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District 9 is a 2009 science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zealand, the United States, and South Africa.
- Downsizing with Demonic
- A Religious Experience
- Total Immersion
- Working on His Short Game
- More Than Meets The Eye
- The Towering Inferno
Blomkamp was born in Johannesburg but moved to Vancouver at 18, and his South African accent flows in and out of noticeability over the course of a 30-minute Zoom interview. But as the 41-year-old filmmaker discusses the human condition through the lens of science fiction, one thing becomes instantly clear: he’s not making movies for Hollywood or e...
As someone raised in the Catholic church, Demonicresonates with me personally, and the director’s face lights up when I mention this connection. Then, he drops a bombshell. “I'm religious in the sense that I think that there are higher forms of intelligence and we're in some kind of a solipsistic echo chamber that's controlled by something, but I d...
While I speak with Blomkamp, he’s sitting in a high-end gaming chair and wearing a headset in front of a green-screen background. Were he not discussing sci-fi movies and simulation theory, you’d think he was a Twitch streamer. That isn’t far off. Blomkamp has always loved video games. He was supposed to make his feature debut directing Peter Jacks...
Though Demonic is Blomkamp’s first feature in seven years, he’s been busy starting his own production company, Oats Studios. Through this studio, he’s slowly been releasing standalone short films on YouTube and the popular video game platform Steam. These shorts often feel pulled from the worlds of Blomkamp’s first three features. Look up any Oats ...
Ahead of my interview, I watched every Neill Blomkamp film — shorts and all — in reverse chronological order. When I tell Blomkamp my favorite feature of his was Chappie, he almost looks confused for a second but then switches to appreciation, interjecting with “Awesome!” Arguably his most misunderstood film, Chappiefollowed a friendly sentient A.I...
What’s next for such an insightful director? He’s got a lot of balls in the air — he couldn’t say anything about the growing possibility of District 10 and didn’t want to comment on the Alien rumors— but there may be life in one project still. In October 2019, Blomkamp was announced as the director of an upcoming sci-fi thriller entitled Inferno. T...
- Dais Johnston
District 9: Directed by Neill Blomkamp. With Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood. Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth to find refuge. Separated from humans in a District 9, they are managed by Multi-National United.
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- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Neill Blomkamp
- 2009-08-14
Aug 14, 2024 · Yet writer-director Neill Blomkamp was still an unknown quantity at the time. His six-minute short film, Alive in Joburg, acted as a proof of concept, but District 9 was his feature filmmaking...
Aug 11, 2023 · What started as a Peter Jackson Halo movie led to District 9, the feature-film debut of Neill Blomkamp in 2009. A science-fiction action film set in Johannesburg, South Africa, District...
- Senior Staff Writer
Jul 31, 2009 · Director, Neill Blomkamp, a 29-year-old South African–Canadian, is a favorite of Lord of the Nerds Peter Jackson, who produced District 9. Blomkamp talked to Will Leitch.
He is known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9 (2009), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the director of the dystopian science fiction action film Elysium (2013), which garnered moderately positive reviews.
