Rejecting ‘Madness’ was simply due to the budget concern; nothing more.

I was referring to the prequel than the ’82 version. I love the John Carpenter film. I was just poking at Universal to allow the prequel to be made but turn down ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ which actually might not be as graphic as The Thing(going by the original story on that assumption) and it had all the above mentioned ‘A’ list people attached to it.

Play fair, John Carpenter’s 1982 film didn’t have any big names in it either, an its R rating was on the mark. (although a case could be made for Kurt Russell)- the intent with the new film was to serve as a prequel to that film – which I wasn’t that sold on to begin with because of this generation’s audacity to “explain” backstories and mysteries which don’t really need to be explored. That said, it could re-introduce audiences to The Thing and might have some effective moments.

“A movie about aliens that has ‘R’ rated graphic violence with Tom Cruise attached to star, directed by Academy Award winner Guillermo Del Toro, and produced by James Cameron who has also won Academy Awards and has the two highest grossing films of all time? Tone down the violence to PG-13 and we will think about it.”

Wait, what?