only to discover a terrifying life force that can take the form of its prey.
The Thing from Another World
Novel
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
The Thing
Novel
This new reimagining will combine John W. Campbell's original story "Who Goes There?" (1938) with elements drawn from RKO’s "The Thing From Another World" (1951), John Carpenter’s classic "The Thing" (1982), and the long-lost additional chapters of Campbell's story, recently published as the novel "Frozen Hell" (2019).