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Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when a creature is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. In the thriller The Thing, paranoia spreads among a group of researchers as they encounter something inhuman that has the ability to turn itself into an exact replica of any living being.
Paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has traveled to the desolate region for the expedition of her lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across a creature buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in the ice eons ago. But it is about to wake up.
When a simple experiment frees the thing from its frozen prison, Kate must join the crew's pilot, Carter (Joel Edgerton), to keep it from killing them off one at a time. And in this vast, intense land, a parasite that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.
The Thing serves as a prelude to John Carpenter's classic 1982 film of the same name. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen, the thriller is produced by Strike Entertainment's Marc Abraham and Eric Newman (Dawn of the Dead).
Original Release
10/12/2011
US Release
10/14/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Kate Lloyd |
Joel Edgerton | Carter / Sam Carter |
Ulrich Thomsen | Dr. Sander Halvorson |
Eric Christian Olsen | Adam Finch |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Jameson / Derek Jameson |
Paul Braunstein | Griggs |
Trond Espen Seim | Edvard Wolner |
Kim Bubbs | Juliette |
Jørgen Langhelle | Lars |
Jan Gunnar Røise | Olav |
Directors
Writers
Eric Heisserer, John W. Campbell Jr.
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Kate Lloyd |
Joel Edgerton | Carter / Sam Carter |
Ulrich Thomsen | Dr. Sander Halvorson |
Eric Christian Olsen | Adam Finch |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Jameson / Derek Jameson |
Paul Braunstein | Griggs |
Trond Espen Seim | Edvard Wolner |
Kim Bubbs | Juliette |
Jørgen Langhelle | Lars |
Jan Gunnar Røise | Olav |
Stig Henrik Hoff | Peder |
Kristofer Hivju | Jonas |
Jo Adrian Haavind | Henrik |
Carsten Bjørnlund | Karl |
Jonathan Walker | Colin |
Ole Martin Aune Nilsen | Matias (Heli Pilot) / Heli Pilot |
Michael Brown | Security Guard |
Producers
Name | Role |
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J. Miles Dale | Executive Producer |
David Foster | Executive Producer |
Gabrielle Neimand | Executive Producer |
Katie Wee | Executive Producer |
Marc Abraham | Producer |
Eric Newman | Producer |