THE THING Video Creator & Game

Hola kids! We know you guys are excited to see the prequel of Universal Pictures’ THE THING, so here’s a little snack to tide you over until it’s theatrical release on October 14th. We’ve included some fun-filled links below so that you can make a custom THE THING video, check out THE THING on YouTube, and even play with a flamethrower! Relax, it’s virtual…

IT WILL BECOME YOU Custom Video Creator
http://www.itwillbecomeyou.com/
Upload a video, use a YouTube video or use your Webcam to create a custom video that ultimately transforms into THE THING.  You can check out an example of a created video at this link: http://bit.ly/nkUcT6

THE THING is YouTube
Check out the videos at the link below for their custom integration with THE THING:

http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011
http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011/?x=1
http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011/?x=2
http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011/?x=3
http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011/?x=4
http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011/?x=5
http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011/?x=6
http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011/?x=7
http://www.youtube.com/14oct2011/?x=8

Augmented Reality Flamethrower Game
If you have an Android or iPhone – download the Flamethrower game – which is a first-person shooter game that puts you in a 360 degree virtual environment.  You have to use your flamethrower to survive an attack of THINGs.  At the end of the game, you can then infect yourself by taking a picture with your camera, uploading and morphing your photo into an infected user.  You can access the downloads here:

Apple Devices – http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-thing-flame-thrower/id465493297?ls=1&mt=8
Android Devices – https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nbcuni.universal.thingflamethrower

Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost known as Thule Station. There, a crew of international scientists has unearthed a remarkable discovery. But elation quickly turns to terrifying paranoia in the thriller The Thing, as the group of researchers encounters something inhuman that has the ability to turn itself into an exact replica of any living being.

Columbia University paleontologist Dr. Kate Lloyd (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’s MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD) has left behind the safety of her sterile laboratory and traveled to this desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime.

Joining a Norwegian research team led by Edvard Wolner (Fallen Angels’ TROND ESPEN SEIM) that has stumbled across a creature buried in the ice, Kate – along with fellow explorers Dr. Sander Halvorson (Season of the Witch’s ULRICH THOMSEN) and Adam (NCIS: Los Angeles’ ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN)—discovers an organism that seems to have died in the ice eons ago.

When a simple experiment near this outpost frees the thing from its frozen prison, Kate must join the pilot, Carter (Warrior’s JOEL EDGERTON), and his sidekick, Jameson (Lost’s ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE), to keep it from killing everyone and anything it encounters. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite suddenly mimics anything it touches…pitting human against human as it fights to survive and flourish.

The Thing, which serves as a prelude to John Carpenter’s classic 1982 film of the same name, is directed by MATTHIJS VAN HEIJNINGEN in his feature-film debut. The thriller is written by ERIC HEISSERER (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and based on the classic story of terror “Who Goes There?” by JOHN W. CAMPBELL JR.

THE THING will hit theaters October 14, 2011.

Visit the film’s official site: http://www.thethingmovie.net/

“Like” it on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thethingmovie