With Neill Blomkamp‘s “Alien 5” effectively kiboshed by Ridley Scott (I’d wager that it’s much more than just “on hold”), the director now has to turn his attention elsewhere. The goodwill extended to toward the filmmaker after “District 9” is fading fast following the disappointing “Elysium” and this year’s “Chappie” (though I’m definitely a fan of the latter), but he’s lining up a new movie, and his first adaptation of someone else’s work.
Deadline reports that Blomkamp will bring “Tomorrow And Tomorrow” author Thomas Sweterlitsch‘s new novel “The Gone World” to the big screen. The book is yet to be published, but will find the director diving into a “time travel procedural,” so we’ll see how that plays out.
The project is set up at Fox, and Blomkamp will write the script in addition to directing.
Chappie is easily his best film.
he should skip making movies and start directing video games.
Chappie was no District 9 but it was at the least a much more interesting trainwreck to watch than Elysium was. I\’m still onboard for an Alien film from him.
awful filmmaker. I think it\’s clear Peter Jackson was the brains behind District 9. on his own, this guy has zero storytelling skill, can\’t get decent performances out of actors, and his whole rusty robot aesthetic feels oddly camp now
Chappie is still, and will probably remain, the worst film I\’ve seen all year, and I was a huge fan of District 9 and more or less favorable towards Elysium.
No news was greater than that Neil "I\’m an artist!!" Blomkamp is leaving Alien the f*ck alone.