Tag: District 9
Short Oscar 2010 Preview
Where will you be on March 7th? Are you guys ready for the 82nd Academy Awards? Filmofilia is right here to remind you that glamorous red carpet has never been closer! Concurrence is very tough, especially because of the fact that this year, instead of traditional five, we have exactly ten movies that will fight for this prestige award. Nominations came, and nobody was surprised…
The adventures of Jake Sully, as we all expected, went very well. Avatar won nine nominations so we guess that James Cameron has a lots of reasons to be satisfied! He’s biggest wish, as he said, was to give people movie, that will make them have a feeling they lived Avatar during the cinema projection. Guess he’s wish came truth, since the movie won a whole bunch of “technical” nominations. Among them, Avatar managed to win nomination for the best movie, and Cameron could go home with statue for the best director. Seems like excited action is moving from Pandora to Los Angeles, but this time without virtual cameras.
Avatar Sees 45% Increase in Ticket Sales on Fandango Following Oscar Nominations
Avatar‘s nine Academy Award® nominations may have created an increased demand for tickets on Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination. “Avatar”, already the site’s top ticket-seller in company history, saw daily sales increase by 45% shortly after the Oscar ® nominations were announced this morning.
Moviegoers appear to be pleased with the concept of the Academy®’s new and expanded Best Picture category, which recognized such popular hits as “Avatar”, “The Blind Side”, “Up” and “District 9″, among others. In an online poll on Fandango, 83% of moviegoers say they like the fact that the category now includes 10 nominees.
In a separate survey posted on Fandango today, fans picked the movies they would have liked to have seen nominated in this year’s expanded category.
District 9 Review
“District 9” is a gritty faux documentary that takes us to Johannesburg in South Africa to witness the momentous arrival of a towering alien spaceship. Instead of heavenly voices and benevolent, super-intelligent space brothers, us humans are greeted by a race of starving, diseased, crustacean-like creatures whose crumbling UFO has simply run out of gas. Unsure of what to do with these million or so wretched refugees, South Africa sets up District 9, an alien internment camp eerily reminiscent of the Apartheid-era slums. Apparently, they’re just too “alien” to cuddle up to.
The aforementioned screwing of yourself is no longer of any concern to me, because frankly, District 9 is a smarter and more action-packed story than what you guys probably would have tried to get them to do with a Halo flick. My guess is you would’ve pushed for a PG-13 rating to get more people in seats. Also, you would have cast Brad Pitt as Master Chief, if given the chance. Instead, Jackson and Blomkamp went straight for the jugular with a very violent R, and then made the choice of casting one of Blomkamp’s friends, a non-actor, mind you, in the lead role. I suppose you would find that to be a disaster, wouldn’t you?…read more [ScreenJunkies]
Featurette: Peter Jackson’s “District 9″
The first featurette for Neill Blomkamp-directed and Peter Jackson-produced sci-fi movie “District 9,“ featuring lots of new scenes from the movie, has been released online.
Based on short film “Alive in Joburg“, “District 9″ revolves around aliens that come to the Earth. They are rounded up and shipped to live as refugees at a site in South Africa named District 9. A corporation is given the task of figuring out their weapon systems and discover that the technology requires alien DNA to work. When a human is infected with this alien DNA, all hell breaks loose and he becomes the most wanted man on the planet. And the only place for him to hide is District 9.
Two DISTRICT 9 TV Spots
TriStar Pictures has unleashed two TV spots for “District 9,” the highly-anticipated sci-fi horror film, directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson.
Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s “District 9″ as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them.
District 9 Trailer and Poster!
Sony Pictures has just released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming film “District 9.”
In the movie an alien race arrives on planet Earth and are rounded up and shipped to live as refugees at a site in South Africa named District 9. A corporation is given the task of figuring out their weapon systems and discover that the technology requires alien DNA to work. When a human is infected with this alien DNA, all hell breaks loose and he becomes the most wanted man on the planet. And the only place for him to hide is District 9.
Peter Jackson Coming To Comic-Con For DISTRICT 9
Peter Jackson, the visionary filmmaker behind “The Lord of the Rings”, “King Kong”, and other films, will attend Comic-Con International: San Diego for the first time to support TriStar Pictures‘ District 9, which Jackson produced. The District 9 panel discussion will be in the San Diego Convention Center’s Hall H on Friday, July 24. Jackson will be on the panel with the film’s director, Neill Blomkamp, and star, Sharlto Copley.
District 9 New Photos And Poster
Today we have new poster and two photos from “District 9” directed by Neill Blomkamp who is is best known for directing commercials and short films.
The film is done documentary style and tells the story of an alien race that comes to Earth for an unknown reason. They are forced to live as refugees in South Africa.
DISTRICT 9 Poster
Yahoo! Movies has unveiled a new poster for “District 9,” produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Neill Blomkamp.
The film is done documentary style and tells the story of an alien race that comes to Earth for an unknown reason. They are forced to live as refugees in South Africa.
Blomkamp is best known for directing commercials and short films, and Microsoft previously engaged him to shoot three commercials for the product launch of the “Halo 3” video game.
