On my way into the 2010 New York Comic-Con on Friday afternoon at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, I noticed a banner for The Thing prequel hovering high above the entrance to the Con, so I decided to snap a photo of it.

Check out the banner here above (click for larger, full view).

The banner is a teaser that has the name of the film, which even though it’s a prequel, is simply titled The Thing, the same name as the 1982 John Carpenter film from which it stems (confusing? I think so). There’s also its release date — April 29, 2011 — along with a nifty tagline: “Before it was unleashed, it was discovered.”

There’s a panel for The Thing prequel on Saturday afternoon with the cast and filmmakers, so hopefully we’ll get a sneak peek at footage and some other details about the movie, which stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton.