The 1982 cult horror classic "The Thing" is going to have a prequel, Universal announces. Matthijs Van Heijningen is helming the re-imagining of the film.

Variety reports that the studio has hired Ron Moore, "Battlestar Galactica" exec producer, to pen the script for the John Carpenter classic film.

The new plot will borrow materials from John W. Campbell Jr.'s novel "Who Goes There?" from which the 1982 film and the first film adaptation in 1951, "The Thing from Another World," were based on.

The story will be set in a Norwegian camp and will chronicle how they first discovered the alien that inhabited the camp.

Van Heijningen is known for directing commercial ads for brands including Toyota, Heineken, Visa, and Pepsi.

Strike Entertainment's Eric Newman and Marc Abraham are producing, while David Foster will executive produce.