The Thing is a 2011 science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and written by Eric Heisserer based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell. It is a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name by John Carpenter, the plot taking place immediately prior to the events of that film. The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen, who are part of a team of Norwegian and American scientists who discover an alien buried deep in the ice of Antarctica, realizing too late that it is still alive, consuming and replicating the team members.
Runtime 102 mins Release Date Oct 12th 2011
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2010s horror films, 2010s science fiction films, 2011 films, Action horror films, Alien visitation films, American films, American science fiction horror films, English-language films, Films set in 1979, Films set in 1982, Films set in Antarctica, Films set in the 1980s, Films shot anamorphically, Films shot in Toronto, Monster movies, Norwegian-language films, Prequel films, Science fiction horror films, Upcoming films
Director
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Writer
Eric Heisserer
Starring
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Joel Edgerton
Ulrich Thomsen
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Eric Christian Olsen
Trond Espen Seim
Kristofer Hivju
Stig Henrik Hoff
Jørgen Langhelle
Paul Braunstein
Kim Bubbs
Jonathan Lloyd Walker
Jo Adrian Haavind
Jan Gunnar Røise
Carsten Bjørnlund
Ole Martin Aune Nilsen
