Neill Blomkamp Still Wants To Make More 'Elysium' Movies: Will He Make His Kruger Spinoff?
Posted byChristopher Marc August 23, 2021 Posted inFilm News, NewsTags:Agent Kruger, District 10, District 9, Elysium, Matt Damon, Neill Blomkamp, Sharlto Copley
Neill Blomkamp is back to making movies after a hiatus after multiple projects not coming together (Alien 5, RoboCop Returns, Greenland), focusing on his Oats Studios shorts, and attempting to put together a new original project, Inferno.
The filmmaker is currently developing District 10, a sequel to his debut film District 9. That isn't the only sci-fi project he wants to return to explore. While promoting his new movie Demonic, he spoke with The Playlist on their podcast and briefly voiced his desire to return to the world of Elysium.
"I would love to do more films in the world of Elysium. I love the setup of that world. The world that it puts forward is very interesting to me."
ELYSIUM – In the year 2154, humanity is sharply divided between two classes of people: The ultrarich live aboard a luxurious space station called Elysium, and the rest live a hardscrabble existence in Earth's ruins. His life hanging in the balance, a man named Max (Matt Damon) agrees to undertake a dangerous mission that could bring equality to the population, but Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) vows to preserve the pampered lifestyle of Elysium's citizens, no matter what the cost.
We already have idea what he'd like to tackle in follow-up.
In 2016, Neill Blomkamp mentioned to Empire the idea of revisiting the Agent Kruger character in a low-budget spinoff, a violent mercenary (played by District 9's Sharlto Copley) that is hired to do the dirty work for Elysium. He eventually turned into main antagonist of the original film once Jodie Foster's character was killed-off.
"I did ask [Media Rights Capital?] who paid for Elysium, I was like 'what if you did a lower budget of this where Kruger is the lead character and is absolutely non-arc, don't expect the character to to arc, he just doesn't, he just does a bunch of shit that's awesome' and he was like 'that does sound like that could be cool.'"
It'll be interesting to see if he'll tackle a Kruger-focused prequel or a direct sequel.
You can listen to that full interview below.
SOURCE: THE PLAYLIST
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