Posts Tagged ‘District 9’
The Beaver – Jodie Foster on how medical depression is serious business
We continue with our conversation with actress/director Jodie Foster about her new movie The Beaver. The underlying theme in this film is the whole issue of depression and how people cope with it. Here Jodie tells how she handle that aspect and the casting Anton Yelchin as her son…
The Last Exorcism – Horror producers Eli Roth and Eric Newman on joining forces
Both Eli Roth and Eric Newman have produced successful horror movies, but never together. They have remedied that oversight with their new film. Eli and Eric spoke with us earlier this week about the movie, which opens today…
The A-Team – How star Sharlto Copley is a massive fan
Sharlto Copley’s friend, director Neill Blomkamp cast him in the lead role in the breakaway sci fi sensation, District 9. Now he co-stars in his first big American action movie, The A-Team, based on the popular TV series…
Oscar nominations announced
Nominations were announced by academy president Tom Sherak and 2008 oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway a short while ago in Los Angeles. Both Avatar and The Hurt Locker are up for nine Oscars…
Dirt, sweat and blood were in constant demand for District 9 (DVD soon!)
When Weta Workshop was looking for a pair of makeup FX artists to oversee the film’s South Africa shoot, they chose husband and wife team Joe Dunckley and Sarah Rubano. The duo recently sat down to discuss their work on District 9, which is released on DVD December 22…
District 9 – Image Gallery
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 [...]
District 9 – Director Neill Blomkamp
South African-born director Neill Blomkamp quickly drew attention as a director with a unique talent for seamlessly blending computer generated imagery with live action. This gift can be appreciated in his latest movie, District 9, about a settlement of aliens herded together in South Africa’s District 9…
District 9 – Sharlto Copley
Sharlto Copley returns to his acting roots to star as Wikus van der Merwe, a field operative with Multi-National United, a private company who is brought in to oversee a group of aliens, the last survivors of their world, in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9.