District 9 sequel on the cards reveals Blomkamp

: 03 September 2009; John Howell

district9 If you haven't already watched Neill Blomkamp's wonderfully engrossing and exceptionally well written SF film/documentary, District 9, about the arrival of refugee alien "Prawns" in a broken spacecraft hovering above Johannesburg, South Africa, then do so immediately! At least before Neill Blomkamp starts filming a sequel, which he seems to be itching to do. The ending clearly leaves open the possibility of a sequel (or two) and South African writer-director Blomkamp would love to take it on.

“If this film is successful, if audiences want another, whatever, District 10, I would love to do it,” Blomkamp told ScifiWire. “It’s a very personal film, and it’s a universe and a place that I find incredibly creative. I’d love to go back to that universe.”

While District 10 is definitely on the cards, he has another science fiction film lined up first: “I have another science fiction film now that I want to write for the rest of the year,” Blomkamp said. “That, I think, may be the next one, and I’m incredibly into [it]. It’s quite different, and it’s a unique idea, but I’m very into it. It’s a very similar genre.”

If you haven't already watched District 9, you may want to skip the next bit.

He was asked whether he was planning on having Christopher do as he promised and return to Earth in three years to help Wikus (the lead character who has undergone a life changing transformation at the end of the District 9 into a Prawn himself).

“I do have ideas rattling around in my head, and weirdly enough they’re not to do with what you just said,” said Blomkamp. “They’re different. But, who knows?”

We’ll post our review of District 9 shortly.

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