The Thing will be back to drive us all to extreme paranoia once again, as Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions are reportedly working on a new adaptation.

We’re in an era of remakes, reboots and revivals, so it’s not exactly a surprise that John Carpenter’s 1982 horror cult classic The Thing is heading towards a remake.

However, what is surprising is the story behind the remake — the literal story, that is.

The 1982 original is, in itself, a remake already — Christian Nyby’s 1951 film The Thing From Another World — with both movies based on John W. Campbell Jr.’s 1938 novella, Who Goes There?

A few years ago, an extended version of that Campbell novella was discovered, and sci-fi writer John Betancourt set up a crowd-funded effort to make the full-length novel available to fans. Now that novel, titled Frozen Hell, will not only be made available to fans, but will be turned into a full-length feature film from Universal Pictures and horror film production company, Blumhouse Productions.

“Frozen Hell expands the Thing story dramatically, giving vital backstory and context to an already incredible tale,” Betancourt wrote earlier about the book. Then, he excited fans further by letting everyone know that “The movie will be from Universal and Blumhouse. Everyone is super excited about it, and it’s being fast-tracked.”

Producer Alan Donnes reportedly announced the news via a Facebook post, though that post has since been deleted. In it, he stated that the upcoming film would be a remake of The Thing, but “with additional chapters of John Campbell’s groundbreaking novel, Frozen Hell.” The remake is said to include ‘the very best’ of that had been lost for decades. Now, for the first time ever, Campbell’s full vision will be realized on the big screen. The new film will include the very best of Christian Nyby’s 1951 film The Thing From Another World , John Carpenter’s 1982 The Thing and both the novella and full-length novel.