A prequel to The Thing is to start filming in Toronto this March.

The story behind the devastated Norwegian base in John Carpenter’s classic 1982 sci-fi chiller is to be told, with Eric Heisserer (the Nightmare On Elm Street remake) and Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) writing the script.

Dutch producer Matthijs van Heijningen is to direct, but no cast members have been confirmed.