DISTRICT 9: the sequel?

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DISTRICT9SEQUELNEWSWhile talking with FANGORIA RADIO last week to promote DISTRICT 9, director Neill Blomkamp and star Sharlto Copley gave Fango’s Michael Gingold a brief bit of info on a possible sequel to the highly praised science-fiction thriller (see our reviews here and here). With the film having taken in an impressive estimated $37 million at the box office this past weekend, a follow-up may not be out of the question.

“I’d love to make a sequel, because it’s so creatively rewarding to me; there’s just something about [the story],” the South African-born Blomkamp told Fango of his debut feature, in which aliens have been living alongside humans for the past 28 years in Johannesburg—albeit confined to a shantytown slum. “It’s my background mixed with the science fiction that I loved. I’d really like to go back to the world of DISTRICT 9—which, without Sharlto’s character, would be a very different kind of movie. So I think automatically the two of us will be reunited again, should the public decide that this film is something they want to see and it’s successful.”

Besides the possibility of a DISTRICT 10 in the wings, Fango also asked Blomkamp if he’d like to do a more out-and-out horrific feature, to which he enthusiastically replied, “Totally. I’ve actually got an idea now for the next film I want to do, which is [another] science fiction movie, but the idea of a full-on horror is incredibly high on my list. This kind of horror/science fiction genre—I want to be in that world, that’s where I’d like to be.”

For more comments by Blomkamp and Copley on DISTRICT 9, see our feature story here,  and also check out our interview with the director in Fango #286, on sale now. For more FANGORIA RADIO scoops, hear us live every Friday on Sirius XM Stars satellite radio, Sirius channel 108/XM channel 139, from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. EST. You can listen to FANGORIA RADIO over the Internet for just $12.95 per month; for information and to sign up for Sirius XM, click here,  or to sign up for a free three-day pass to FANGO RADIO and other great Sirius programming, go here.  You can hear the show’s full DISTRICT 9 interview on iTunes late this week (free FANGO RADIO audio clips are listed in the iTunes Store under the Podcasts tab; simply search for FANGORIA).
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  • musikcat  - District 9, the sequel: For Love of Money
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    Gee, talk of a sequel and letting us know how much money it grossed in its opening weekend...all in the same paragraph. And the obligatory response by all involved as to how it would be great to do. Hmm.
    Rather tired and cliched talk that always comes out when a film makes the dinero when it opens. The love of money indeed.
    And we know how most sequels, with very few exceptions, leave much to be desired.

    And even if a sequel is considered, if done by Hollywood it'll deviate from the original feel of this flick. Look at all the Hollywood re-makes of non-Hollywood films and how they are lackluster and only out for the money.
    Let's see, there is talk of re-doing the Japanese film, Oldboy with Will Smith. Enuf sed.
  • Enzzora  - I hope they make a sequel!
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    This is the best Sci, movie i have ever see, (no joke) i would love for it be be a sequel!!!! i can only guess thats, no matter how they make it, it will still kick ass!!!! =D =D

    if they don't then.... i would be wery sad T_T

    But anyway best ever!!!!!!!
  • TJohnson
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    This movie is so good, and they have potential to make such a lore of the storyline. A sequel would be amazing. But i don't know how they would make it. I liked the transition from 3rd person to first person throughout the movie, but i dunno about doing that in the sequel.
  • TomaZxZas
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    best movie ever !!!! =D
  • john  - Great movie
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    this is one of the best movies, i would definitely love to see a sequel and see what happen next.
  • Thomas  - you could see it comming a mile away
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    this film sucked balls and i hope it fails at the box office overall...so predictable...not a single likeable charactor...and yet again really shitty cinematography
  • Jay
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    You're a complete...not partial...moron
  • corsetfreak13  - Against a sequel
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    I am against them making a sequel of District 9. I think the movie would be more memorable if it was left standing alone.
  • Sharon E. Dreyer  - District 9 Review
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    =D Thank you for sharing this great review. This is the movie that I will go see first. Haven't been to the theater in a very long time. District 9 has all of the attributes that I like to see in a science fiction. Check out my first and recently released novel, Long Journey to Rneadal. This exciting story is a romantic action adventure in space.
  • deg
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    Awesome and amazing film, and congrats and thanks if you are reading this, Neil and Sharlto. :)

    deg
  • WeirdArchives  - I look forward to more of his work.
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    This movie is a love note to those of us hungering for original fare. It's sad that the HALO project had to be sacrificed to make this neo-classic, but I'm guessing there's a few Studio Suits who are kicking themselves for dropping that ball. If the rumors of Mr. Speilberg doing HALO are true, then I say it should be a co-production with Mr. Jackson and Mr. Blomkamp should direct it. Those two have proven it can be done without sacrificing story for FX and cheaply too. Why not let the original production team do the tale the way they wanted it?
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