The Thing (2011 film)
2011 American science fiction horror film by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Thing is a 2011 American science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., written by Eric Heisserer, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen. It is a direct prequel to the 1982 film of the same title by John Carpenter, which was an adaptation of the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell. It tells the story of a team of scientists on a Norwegian Antarctic research station who discover a parasitic alien buried deep in the ice, realizing too late that it is still alive.
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Directed by | Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. |
Written by | Eric Heisserer |
Based on | Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell |
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Cinematography | Michel Abramowicz |
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Music by | Marco Beltrami |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes[1] |
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Budget | $38 million[3] |
Box office | $31.5 million[4] |
The Thing premiered on October 10, 2011, and was released on October 14, 2011. The film grossed $31.5 million against a $38 million budget and received mixed reviews from critics.