“District 9” was a breakthrough for Blomkamp, as it earned $210 million worldwide and four Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. Both writers went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (the film marked Blomkamp’s feature directorial debut and was an adaptation of his short film). The second that clicked, I just began working.”īlomkamp co-wrote the original “District 9” with Tatchell. “It made me understand how this sequel could have a real reason for existing. What changed Blomkamp’s mind? “I saw a documentary about a well-known sociopolitical topic two years ago and that had a massive effect on me,” the filmmaker said. 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and 'Nope' Lead Early Best Original Screenplay Contenders Neill Blomkamp No Longer Sure He'd Direct 'Alien 5' If Given the Chance: 'It's Completely Dead'ģ5 Disturbing Foreign Films to Watch, from Gaspar Noé to Takashi Miike Sharlto Copley Burrowed Into the Unabomber's Soul to Play 'Ted K,' but Doesn't Believe in Going Full Method All of the experience of my adolescence growing up in South Africa was defined by what ‘District 9’ said, and that was the end of it.” “It just didn’t feel like there was a justifiable reason to go back to that world in a way where there was something to actually say. “For a decade there never really seemed to be a good reason to make a sequel,” the director added. “It’s far into the writing stage now, and it’s going pretty well, but I’m just super creatively into what we’ve come up with and I just want to throw everything into it,” Blomkamp said. In a new interview with NME ahead of Blomkamp’s latest directorial effort “Demonic,” the director had a more detailed update on the status of the “District 9” sequel.
All the filmmaker confirmed at the time was “it’s coming” and would be co-written with screenwriter Terri Tatchell and “District 9” star Sharlto Copley. Neill Blomkamp wasn’t kidding when he told “ District 9” fans in February that a sequel to his 2009 box office hit and Academy Award nominee was on the way.
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