DISTRICT 9 depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.
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February 8, 2010: JoBlo Podcast: Talking the Oscar nominees!:
Oscar Talk With Niki Stephens
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Johnny Moreno is back in action and he brings some new sounders, booze, and JoBlo.com staffer, Niki Stephens, with him to make up for his...
August 17, 2009: A District 10?:
This weekend as predicted DISTRICT 9 ruled the box-office . Is it possible that we will get a sequel?
Director Neill Blomkamp would jump at the chance, “I would do anything to go back to the world of District 9 again. Or District 10.” It...
August 17, 2009: JoBlo Podcast #30:
Thirty shows in and Johnny Moreno and I have yet to receive a death threat. We consider this a win. Both of us sit down to check out DISTRICT 9 in celebration and get more than we expected. Without spoiling anything from the film, we do our best to get your...
August 14, 2009: Your review: D9:
Back when we brought some lucky JoBlo.com readers to a secret screening of DISTRICT 9 , I knew we had something special before it even got started. There was an electric feeling in the air, of a bunch of people who were really excited to see what was...
July 29, 2009: District 9 simulation:
Recently, I got a chance to see the semi-secret screening of DISTRICT 9 during Comic-Con. Let me tell you, the movie was awesome. It's unlike anything I've really ever seen. I'm really into sci-fi movies, and it's been awhile since I've seen one that just...
July 29, 2009: New D9 featurette:
The reviews for DISTRICT 9 are starting to pour in and lest you think I was just drinking the Peter Jackson kool-aid at Comic-Con, word has been extremely positive. Variety called it "enjoyably disgusting" and "grossly engrossing" while Hollywood...
July 26, 2009: CON: D9 interviews!:
There are a couple films here at Comic-Con that have the audiences really excited. One of them is DISTRICT 9. The Peter Jackson produced film has been generating some amazing buzz. So for writer/director Neill Blomkamp and the film’s star, Sharlto Copley...
July 24, 2009: CON: Jackson & horror!:
Hey folks, back again from San Diego. Hall H is a bitch and a half to get into, so we weren't able to cover the DISTRICT 9 panel live, but I made it in and was able to check out footage and hear all about it. More on that later.
Someone asked producer Peter...
July 25, 2009: CON: Jackson / Cameron:
It’s happened again. I get all ready to cover Hall H from the San Diego Comic Con International Live , but have to resort to covering it Almost Live as in it’s just me preten ding like I’m live here with Peter Jackson and James...
July 26, 2009: CON: District-9:
Hall H, once again, made me its bitch trying to get in to see the LEGION / DISTRICT 9 panel. Lucky for me, my man Jim Law was already in here covering some other shite, and was able to cover LEGION for me and the first part of DISTRICT 9. But I got in when...
July 24, 2009: CON: D9 screening!:
If you'll remember about a week or so ago, I was lucky enough to invite 14 JoBlo readers (and their guests) to the first ever screening of DISTRICT 9 at Comic-Con. I just got back from that very screening and while I will refrain from giving a formal...
July 20, 2009: JoBlo Podcast #24:
Comic Con, Bitches!
The Good, The Bad, and The JoBlo Movie Podcast is going to Comic Con this Wednesday. To celebrate Johnny Moreno and I invite our boss, Mike Sampson to the podcast to tell us what we're doing there between getting shit-bombed and...
July 14, 2009: Secret D9 screening!:
Because I love nothing more than a good secret, I was really excited to learn that DISTRICT 9 , the upcoming Peter Jackson produced sci-fi flick, would be having a super secret screening at Comic-Con! And because I love my JoBlo readers just as much, I'm...
July 8, 2009: Full D9 trailer:
The new full trailer for the Neill Blomkamp directed, Peter Jackson produced sci mockumentary action adventure DISTRICT 9 shows us one thing - we need to start paying a hell of a lot more attention to this movie.
As the trailer shows, when...
July 7, 2009: MacGruber movie:
If you thought the era of horrible SNL character based films was over, think again, because MacGruber is about to join the not-so-great pantheon. The MacGuyver parody starring Will Forte as the all-purpose dingbat will, according to "Production Weekly", be...
July 6, 2009: Alien balls & posters:
It's good to know that the marketing for the upcoming Neill Blomkamp directed, Peter Jackson produced sci fi actioner mockumentary DISTRICT 9 is in full swing. Below you'll find a brand spanking new poster Yahoo recently posted, which you can click through to...
