Director
Neill Blomkamp is gearing up to start shooting his next project
Elysium, with a cast that includes
Matt Damon,
Jodie Foster, and
Sharlto Copley. Producer
Simon Kinberg recently spoke about the project, and while he wouldn't say much about the story, he indicated
Elysium isn't exactly an alien movie, and will be very different from
Neill Blomkamp's first movie,
District 9. Here's what he had to say below.
"I can't tell you about the content of
Elysium but I can tell you, it won't really be... it's a very different movie than anything you've ever seen before. It's not necessarily an alien movie. He set himself up, because [
District 9] was one of the greatest first films any director's ever made. I'm hoping that this movie has an opportunity to be even better. He was very young when he directed that movie, he was like 26 or 27. He's only 31 now. He's learned as a filmmaker, he's evolved as a filmmaker. Visually, stylistically it's actually very different than
District 9."
The producer also said he would, "literally will be murdered in my sleep if I tell you too much more." However, he did go on to address the large themes and social issues present in
Elysium.
"I can't tell you what the big themes are, but I can tell you that there are big themes. He's someone who's really interested in the world. He's not a filmmaker who's only interested in other movies. He's somebody who's interested in the politics of the world, the reality of the world. Whatever kind of movie he makes in whatever genre, it's never simply going to be a synthetic movie about the movies he liked growing up. It's always going to be about something bigger, and this movie is too."
to read the full interview with producer
Simon Kinberg.
Elysium comes to theaters
March 1st, 2013 and stars
Sharlto Copley,
Matt Damon,
Jodie Foster,
Wagner Moura,
William Fichtner,
Alice Braga,
Diego Luna. The film is directed by
Neill Blomkamp.
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]man, Neil Blomkamp is a beast. very much looking forward to it. District 9 is amazing, can't wait for district 10...[/color]
[color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]and this movie is gonna be majority violence... i'm all for it.[/color]
