District 9
52
Days to DVD Release
December 29, 2009
- Synopsis
- Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any ......
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- Starring
- Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka
- Director(s)
- Neill Blomkamp
- Distributor(s)
- Sony
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 111 min.
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Every now and then, a film comes along that both defies and compels description. District 9 is one such movie: a science-fiction action vehicle so brilliantly and fully imagined that real life, when it resumes after the credits, arrives with a new sense of dread.Read the full review
District 9 is very smart sci-fi, but that's just the beginning; it's also a scathing social satire hidden inside a terrific action thriller teeming with gross aliens and regrettable inter-species conflict. And it's a blast. . . .Read the full review
A sci-fi-fueled indictment of man's inhumanity to man -- and the non-human -- District 9 is all horribly familiar, and transfixing.Read the full review
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U.S. production shuts out Australia
11/05/09 Lensing of U.S. productions Down Under has hit a dry spell, with not one big-budget Hollywood feature shot in Oz in the past 12 months — the first yearlong lapse in nearly 20 years. | Variety -
'Paranormal Activity' Could Get A Sequel But 'District 9' Might Not In Today's Dailies -- 11/3/09
11/03/09 --Paramount is actively working on plans for a "Paranormal Activity" sequel. | MTV Movies Blog -
Blomkamp Gets to Work on District 9 Follow-Up
10/22/09 Few details are known about the project, but director Neill Blomkamp has signed a deal that will give him creative control over his untitled follow-up to "District 9." | Rotten Tomatoes -
Blomkamp's next film to MRC
10/22/09 Media Rights Capital has committed to the next film by "District 9" writer-director Neill Blomkamp. | Variety -
Planets We're Hoping Are Among The 32 Discovered Yesterday
10/20/09 Yesterday, the discovery of 32 planets outside of Earth's solar system was announced by an international team of scientists. | MTV Movies Blog -
Five Folks Who Could Direct 'The Avengers' Instead of Jon Favreau
10/14/09 I know it's a huge bummer that Iron Man director Jon Favreau told MTV that he's not going to be directing The Avengers , Marvel's forthcoming superhero omnibus film that'll feature the likes of The Hulk, Nick Fury, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and whoever else the now Disney-owned studio wants to create a new action figure for. | Cinematical.com -
Bill Mechanic On Moguls' Bad Decisions
09/30/09 "I was asked to address you this morning with my observations on the present as well as the future state of Independent Production. | Deadline Hollywood Daily -
Bill Mechanic On Moguls' Many Bad Decisions
09/30/09 "I was asked to address you this morning with my observations on the present as well as the future state of Independent Production. | Deadline Hollywood Daily -
Mechanic Knows
09/30/09 "It's disrespectful if not downright dumb to think audiences can't tell the difference between the original, which occasionally might even have some fresh faces, and the copy, which almost always is populated with retreads. It's like thinking you can sell yesterday's news under a different banner. | Hollywood Elsewhere -
Bill Mechanic On Moguls' Bad Decision Making
09/29/09 "I was asked to address you this morning with my observations on the present as well as the future state of Independent Production. | Deadline Hollywood Daily