With the release of the first trailer for elysium, neil blomkamps sophomore scifi effort, one might expect the district 9 director to be utterly occupied with the impending release of his newest project. Blomkamp recently spoke about what the future might hold for him, touching on both his desire to further explore the interment camps where district 9 took place, as well as his interest in making surprisingly enough a comedy. He is a director and writer, known for district 9 2009, elysium. Chappie 2 release date, trailer, and sequel casting rumors. How elysium could be a sequel to district 9 answers. Neill blomkamp tribute district 9 elysium chappie youtube. With sharlto copley, david james, jason cope, nathalie boltt. But even though elysium isnt a direct sequel to district 9, the two share enough of the same ideas that they look like the natural progression of an imaginative director who got hollywood to quadruple his last budget. Why we never got to see a district 9 sequel looper. Over the last few weeks, sony has finally started to reveal details about director neill blomkamps district 9 scifi pic elysium just as district 9 tackled issues of segregation and xenophobia, the first synopsis for elysium reveals that the scifi, futureset story will be delving into the immigration debate.
All sorts of high concepts are found in chappie, a. A lot of people wondered if blomkamp would start the district 9 sequel after finishing elysium. Immediately following the films release, blomkamp was stating in interviews that he was. The world of district 9 has so many hilarious, bizarre.
Chappie and district 9 i found incredibly similar in shooting\directing style. The reason the entire earth is destroyed is not only manmade disasters but a war with the prawns. His new followup film, elysium, earns more money at the worldwide box office, but fails to garner the same level of critical praise as district 9. With his latest film, elysium, out in the uk soon, we met with director neill blomkamp to talk about scifi, district 9, and more. If blomkamp does decide to sequelize any of his films, district 9 is at the top of his list. Why we never got to see a district 9 sequel youtube. The guys look at the low budget neill blomkamps alien adventure. District 9 was later nominated for the 2010 academy award for best picture. District 9, chappie, and elysium, form a trilogy spoilers for all movies ive thought this about niells movies ever since i saw d9 and the short films. Elysium, district 9, ateam, fawlty towers features ahead of elysium s uk release, we speak to its villain and district 9 star sharlto copley about acting, improvisation and. In 2009, district 9 became the surprise hit movie of the year. How does chappie compare against elysium and district 9.
He directed another dystopian science fiction action film elysium, which. Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slumlike conditions on earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology. Bryan and corey pack their bags and they head to johannesburg to visit district 9. A film thats bound to receive a wider audience on home video, alita. Instead, director neill blomkamp went on to direct the forgettable elysium and the just plain awful. District 9 director neill blomkamps elysium looks great. Neill blomkamp is a south africanborn canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and. Blomkamps latest slide was chappie, which like district 9 and elysium, has giant ideas but fails to fully pull them off. Set in 2159, two classes of people are roughly divided. Like the 35yearold writerdirectors previous movies district 9 2009 and elysium 20 his new work combines a realistically dingy, d. As the torrent of water dried up for the first time in thousands of years, it revealed a.
Neill blomkamp and david james in district 9 2009 sharlto copley in. One of the greatest scifi directors of the new generation. This is how i think elysium could be a sequel to district 9. In march 2015, he confirmed that he planned more than one sequel to the. Neill blomkamp was born on september 17, 1979 in johannesburg, south africa. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
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