The Thing (2011 film)

The Thing is a 2011 film about an Antarctic Norwegian research base that discovers a deadly alien. Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.. Written by Eric Heisserer, based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell. It's not human. Yet.  (taglines) Dialogue Sam Carter: I wanna know how the Cavaliers are doing? Kate Lloyd: Hmm. I don't follow football. Sam Carter: It's a basketball team. They play basketball. Jameson: Barely. They're the Cavaliers, man. [After the Thing bursts out of its ice block, Derek runs over to the rec room to warn his friends] Derek Jameson: It broke out! [The gang stares at him, then laugh jokingly] Jonas: Cuckoo! Derek Jameson: It ain't a damn joke, man! The freaking Thing is alive! I was in the room, man, looking at the ice, and the freaking Thing jumped out! Adam Finch: You know, I never believed in this shit. Jonas: I always did. Taglines It's not human. Yet. About It's a really fascinating way to construct a story because we're doing it by autopsy, by examining very, very closely everything we know about the Norwegian camp and about the events that happened there from photos and video footage that's recovered, from a visit to the base, the director, producer and I have gone through it countless times marking, you know, there's a fire axe in the door, we have to account for that…we're having to reverse engineer it, so those details all matter to us ‘cause it all has to make sense. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., Eric Heisserer Talks ‘The Thing’ Prequel/Remake (August 7, 2009). We’re finding so much from Carpenter’s movie that you think you’ve seen, but in actually it allows us to come up with certain twists on what we have that will allow people to be on the edge of their seat, and not know who’s going to make it and who’s not. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., Eric Heisserer Talks ‘The Thing’ Prequel/Remake (August 7, 2009). Cast Mary Elizabeth Winstead — Kate Lloyd Joel Edgerton — Sam Carter Ulrich Thomsen — Dr. Sander Halvorson Eric Christian Olsen — Adam Finch Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje — Derek Jameson Paul Braunstein — Griggs Trond Espen Seim — Edvard Thing Vocal Effects by Rick Hromadka External links 0905372 The Thing Category:2011 films Category:2010s American films Category:Prequel films Category:Films based on novels Category:Films set in Antarctica Category:Films about alien invasions