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Jørgen Langhelle as Lars, an ex-soldier who works as the dog keeper of the Norwegian base, also the only member of the Norwegian base who does not speak English.

Kim Bubbs as Juliette, a French geologist who is part of Edvard's team.

Trond Espen Seim as Edvard Wolner, a notable Norwegian geologist who is the station commander and an old friend of Sander.

Paul Braunstein as Griggs, a crew-chief member of the American helicopter transport team.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Derek Jameson, an American helicopter co-pilot and also a Vietnam veteran who is Carter's best friend.

Sander's research assistant who invites Kate to the Norwegian base.

Eric Christian Olsen as Adam Finch, a young American scientist working as Dr.

He orders the team to obtain a sample of the recently discovered creature despite Kate's warnings. Sander Halvorson, the arrogant Danish leader of alien research. He and his two co-pilots are left in the dark as to why they are there and what is the mysterious thing the scientists have found.

Joel Edgerton as Sam Carter, an American helicopter pilot and Vietnam War veteran running a supply operation to the bases.

MacReady, Kate Lloyd was written to have similar traits as the character Ellen Ripley from the Alien film series.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Kate Lloyd, an American vertebrate paleontologist graduate from Columbia University: In order to be different from Kurt Russell as the 1982 film's protagonist, R.J.

Realising that the dog is actually a Thing, Lars orders Matias to give chase in the helicopter. Lars' dog, thought dead, emerges and runs away. Colin has committed suicide, and a paranoid Lars demands at gunpoint that Matias show his teeth. Matias views the ruined station and the husk of the Edvard-Adam-Thing with horror. The next morning, Thule's helicopter and pilot Matias return. Carter indicates the wrong ear so Kate burns the Carter-Thing and shelters in a snowcat. Kate finds Carter and notices he is missing his earring. She kills him with a grenade which shuts down the ship's engines. Kate falls into the ship and confronts the monstrous Sander.

The spacecraft suddenly activates, separating them. The Sander-Thing drives off into the night, pursued by Kate and Carter. Kate burns Jonas and Jameson before they can fully transform, then she and Carter pursue the Thing, which assimilates Sander. When brought to the main room, Edvard violently transforms, infects Jonas and Jameson, and gruesomely assimilates Adam.

Carter and Jameson break into the main building, shooting Peder dead and puncturing his flamethrower's tank, causing an explosion knocking Edvard unconscious. Lars is abducted while going to fetch Carter and Jameson for testing. The test implicates Sander, Edvard, Adam, and Colin, who have no fillings. As the alien does not assimilate inorganic material, Kate proposes everyone be checked for dental fillings. Suspected to be alien, they are imprisoned in isolation. That night, Carter and Jameson stagger back from the crashed helicopter. Lars kills the Juliette-Thing with a flamethrower and the team resolve to quarantine themselves until the threat is eliminated. Kate escapes and the Juliette-Thing kills Karl. Juliette lures Kate into an abandoned room before transforming and attacking her. Edvard orders the team to drive to the closest base, however Juliette and Kate want to prevent anyone from leaving. Kate discovers dental fillings in a bloodied shower and tells the team that the alien can assimilate and imitate its victims, and that it is now living among them. Olav falls ill.Īs the helicopter is taking off, Griggs transforms into a monstrous creature and attacks Olav, and the helicopter crashes in the mountains. An autopsy finds that the alien's cells were copying Henrik's. The group kills the alien with a flamethrower. The alien drags Henrik into itself, spattering blood on Olav. Searching for the alien, the team finds Lars' dog dead. Jameson, alone, sees the alien burst from the ice block. They meet station chief Edvard Wolner, Juliette, Karl, Jonas, Henrik, Colin, Peder, Lars, and Lars' dog. They fly to Thule in a helicopter with pilots Sam Carter and Derek Jameson, and crewman Griggs. Sander Halvorson and assistant Adam Finch to investigate. American paleontologist Kate Lloyd is recruited by Dr. In the winter of 1982, an alien spacecraft and nearby alien body are discovered buried in Antarctic ice by members of Norwegian research station "Thule".