Neil Blomkamp wants to direct the sequel to his own sci-fi movie
Ten years after its releaseheavenScience fiction movie starring Matt Damon, and Neil Blomkamp is still considering directing a sequel.
The latest version of Gran Turismo He asks us about the future of director Neil Blomkamp. after his first movie District 9 Released in 2009, Neil Blomkamp has already been described as a promising film director. But the spectators were quickly disappointed. His second feature film, Le Jolie Rateage heaven, It should have confirmed the emergence of a young genius in science fiction, However, the film’s reception was not very encouraging.
Despite performing fairly well at the box office, it has collected $286 million worldwide on a budget of $115 million. heaven, with Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, was not unanimous. And Neil Blomkamp has admitted that he spoiled his film “a little bit.” though, Universeheaven It still interests him.
Heaven 2.0
Ten years after the film was released, Neil Blomkamp hasn’t outright denied it heaven. In an interview with detour On the occasion of the release Gran TurismoThe director said he wanted to direct the sequel to himheavenor rather A new movie in this same universe :
“I love both of them, Elysium and Chappie. I would love to do a sequel to Elysium by the way, because I think Elysium is becoming more and more relevant over time. I wouldn’t mind doing a sequel to Elysium someday, but it’s not really a sequel, more like a new movie in the same breath Universe.”
At the moment, this statement is clearly not official. but, Neil Blomkamp is already developing the sequel to District 9. If this project does materialize, we can imagine that Blomkamp might also want to follow through heaven But it should be noted that the manager is accumulating aborted projects (Alien 5, aura…).
Meanwhile, his latest movie, Gran Turismohas been in theaters since August 9, 2023 in France.
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