The San Diego Comic Con has come and gone, but what was the biggest piece of buzz? Was it James Cameron's Avatar footage, or the first look at War Machine in Paramount's Iron Man 2, maybe it was Summit's New Moon footage that was shown to thousands of psychotic fans who slept out front for days just to get a first peak? From these bloody eyes the biggest buzz of the con came from my peers, who all were treated to a special screening of Neill Blomkamp's District 9, which was produced by Peter Jackson.
Post screening, all press attended a special Q+A with producer Peter Jackson, where everyone was ranting and raving. The word is that this low(er) budget ($30m to be exact) sci-fi adventure pic is dark, violent, and quite simply perfect for Bloody-Disgusting. While we haven't covered the film here on the site, I did want to at least share with you the trailer that depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. It really is something to behold. The special effects work is astonishing, and many other webmasters had said there were times you couldn't tell what was real and what was CG.
While Peter Jackson is running around making billion dollar franchises, there is some real comfort in knowing that he's expressing some of his creative juices in new avenues by giving other directors a chance to bring you films like District 9.
If this final trailer doesn't get you in theaters on August 14th, who knows what will. But one thing is for sure, I'll be the first in line.
I was very intrigues by this when I first heard of it a few weeks back. And my interest definitely grew once I heard the rather interesting and orignal premise. Cant wait!
the initial trailer was absolutely captivating. i stumbled across it on apple.com a while back and, not knowing what it was, was convinced i was watching a trailer for a legitimate documentary for the first half; the reveal caught me totally off guard. what an original and intriguing approach. this newer trailer totally sells it.
I still am not getting the "real life like" vibe from this movie.....i dont know why....I want to like it but i just cant seem to bring myself to liking it....you guys are lucky
Maybe this film will light a fire on the studio's asses and get the HALO film going again. Neill Blomkamp is clearly the right choice to do the HALO movie! The surprising thing is that he only had $30 million to do DISTRICT 9, imagine what he'll be capable of with a bigger budget to do HALO!?
DISTRICT 9...looks....i can't tell. i'm in the middle. parts of it look AWESOME!!! and then other parts looks SO Sci-Fi (or SyFy) Channel-ish (which is NOT a good thing). i DO want to see it at some point though.
Tee Hee... looks like its going to be a wicked flick..!! cant wait.!.!.!
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