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Make no mistake, this year there is exactly one Oscar race for best picture: ‘Avatar’ vs. ‘The Hurt Locker’. While Avatar plans on riding the “biggest movie of all time” wave all the way to the Academy’s top prize, almost everyone admits that despite eye-popping aesthetics, the story was recycled and banal. ‘The Hurt Locker’ [...]

With the Oscars doubling the best picture race to ten slots for the first time ever, moviegoers watched edge during the announcement of the nominees to see if the Academy would finally warm up to the likes of sci-fi and fantasy films. The result was a bit of a mixed bag. ‘Avatar’, of course, secured [...]

For all intents and purposes, District 9, was a surprise success. Maybe that’s why director Neill Blomkamp doesn’t have future plans for his re-envisioning of an alien-infested Johannesburg as worked out as his fans do. With such fierce originality painting every frame of this sci-fi gem, it’s still a little up in the air as [...]

With Neil Blomkamp already at work on another project, science fiction fans are left wondering- what will happen to the District 9 sequel?  Will we see more of what happens to Wikus and “Christopher Johnson?”  For now, the answer seems to be: “At some point.”
An insider shared to Deadline Hollywood that Blomkamp and producer [...]

District 9’s director Neill Blomkamp has gotten the go-ahead to make another original sci-fi epic.  While it is not the sequel to District 9, Blomkamp promises that it will be something special and unique.
Media Rights Capital is helping to fund the currently untitled film.  ”MRC is letting me make the film I want to make, [...]