So, after months of waiting, and with the complete film getting pushed back to a better time for Sony to make ka-ching onomatopeiah, the trailer for Neil “Blerry prawns” Blomkamp’s Elysium finally found itself a decent release window to begin teasing us with. And you know what? I like what I see. Sure, it’s only a trailer, but holy hell, …
The trailer for Elysium – ex-local boytjie writer-director Neil Blomkamp’s second film after the amazing District 9 – is finally here. Some lucky folks saw snippets of this at Comic-Con 2012 and promptly lost their minds. The rest of us have had to wait for that honour as despite the fact that the film has been done, sitting on a shelf, for a …
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Neil Blomkamp certainly had a busy weekend over at the San Diego Comic Con. With most of the attention from the convention attendees focused on his upcoming Elysium pic starring Matt Damon, the director took the time to hit the audience with a well-timed surprise, in the form of his Chappie. Last Updated: July 16, 2012
Back in 2009, an unknown director debuted a little-known, moderately budgeted sci-fi movie with no big name stars at Comic-Con. District 9 received one of the most incredible receptions in the convention’s history and Neil Blomkamp’s life would never be the same again. Now 3 years later Blomkamp is back in the place that catapaulted him into fame, and he …
You have to hand it to Neil Blomkamp. In a world where not even chronically cryptic JJ Abrams can keep a secret, he has somehow managed to keep pretty much all details of his debutante project, Elysium, under wraps. But with recent confirmation that the movie will be making an appearance at next week’s Comic-Con, it’s now finally time for …
I think we can all be in agreement that Neil Blomkamp’s District 9 was a bit of a game changer. It put South Africa – and its local talent – on the international radar better than any movie about Nelson Mandela or Steve Biko had ever done before. And it did it by fusing a really kickass story about aliens …
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