"Halo" Team is Making "District 9"
"Halo" Team is Making "District 9"
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While their plan to team on "Halo" remains on hold, Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp are going forward this spring on "District 9," a live-action sci-fi movie that will mark Blomkamp's feature directing debut. Jackson will produce through his WingNut Films production banner. Blomkamp wrote the script with partner Terri Tatchell.
Production begins this spring in South Africa, and Jackson's WETA Workshop facility is standing by to provide the visual effects. CEO Bill Block said that some of the plot particulars will be unveiled for distributors today at AFM.
The project grew out of a kinship that developed between Jackson and Blomkamp in New Zealand as they prepped a movie adaptation of the Microsoft game "Halo." Even though that process halted when co-financiers Universal and Fox balked at going forward, Blomkamp never left. Rather, he and Jackson continued to bat around ideas until they agreed on "District 9."
Blomkamp is best known for directing commercials and short films, and Microsoft recently engaged him to shoot three commercials for the product launch of "Halo 3." Though he grew up in Vancouver, Blomkamp was born in South Africa and will be returning to his homeland to shoot "District 9."
Production begins this spring in South Africa, and Jackson's WETA Workshop facility is standing by to provide the visual effects. CEO Bill Block said that some of the plot particulars will be unveiled for distributors today at AFM.
The project grew out of a kinship that developed between Jackson and Blomkamp in New Zealand as they prepped a movie adaptation of the Microsoft game "Halo." Even though that process halted when co-financiers Universal and Fox balked at going forward, Blomkamp never left. Rather, he and Jackson continued to bat around ideas until they agreed on "District 9."
Blomkamp is best known for directing commercials and short films, and Microsoft recently engaged him to shoot three commercials for the product launch of "Halo 3." Though he grew up in Vancouver, Blomkamp was born in South Africa and will be returning to his homeland to shoot "District 9."
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