New ‘RoboCop’ Movie Coming from ‘District 9’ and ‘Chappie’ Director Neill Blomkamp

Neill Blomkamp could never get his Alien movie off the ground, so he’s latching onto another classic sci-fi franchise instead. The District 9 and Chappie director will helm a new RoboCop movie, titled RoboCop Returns. The film is said to be both a reboot and a sequel to the original franchise. Deadline has the scoop […]

Daily Podcast: Inappropriate Books We Read As A Kid, Is DC Copying Marvel By Hiring Sundance Directors? Pet Sematary, Avengers 4, King of Kong, Neill Blomkamp, HTTYD 3 & PTA

On the April 17, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about Pet Sematary remake casting, the title for Avengers 4, Harley Quinn movie director, an update on King of Kong champion Billy Mitchell, Neill Blomkamp crowdfunding his next […]

Sequel Bits: Pitch Perfect 4, Ridley Scott Talks More Alien, Neill Blomkamp Has Moved On From Alien 5, and More

In this edition of Sequel Bits: Pitch Perfect 3 director talks about a potential Pitch Perfect 4 Alien: Covenant‘s Ridley Scott compares Alien to Star Wars and Star Trek and gives an update about his planned sequel Neill Blomkamp says he’s “moved on” from his take on Alien 5 A Power Rangers actor explains how his character will change […]

New ‘Alien 5’ Concept Art Revealed by Neill Blomkamp

I regret to inform you that Neill Blomkamp is at it again. The filmmaker behind District 9 and Elysium has released even more potential Alien 5 concept art, teasing the Alien sequel he never got a chance to make. Does this indicate the previously thought to be dead project might be alive again, or is Blomkamp just having some fun? Let’s […]

Neill Blomkamp Finally Kills ‘Alien 5,’ Revives ‘District 9’ Spin-Off Idea

Neill Blomkamp may be temporarily stepping away from feature films to focus his energies on his new experimental Oats Studios, but that doesn’t mean he’s not entertaining the notion of returning to the world of District 9, the sci-fi movie that put him on the map. It does mean, however, that he’s finally killing that Alien […]

Neill Blomkamp Embarks on Experimental Film Project Oats Studios; Watch the Trailer

Neill Blomkamp broke into the scene with shorts like Landfall and Alive in Joburg, a gritty sci-fi documentary that became the basis for his feature film debut and biggest hit to date, District 9. After making the modestly-to-poorly received sci-fi films Elysium and Chappie, Blomkamp may be stepping away from trying to live up to early praise of […]

Alien 5 horror: Ridley Scott SHOOTS DOWN Neill Blomkamp & Sigourney Weaver sequel comments

Blomkamp has tweeted constantly about Alien 5 and Weaver has gushed about his ideas and “incredible script.” Now Ridley Scott has told a French magazine that the chances were “pretty slim” of Alien 5 ever making it to the big screen. He has also cast a shadow over the comments made by his fellow director […]