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Neill Blomkamp says his interest in an Alien movie has “come and gone”

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Before Ridley Scott decided to take another stab at the franchise with last year’s Alien: Covenant, District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp was looking to revive the series with a direct sequel to Aliens, which would have seen Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn reprising their roles from the 1986 movie as Ripley and Hicks. Unfortunately, the […]

Neill Blomkamp has confirmed that he’s moved on from his Alien movie

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We now have confirmation from Neill Blomkamp that his proposed Alien movie is no longer a project that he is thinking about. When Ridley Scott brought back the Alien franchise with Prometheus a number of years ago there was indeed a lot of excitement about where the series could go, and Blomkamp was being lined […]

Neill Blomkamp shares more concept art from his abandoned Alien 5

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Back in 2015, District 9 filmmaker Neil Blomkamp shared some concept art for a proposed Alien movie, which would have been a sequel to 1986’s Aliens, bringing back characters such as Ripley, Hicks and Newt. The concept art caused some excitement, and ultimately led to Fox putting the movie into development with Blomkamp at the helm. […]

Neill Blomkamp’s OATS Studios remaking Flight of the Navigator?

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After releasing a number of acclaimed shorts [watch them here], it looks like District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp’s OATS Studios has now found its first feature project, with the South African filmmaker revealing on Twitter that the studio is set to tackle the remake of the 80s favourite Flight of the Navigator. https://twitter.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/933113269652303877 […]

Watch Neill Blomkamp’s ADAM: The Mirror, created in Unity

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Over the past couple of months, District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp has been releasing a series of live-action shorts under his new Oats Studios banner, and now we have something a little different in ADAM: The Mirror, a follow-up to his 2016 short ADAM, created using the video game engine Unity 2017. “Ever […]

Watch Neill Blomkamp’s new sci-fi short Kapture: Fluke

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District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp has released his latest short film from Oats Studios, entitled Kapture: Fluke, which sees Gary and Jeff of Kapture Technologies testing out their latest gadgets; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Neill Blomkamp would like to revisit the world of Elysium, talks Chappie criticism If you haven’t already, take […]

Neill Blomkamp would like to revisit the world of Elysium, talks Chappie criticism

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Neill Blomkamp scored a critical success with his 2009 debut District 9, although the filmmaker has struggled to replicate that with his subsequent films Elysium and Chappie, with the latter in particular coming on for some harsh criticism. Speaking to Screen Rant to promote his new series of short films from Oats Studios, Blomkamp has […]

Watch Neill Blomkamp’s latest short Zygote starring Dakota Fanning

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Neill Blomkamp has released the latest short from his Oats Studios productions; entitled Zygote, the short stars Dakota Fanning and Jose Pablo Cantillo as two survivors stranged in an Arctic mine, who are forced to fight for their lives, evading and hiding from a new kind of terror. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out […]