In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a manmade space station. Neill blomkamp still has plans for district 10 and the gone world. 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 you remember, blomkamp see image below exploded onto the moviegoing scene in 2009 with the terrific district 9. When blomkamp was 16 he met sharlto copley district 9, elysium who. Neill blomkamp made a splash at the box office and left an impression on moviegoers of all creeds with his featurelength directorial debut, district 9. Neill blomkamp is a south africanborn canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and. South african writerdirector neill blomkamps 2009 debut district 9 combined smart scifi action with gritty social realism and was a boxoffice smash. Exclusive ive just learned that neill blomkamp is reteaming with his district 9 star sharlto copley on his second scifi feature elysium. Why neill blomkamp is the wrong fit for franchises variety. Elysium director neill blomkamp wants to be an artist thats just left alone ahead of fridays release of elysium, writerdirector neill blomkamp talks at length with spinoff online about artistic freedom, shooting his first bigbudget film, socioeconomic issues, and what comes next. Cantillo decide to crack into the scouts control system, so they kidnap deon. With the sleeper hit district 9 behind him and elysium coming up, neill blomkamp seems to have acquired the perfect cachet to take on a franchise tentpole.
In a february 2015 interview with collider, he stated that he planned the alien sequel with. New aliens movie coming from district 9, elysium director neill blomkamp. Neill blomkamps elysium gets imax release daily dead. The result is a more traditionally structured film with a slightly more predictable plot, but its an exciting, emotionally involving trip into a frighteningly plausible and vividly realized future nonetheless. How neill blomkamps aliens sequel can work consequence. He directed another dystopian science fiction action film elysium, which garnered moderately. Progress is now getting underway on his next venture in the allegorical sciencefiction genre, elysium, which will reunite blomkamp with.
Earlier this year, director neill blomkamp district 9, elysium sent a shockwave through the internet when he uploaded concept. Firsttime director neill blomkamp acknowledges that hes a lucky guy. Matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, william fichtner, diego luna genre. It shouldnt come as a shock, then, that blomkamps longest shorts seem to operate at the same intersection of futurism and technohorror that weve seen in films like district 9 and elysium. Elysium is the latest scifi colossus from south africanborn director neill blomkamp. It looks like neill blomkamp has officially decided it is time to get to work on something new. Exploring the future with director neill blomkamp and image engines shawn walsh. Neill blomkamp on short films, oats studios, and why he. Elysium director neill blomkamp wants to be an artist.
District 9 director neill blomkamp reveals concept for. So blomkamp made the effort to fill elysium with brands that he felt were appropriate, going so far as to reach out to companies himself. Yes, there are things that disappoint about elysium. Neill blomkamp admits elysium pretty bad chappie press. Neill blomkamp has expressed interest in returning to the world of elysium. Neill blomkamps proposed version of alien 5 is truly dead. Interview with elysium writerdirector neill blomkamp digital trends. Neill blomkamp blew our minds with district 9, and now hes back with elysium. Neill blomkamp has a vision of 2154, and its not good news. Neill blomkamps smart scifi followup to district 9.
Technically, elysium grossed more money than blomkamps first film, district 9 though, on a higher budget, and still sports a fresh rating on rotten tomatoes, but, perceptionwise, it. A short while back, filmmaker neill blomkamp who made district 9, elysium, and chappie released a trailer showcasing his newest project, oats studios. That film combined sly political commentary with asskicking thrills. He is a director and writer, known for district 9 2009, elysium 20 and chappie 2015. Elysiums director thinks his hellish paradise is our. According to the director, the time for his sequel to james camerons aliens has come and gone. The movie, starring matt damon and jodie foster, and written and directed by neill blomkamp of district 9. Unfortunately, his followup, the matt damonstarring elysium, is less wellregarded. When that project fell through, jackson offered to fund a. Unfortunately, elysium was a miss, critically and financially, and didnt live up. Blomkamp wants to make an elysium sequel screen rant. Elysium director neill blomkamp to move ahead with chappie south african directors next film to feature talking robot, based on one of his own early shorts published. After a few years as a visualeffects artist, and a director working in commercials and music videos, he caught the eye of lord of the rings director peter jackson, who offered him the directorial debut of a lifetime. Neill blomkamp is working on a new movie that isnt alien 5.
