“The Thing” Prequel will be Norwegian Subtitled?

The LA Times reports that the cast of “The Thing” prequel is populated with actors from Australia, England, Canada and Norway but The majority of the Norwegian scientists in the film are played by Norwegian actors, who will play their scenes in Norwegian, with English subtitles.

The film is being helmer by Dutch commercial director Matthijs Van Heijningen.

The 1982 original starred Kurt Russell, but they’re going with a female lead for the prequel, Mary Elizabeth Winstead (“Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World”, “Live Free Die Hard”) taking the lead role, and also starring Joel Edgerton (“Ned Kelly”, “King Arthur”)

Universal are in desperate need of a hit after a string of flops from 2009 with “Duplicity”, “State of Play” and “Land of the Lost” and 2010 off to a rough start with “The Wolfman” & “Green Zone” both under performing at the box-office.

“The Thing” prequel is being budgeted more modestly with a $38 million production budget, going mostly towards its special effects and begins filming next week in Toronto.