Synopsis
From producer Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and director, Neill Blomkamp comes a startlingly original science fiction thriller that “soars on the imagination of its creators”. With stunning special effects and gritty realism, the film plunges us into a world where the aliens have landed… only to be exiled to a slum on the fringes of Johannesburg. Now, one lone human discovers the mysterious secret of the extraterrestrial weapon technology. Hunted and hounded through the bizarre back alleys of an alien shantytown, he will discover what it means to be the ultimate outsider on your own planet.
Bonus Material
4K Ultra HD Bonus Materials:
Comic-Con Extravaganza Featurette Original Theatrical Trailers
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Hours of Archival Special Features Including: Deleted Scenes Director’s Commentary The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker’s Log – Three-Part Documentary Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Wikus Innovation: Acting and Improvisation Conception and Design: Creating...
From producer Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and director, Neill Blomkamp comes a startlingly original science fiction thriller that “soars on the imagination of its creators”. With stunning special effects and gritty realism, the film plunges us into a world where the aliens have landed… only to be exiled to a slum on the fringes of Johannesburg. Now, one lone human discovers the mysterious secret of the extraterrestrial weapon technology. Hunted and hounded through the bizarre back alleys of an alien shantytown, he will discover what it means to be the ultimate outsider on your own planet.
Bonus Material
4K Ultra HD Bonus Materials:
Comic-Con Extravaganza Featurette Original Theatrical Trailers
Blu-ray Bonus Materials:
Hours of Archival Special Features Including: Deleted Scenes Director’s Commentary The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker’s Log – Three-Part Documentary Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Wikus Innovation: Acting and Improvisation Conception and Design: Creating...
- 7/10/2020
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Exclusive: Big Film Factory has pegged a release date for its film Beautifully Broken which will be released theatrically on Aug. 24 via ArtAffects. The film is about a refugee’s escape, a prisoner’s promise, and a daughter’s painful secret converge in this inspiring true story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation. It will be released into 600 theaters.
The Beautifully Broken cast includes Scott William Winters, Benjamin Onyango, Emily Hahn, Eric Roberts, Jessica Obilom (Trafficked), Caitlin Nicol-Thomas (Nashville), Alan Powell(Quantico), Eugene Khumbanyiwa (District 9), Tammi Arender (Pitch Perfect 2), and television personality Thomasina “Goo Goo” Atkins (Mary Mary). Christian music artists Toby McKeehan and Michael W. Smith also make appearances in the film.
The film was directed by Eric Welch (DC Talk: Welcome...
The Beautifully Broken cast includes Scott William Winters, Benjamin Onyango, Emily Hahn, Eric Roberts, Jessica Obilom (Trafficked), Caitlin Nicol-Thomas (Nashville), Alan Powell(Quantico), Eugene Khumbanyiwa (District 9), Tammi Arender (Pitch Perfect 2), and television personality Thomasina “Goo Goo” Atkins (Mary Mary). Christian music artists Toby McKeehan and Michael W. Smith also make appearances in the film.
The film was directed by Eric Welch (DC Talk: Welcome...
- 4/12/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Sigourney Weaver Stars in Rakka Short Film Neill Blomkamp‘s Rakka (2017) short film stars Sigourney Weaver, Brandon Auret, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Mike Huff, and Carly Pope. The Rakka short film is about the fall of humanity, humanity’s conquerors, and the underground resistance (literally) that has persisted, undaunted by [...]
Continue reading: Rakka (2017) Short Film: Aliens Have Invaded, Enslaved Humanity, & Terraformed Earth...
Continue reading: Rakka (2017) Short Film: Aliens Have Invaded, Enslaved Humanity, & Terraformed Earth...
- 6/15/2017
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, March 6th. (Synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.) Wide Chappie Director: Neill Blomkamp Cast: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Brandon Auret, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Anri du Toit, Watkin Tudor Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Kevin Otto, Robert Hobbs Synopsis: "Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings – some good, some bad – and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from anyone else: he is a robot. The first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. His life, his story, will change the way the...
- 3/6/2015
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Chappie Trailer 2. Neill Blomkamp‘s Chappie (2015) movie trailer 2 stars Miranda Frigon, Sean O. Roberts, Robert Hobbs, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Dan Hirst. Chappie‘s plot synopsis: “Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any [...]
Continue reading: Chappie (2015) Movie Trailer 2: Hugh Jackman Wants Robot Life-form Dead...
Continue reading: Chappie (2015) Movie Trailer 2: Hugh Jackman Wants Robot Life-form Dead...
- 1/9/2015
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Hugh Jackman might be enjoying a break between projects – sort of, since he’s been on the promotional trail for his latest film, kidnap drama Prisoners – but he has plenty of movies lined up and has just added another to the list. Speaking at a press conference at the Zurich Film Festival, he announced he’s taken a role in Neill Blomkamp’s robo-action-comedy Chappie.“I am doing a role in Neill’s new film, called Chappie, which we shoot in Johannesburg,” Jackman said, as reported by Screen International. “I’m there for a couple of weeks at the beginning of next year.”Sharlto Copley will be voicing the titular droid, an advanced machine stolen by two gangsters (rappers Ninja and Yolandi Visser) who look to use the robot for their own criminal ends. Eugene Khumbanyiwa and Elysium’s Jose Pablo Cantillo are also aboard the film, which Blomkamp wrote with Terri Tatchell.
