The Thing

Release Date: Friday, October 14, 2011 Nationwide

Joel Edgerton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Marc Abraham, Eric Heisserer, Eric Newman, Jonathan Walker, David Foster, Matthijs van Heijningen, Thomas Bliss

R Action N/A

  • 3.9

72%

28%
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Plot

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Plot
An American scientific expedition to Antarctica makes an incredible discovery — an alien spaceship with a mysterious and sinister frozen “thing” found nearby. They decide to drill through the ice encasement, ultimately freeing the trapped organism and triggering a series of horrific incidents and attacks.
Action Adventure Sci-Fi Prequel

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The film's writer Eric Heisserer last wrote Shadow and Bone and Bloodshot.

Screenwriters
Producers
Marc Abraham
Eric Newman

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for strong creature violence and gore, disturbing images, and language
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
It's Not Human. Yet.
Also known as
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Language
English

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  • Prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter film and the 1951 original, "The Thing From Another World".

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Development

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Release Dates

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The Thing was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, October 14, 2011 . in around 2,997 theaters There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Footloose, The Big Year and Texas Killing Fields.



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