---
title: 'The Thing (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'
released: '2011-10-10'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thing-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Thing (2011)

2011 · 99 min · Horror, Science Fiction · United States, Canada


## Synopsis

The Thing is a 2011 American science fiction horror film serving as a direct prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film, which was an adaptation of the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and written by Eric Heisserer, it stars an ensemble cast led by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen. It tells the story of the Norwegian team of scientists at a Norwegian Antarctic research station who discover a parasitic alien buried deep in the ice, realizing too late that it is still alive.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthijs-van-heijningen-jr)
- **Screenplay:** [Eric Heisserer](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-heisserer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marco Beltrami](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-beltrami)
- **Producer:** [Marc Abraham](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-abraham), [Eric Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michel Abramowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-abramowicz)
- **Editor:** [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle), [Julian Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-clarke)

## Cast

- [Joel Edgerton](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-edgerton)
- [Stig Henrik Hoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/stig-henrik-hoff)
- [Eric Christian Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-christian-olsen)
- [Ulrich Thomsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-thomsen)
- [Trond Espen Seim](https://cinepixo.com/people/trond-espen-seim)
- [Paul Braunstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-braunstein)
- [Mary Elizabeth Winstead](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-elizabeth-winstead)
- [Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje](https://cinepixo.com/people/adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje)
- [Kristofer Hivju](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristofer-hivju)

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