In March of next year, District 9 Neill Blomkamp will once again stick a weirdo sci-fi arm in a torso of socio-economic criticism with Elysium, a year 2159-set tale depicting a society that's been divided between a lovely space station for the privileged and plain ol' shitty Earth for the rest of us. The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has for us the first image from the film (via!), giving us a first look at Matt Damon channeling his inner Bruce Willis into being a worried-looking bald guy with a huge gun--which, as some kind of futuristic border guard, he uses to fend off any would-be illegal immigrants trying to get on the luxury space station. Come the 2160 elections, a crazy, Earth-encircling space fence is clearly going to be a key issue for the Synthesized Tea Party.
April 8, 2013
District 9's Neill Blomkamp returns to sci-fi, just as Matt Damon returns to selling films with the back of his head, in this August's Elysium. Here's the film's first poster, depicting a future dystopia in which Damon has become Vin Diesel, and Vin Diesel has become a muscular...
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December 10, 2010
South African director Neill Blomkamp is reportedly looking to add fake South African rugby star Matt Damon to the cast of his next, the top secret sci-fi film Elysium. According to Deadline, the actor is in early negotiations for the lead, and if that works out, he'll be joini...
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April 10, 2013
Four years since District 9 made his name, director Neill Blomkamp returns to his niche of extremely overt sci-fi allegory with Elysium. Set in 2154, the film sees a future in which the wealthiest elite have relocated to some kind of fancy Club Med space station (that's Elysium...
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