Artistic Analogies Film Co.'s Kevin M. Slee works on "The Thing" prequel

Kevin M. Slee, director/producer and Laguna Niguel native had been busy since the last time we caught up with him.

With his film production company Artistic Analogies Film Co., he worked on short films such as "The Secret Life of Jonathan Sky," and Matthew Anderson's "Franky, Frankly" which stars Mikandrew Perdaris, Bella Dayne, and "True Blood"'s Allan Hyde.

This time Slee, 21, embarked on working on the prequel of the classic horror "The Thing." Slee worked alongside producer David Foster who also produced the original film back in 1982. Slee began as Foster's assistant which progressed to a creative executive role in Foster's company over the year.

In an interview with LagunaNiguelPatch, Slee stated that the prequel, "The Thing" has some "real substance." He added, "It's not a horror film that relies on gore but one that relies more on the tension of the characters. Most of the horror films today seem to be missing character development and we never get to know the characters. This film is different."

Slee worked on the "The Thing" last summer and attended its premiere last week in Hollywood. He stated that ""The Thing" is the first studio feature I had a part in and it's pretty exciting," he said."It was cool to go back to a film that is 30 years old that David produced in 1982 that starred Kurt Russell and do a prequel that has a budget of $35 million. Most of the features that I have worked on have been independent films with budgets closer to $300,000."

Slee, a Film Production and Political Science major at the Chapman University has great projects lined up including a remake of the film "Short Circuit." He is also working with Bryan Singer's (director "The Usual Suspects," "X-Men") company, Bad Hat Harry Productions, the same company that brought TV shows like "House" on Fox.

"The Thing" was produced by Universal Studios and David Foster and directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ulrich Thomsen, Kim Bubbs, Trond Espen Seim, Stig Henrik Hoff, Jonathan Walker, and Carsten Bjørnlund.

"The Thing" is currently out in theaters.

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Congratulations Kevin!

SOURCES: LagunaNiguelPatch; IMDb; TheThingMovie