District 10 And Star Wars By Neill Blomkamp

South African director Neill Blomkamp is a breath of fresh air on the Hollywood scene and with his next original sci-fi movie (Elysium) coming up next month, Wired interviewed the director Neill Blomkamp talks about the progress in District 9 sequel, District 10 and the turned down opportunity to direct a new Star Wars film.

Regarding District 10 “He and [wife/partner Terri] Tatchell have written an 18-page treatment for District 10—about which he’ll say little more than that the story is “really fucking cool”—but he’s not prepared to commit to it. He’s sure he’ll come up with any number of other really fucking cool ideas he might want to pursue first.”

But don’t expect District 10 to be his next film, because his next filmis called Chappie and stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel and Die Antwoord’s Ninja ansd Yolandi Visser. “Chappie, Blomkamp says, is about sentience: “If something is as smart as you, do you treat it differently if it isn’t a human?” He’s cowriting Chappie with Tatchell, who describes the script as laugh-out-loud funny but also emotional. “It’s fairly touching,” Blomkamp confirms. “But, you know, fraught with gunfire.””

About Star Wars “He turned down the possibility of working on a new Star Wars movie after the subject was “gingerly” broached by Elysium producer and close friend Simon Kinberg, who’s deeply involved in the revitalized franchise.”

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