- 9/29/2013
- EmpireOnline
News Ryan Lambie 11 Jun 2013 - 07:02
We can exclusively reveal that Elysium and District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's next film will be based on his 2003 short, Tetra Vaal...
From his earliest short films, filmmaker Neill Blomkamp has shown an uncanny ability to fuse the low-fi and the high-tech. His first feature, the Oscar-nominated District 9, did just that, while also matching incisive social commentary with huge sci-fi guns and exhilarating action.
Those now familiar themes and styles are again present in Blomkamp's latest film, Elysium, due out in August. Starring Matt Damon, it's about an injured factory worker trying to find a way onto an orbiting space platform that is home to the rich and powerful. In the process, he becomes drawn into a wider struggle that involves Jodie Foster's glacial Secretary Delacourt, and a ferocious assassin played by Sharlto Copley.
Interest in Blomkamp's films is such that...
We can exclusively reveal that Elysium and District 9 director Neill Blomkamp's next film will be based on his 2003 short, Tetra Vaal...
From his earliest short films, filmmaker Neill Blomkamp has shown an uncanny ability to fuse the low-fi and the high-tech. His first feature, the Oscar-nominated District 9, did just that, while also matching incisive social commentary with huge sci-fi guns and exhilarating action.
Those now familiar themes and styles are again present in Blomkamp's latest film, Elysium, due out in August. Starring Matt Damon, it's about an injured factory worker trying to find a way onto an orbiting space platform that is home to the rich and powerful. In the process, he becomes drawn into a wider struggle that involves Jodie Foster's glacial Secretary Delacourt, and a ferocious assassin played by Sharlto Copley.
Interest in Blomkamp's films is such that...
- 6/10/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
The gritty South African-set thriller "Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema" is now available from Anchor Bay Entertainment, written/directed by Ralph Ziman, starring Rapaulana Seiphemo, Robert Hobbs, Kenneth Nkosi, Eugene Khumbanyiwa and Louise Saint-Claire:
"...Inspired by true events, 'Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema" is an unflinching look into the crime and corruption of those struggling to survive in the most crime-infested district of Johannesburg, focusing on 'Lucky Kunene', a bright, inspiring teenager who is forced into a criminal life by those around him.
"By the time he reaches adulthood, Lucky has made a name for himself as a notorious criminal, feared by his enemies and praised by the locals who see him as a modern-day 'Robin Hood'. His high profile, earned by violently and illegeally overthrowing slumlords, attracts the attention of the police, while his evcition of junkies, crackheads and prostitutes, escalates tensions with the local drug lords..."
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"...Inspired by true events, 'Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema" is an unflinching look into the crime and corruption of those struggling to survive in the most crime-infested district of Johannesburg, focusing on 'Lucky Kunene', a bright, inspiring teenager who is forced into a criminal life by those around him.
"By the time he reaches adulthood, Lucky has made a name for himself as a notorious criminal, feared by his enemies and praised by the locals who see him as a modern-day 'Robin Hood'. His high profile, earned by violently and illegeally overthrowing slumlords, attracts the attention of the police, while his evcition of junkies, crackheads and prostitutes, escalates tensions with the local drug lords..."
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- 10/9/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Anchor Bay have just sent us this brand new hard hitting trailer for their new movie, Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema. Inspired by a true story, Gangsters Paradise: Jerusalema is an unflinching look into the crime, corruption and the transgressions of those looking to survive in the most crime-infested district of Johannesburg.
The movie is directed by Ralph Ziman and stars Daniel Buckland, Robert Hobbs, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Motlatsi Mahloko and Jafta Mamabolo. It’s scheduled for release 9th July.
Check out the trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
The movie is directed by Ralph Ziman and stars Daniel Buckland, Robert Hobbs, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Motlatsi Mahloko and Jafta Mamabolo. It’s scheduled for release 9th July.
Check out the trailer below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
- 7/2/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"District 9" has become one of 2009 summer hit movies, but it wasn't without any controversy. On Saturday, September 19, Nigeria's Information Minister Dora Akunyili told the BBC's Network Africa programme that the sci-fi movie is not welcomed in the country and that she had ordered the Nigerian film and video censors' board to ask all cinemas to stop showing it.
On the reason why, Akunyili explained, "We feel very bad about this because the film clearly denigrated Nigeria's image by portraying us as if we are cannibals, we are criminals." She was referring to the scene where Eugene Khumbanyiwa's main gangster character, Obesandjo, tries to cut off and eat the arm of the film's protagonist in an attempt to gain his supernatural powers, among others.
The minister also mentioned that the name of the major baddie is very similar to that of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo. "The name our...
On the reason why, Akunyili explained, "We feel very bad about this because the film clearly denigrated Nigeria's image by portraying us as if we are cannibals, we are criminals." She was referring to the scene where Eugene Khumbanyiwa's main gangster character, Obesandjo, tries to cut off and eat the arm of the film's protagonist in an attempt to gain his supernatural powers, among others.
The minister also mentioned that the name of the major baddie is very similar to that of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo. "The name our...
- 9/21/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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