Like with his previous films district 9 and elysium, blomkamp is imagining a gritty version of our future with his new movie. Elysium director neill blomkamp talks matt damon and. Neill blomkamp admits that he fked it up with elysium. Its about the third world trying to get into the first video interview. Matt damon in talks to star in neill blomkamps elysium. A new alien movie appears to be in the works, according to press reports. Imx, along with tristar pictures and media rights capital today announced that elysium, filmmaker neill blomkamps district 9. Elysium, a place in space where your tanning bed can cure all sickness and disease, but of course its only for the rich, until boston bad boy matt damon tries to change the rules, in neill blomkamps sophomore effort thats nowhere near district 9, but it does highlight blomkamps talent as a gifted filmmaker. Or to put it another way, it had brains to go with the brawn. Its now south africanborn film director neill blomkamps grim vision of the future first in district 9 and now the matt damon. Neill blomkamp releases his new apocalyptic short film rakka.
Neill blomkamp opens up about alien concept art, potential movie. District 9 writerdirector neill blomkamp delivers a less dazzling but absorbing and intelligent bit of futurism. Matt damon is in early talks to join sharlto copley in neill blomkamps secretive scifi movie elysium, thewrap has learned. Elysium neill blomkamp exclusive interview 20 youtube. While most of us were ringing in the new year with bottles of champagne, district 9 and elysium director. With elysium, blomkamp has made good on the promise of district 9 and proven that working on a bigger canvas doesnt mean compromising on smarts or aspirations to deliver tentpole.
Hes previously opened up about the films problems and taken. District 9 director neill blomkamp announced the new movie by posting a photo of the alien on instagram. Its about the third world trying to get into the first video interview the district 9 director tells xan brooks about his new scifi thriller 3. Blomkamps movies have been a breath of fresh air to the scifi genre. Find movie and film cast and crew information for elysium 20 neill blomkamp on allmovie. New aliens movie coming from district 9, elysium director. Interview with elysium writerdirector neill blomkamp. This film has been an oddity in the productplacement. First footage of neill blomkamps elysium shows earth as. In this intimate portrait, neill talks about what inspired the film, how he takes an organic, artistic approach to filmmaking, and how his own history, including being a vfx artist, creates a different kind of drive as a director. South africanborn film director neill blomkamps grim vision of the future first in district 9 and now the matt damon blockbuster elysium is. After a debut film like district 9, neill blomkamp was likely under a lot of pressure to make a decent follow up. First footage of neill blomkamps elysium shows earth as scifi landfill panel at comiccon international served up the first footage from the scifi film. Neill blomkamp scored a critical success with his 2009 debut district 9, although the filmmaker has struggled to replicate that with his subsequent films elysium and chappie, with the latter in.
Special annecy 2018 edition of animationworld magazine. New alien movie from director neill blomkamp is coming. With matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, alice braga. Neill blomkamp is back with his latest film chappie this weekend. Five journalists sat in on a roundtable interview with elysium writerdirector neill blomkamp a week prior to the films debut. Neill blomkamp was born on september 17, 1979 in johannesburg, south africa. Chappie, district 9, elysium, neill blomkamp jill pantozzi editor in chief jill pantozzi is a popculture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond. Neill blomkamp is currently lighting the web on fire with his oats studios short films and. Neill blomkamp would like to revisit the world of elysium. Director neill blomkamp says he wants to make an elysium sequel set in that world because he thinks he can do a better job now. Neill blomkamp on why shooting chappie was a godawful experience, whether or not robots will one day destroy humanity, and why hes planning to give alien fans exactly what they want.