July 3, 2009: The new D9 trailer!:
You may have heard the news online that a new DISTRICT 9 trailer would be in theaters and online next week. Well I can say that I was lucky enough to get an early look at the trailer before the big debut next week!
I don't have anything to show you...
June 26, 2009: R-rated District 9:
Most of us were likely under the impression that the Neill Blomkamp directed, Peter Jackson produced sci fi mockumentary DISTRICT 9 wouldn't be violent but the horror fiends over at "Arrow" recently discovered that the film has been given an R rating for...
June 24, 2009: New District 9 viral:
Sony Pictures has released a new viral video for DISTRICT 9 , the upcoming Peter Jackson produced sci-fi flick. Without giving too much away, it would seem to launch some kind of ARG as the end of the video provides a number for people to call the...
June 11, 2009: Welcome to District 9:
The official site for the Neill Blomkamp directed, Peter Jackson produced sci fi mockumentary drama DISTRICT 9 has been activated and it's basically a panorama of the titular district where refugee aliens have been relegated after they made first contact...
June 9, 2009: District 9 promotion:
I'm pretty sure that very few people will know what the hell is being advertised in these posters, but nonetheless the DISTRICT 9 people are doing their best on the promotion end. Still, if they really want to push this thing, they should take out ad space...
June 8, 2009: Jackson at The Con:
It may seem strange but Peter Jackson has never made an appearance at geek mecca Comic Con but this year he'll finally make the pilgrimage to support the sci fi mockumentary he produced DISTRICT 9 that his pal Neill Blomkamp directed. Of course, considering...
June 5, 2009: Yr 1 & D9 virals:
Two different kind of virals for two upcoming films recently showed up. First, somebody found a neat viral for the Neil Blomkamp directed, Peter Jackson produced sci fi mockumentary DISTRICT 9 at a bus stop in New York. Below that is an online viral for the...
May 20, 2009: District 9 rehash:
Three not really new pictures - we've seen them before as unofficial scans or website caps - from the upcoming Neill Blomkamp directed, Peter Jackson produced sci fi mockumentary DISTRICT 9 , have made their official debut online. The film centers on the...
May 19, 2009: D9 poster artwork:
The marketing for the Peter Jackson produced, Neill Blomkamp directed sci fi mockymentary DISCTRICT 9 is ever so slowly inching along. Earlier this month, there was a trailer , a couple of days later there was a poster and recently, some random, viral-ish...
May 8, 2009: New District 9 poster:
There's been a lot of buzz around these parts lately for the new sci-fi thriller DISTRICT 9 . I guess it's understandable. People love aliens, people love secrecy, and people love Peter Jackson. This film has all three, with Peter Jackson's name on the new poster...
May 6, 2009: Unedited D9 trailer!:
Last week when the DISTRICT 9 trailer appeared, I loved what I saw with one exception: the pixelated face of the alien at the end. Some speculated that they wanted to keep the look of the aliens secret but they showed plenty of alien footage at ShoWest...
May 1, 2009: Jackson Kills Christ?:
Peter Jackson has been promising to go back to his horror roots for some time now but all these other non-horror projects have kept him from doing so. There's hope, though, as the folks over at Slashfilm recently heard Stephen Fry, who wrote the screenplay...
May 1, 2009: District 9 trailer!:
After lots of waiting (the promo campaign for this movie began last year at Comic-Con), we finally have our first look at footage from the Peter Jackson produced DISTRICT 9 .
The beginning of this new trailer is very similar, if not identical, to the...
April 30, 2009: District 9 compound:
Update : The picture contains a cypher that says the first trailer for the film will be available on Apple tomorrow, May 1st. Hells yeah!!
Those lucky bastids over at "Comingsoon.net" recently landed a cool new pic of the Neill Blomkamp directed...
April 27, 2009: Real life hobbits:
Was J.R.R. Tolkien really a historian? Middle Earth may not be as fictional as we have been led to believe as a skeleton (seen above) for Homo floresiensis , a mysterious Hobbit-like humanoid who lived 20,000 years ago in Indonesia, was recently...
April 19, 2009: District 9 first look:
One film that's been unbelievably under the radar is Neill Blomkamp's sci fi thriller DISTRICT 9 . This thing is a major studio release (Sony), Peter Jackson produced, set for an August 14th (just about four months away) release and all the media we've...
