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Cast & Crew

Ulrich Thomsen
As Dr. Sander Halvorson
Joel Edgerton
As Sam Carter
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
As Derek Jameson
Kristofer Hivju
As Jonas

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In the winter of 1982, a team of scientists and helicopter pilots embark on an expedition to Antarctica to uncover the secrets of an alien spacecraft and mysterious creature discovered buried in the ice. As they delve deeper into their research, they soon realize that the shape-shifting alien has awakened from its frozen slumber and is now posing as one of them. Paranoia spreads like wildfire as they struggle to discern friend from foe in this gripping sci-fi thriller. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, and Ulrich Thomsen.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Thing include The Invasion, The Void, Time Lapse, Area 51, Quarantine 2: Terminal, Anomaly.

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The Thing was released in theaters on October 14, 2011.