In a subtle, and seemingly unsure, Instagram announcement, Neill Blomkamp has confirmed that he is making an Alien movie. Blomkamp is best known for his films District 9, Elysium and the upcoming Chappie. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he revealed very little about his upcoming project with Fox. “It did have to do with…
An exciting new trailer hit the internet recently for director Neill Blomkamp’s new film entitled Chappie. The movie follows up Blomkamp’s very successful District 9 and the science fiction thriller Elysium. Chappie hits theaters in March 2015. The film is about a childlike robot finding his place among humans in the world. Chappie, voiced by…
When we think about aliens the first things that come into our mind are all the invasion-oriented sci-fi movies in which enormous and unforgiving monsters arrive on Earth to conquer all and extinguish the human race. We don’t need to do a Google search to recall in our minds an endless list of movies like…
Written and Directed by Neill Blomkamp Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura and William Fichtner R, 109 minutes Science fiction and social commentary go hand in hand in many cases. In fact, great science fiction has a way of using its fictional premise and diegetic elements to comment…
Once upon a time, upstart South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp was tapped to direct an adaptation of the insanely popular Halo videogame series. Blomkamp, who had yet to direct a feature-length film in his budding career, was given the director’s chair by executive producer Peter Jackson, who was impressed by Blomkamp’s short film work. Failed…
Neill Blomkamp wowed science fiction fans with his feature film debut, District 9, but can his next film, Elysium, live up to the now incredibly high expectations? Elysium shares many of the visual qualities of District 9, and may even be set in the same film world but decades in the future. The financial gap…
