Movie
The Thing
Overview
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-10-12
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Morgan Creek Entertainment, Strike Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate Lloyd
- Joel Edgerton as Carter
- Ulrich Thomsen as Dr. Sander Halvorson
- Eric Christian Olsen as Adam Finch
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Jameson
- Paul Braunstein as Griggs
- Trond Espen Seim as Edvard Wolner
- Kim Bubbs as Juliette
- Jørgen Langhelle as Lars
- Jan Gunnar Røise as Olav
- Stig Henrik Hoff as Peder
- Kristofer Hivju as Jonas
Crew
- Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. - Director
- Eric Heisserer - Writer
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