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Mar 30, 2022 · Peter Jackson Explains How ‘Halo’ Became ‘District 9’. Mar 30, 2022. Hollywood.com Staff. Who the hell is Neill Blomkamp? That was the response of many a movie fan (including myself) when it...
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.
- $210.8 million
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- $30 million
Jul 11, 2022 · Even without reaching the big screen, Halo still managed to leave its mark on the industry. Jackson and Blomkamp would reunite just a short time later to make District 9, a film that...
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- District 9 Came Together When A Halo Movie Fell Apart
- All The Speaking Alien Roles Were Played by The Same Actor
- District 9 Was The First “Found Footage” Movie to Be Nominated For Best Picture
- The Original Design For The Aliens Had Tentacled Faces
- Almost All The Dialogue Was Improvised
- A Sequel Has Been in and Out of Development For Years
- Thanks to This Film, Sharlto Copley Stumbled Into An Acting Career
- Five Alternative Endings Were Filmed
When Peter Jackson was developing a film adaptation of the Halovideo games, his first choice to direct it was Blomkamp. So, Jackson worked closely with Blomkamp to develop the project. The budget ballooned to $145 million, at which point the studio decided it was too risky and scrapped it. From the ashes of their failed Halo movie, Jackson pledged ...
Apart from the aliens that appear on the operating tables in the lab, all the aliens in District 9were created using computer-generated effects. Every alien with spoken dialogue was played by the same actor, Jason Cope, who also appears as the news correspondent Grey Bradnam. The aliens’ dialogue was improvised by Cope, and later dubbed over in the...
The very definition of a “sleeper hit,” District 9surpassed a whopping $200 million at the worldwide box office and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. This made it the first movie made in the “found footage” style to be nominated for the award. To be fair, it was unlikely that The Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activitywould go...
The aliens in District 9were designed by Peter Jackson’s company Weta. The original design made them large, burly creatures with tentacles on their faces and a leathery texture on their skin. If the producers had gone with this design, the aliens would’ve been played by actors in suits. When the aliens were redesigned to look like crustaceans – or ...
Blomkamp started shooting District 9 without a complete script. He knew what he wanted to happen in each scene, but since he was going for a naturalistic feel with the documentary style, he didn’t write a lot of dialogue. Instead, he gave the actors timing cues and general directions and allowed them to ad-lib most of their dialogue. The crew would...
Ever since District 9 became a runaway hit, there have been persistent rumors about a sequel. Blomkamp has always insisted that he’d love to make a sequel to District 9one day, but that he also has plenty of original ideas he’d like to bring to the screen first. RELATED: 11 Sequels In Development That We're Still Waiting For Over the years, Blomkam...
Sharlto Copley had never acted before Blomkamp asked him to appear in his short film Alive in Joburg, and had never really considered a career in acting. When Blomkamp adapted his short into a feature film, he brought back Copley to star. The immense success of the film led Copley into an acting career he never pursued. He has appeared in all of Bl...
In addition to the ending that appears in the film, five alternative endings were filmed for District 9. One of these endings is apparently so bad that Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley are too embarrassed to provide any details on it. Blomkamp has pledged that this version of the film’s ending will never see the light of day. All that is known about thi...
Feb 21, 2022 · By Brandon Shoaff / Feb. 21, 2022 3:35 pm EST. Neill Blomkamp is a director with a penchant for science-fiction. With movies like "District 9," "Elysium," and "Chappie" under his belt,...
Jul 25, 2009 · District 9 marks the feature film debut of Blomkamp, who is not widely known to the general movie-going audience. The cast, including Blomkamp's childhood friend Sharito Copley, also...
