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Is “District 9″ based on a book?
by district9 on Sep.08, 2009, under District 9
Nope. District 9 is an expansion of the 2005 short film Alive in Joburg. The short was adapted for District 9 by South African-born director Neill Blomkamp and screenwriter Terri Tatchell.
District 9 (District 10) Sequel
by district9 on Aug.14, 2009, under District 9
From Neill Blomkamp’s own words about District 9 Sequel:
“If this film is successful, if audiences want another, whatever, District 10, I would love to do it,” Blomkamp said in an exclusive interview this week in Los Angeles. “It’s a very personal film, and it’s a universe and a place that I find incredibly creative. I’d love to go back to that universe.”
Alive in Joburg
by district9 on Aug.14, 2009, under District 9
District 9 is an expansion of the 2005 short film Alive in Joburg.
The short was adapted for District 9 by South African-born director Neill Blomkamp and screenwriter Terri Tatchell.
District 9 Trailer
by district9 on Aug.14, 2009, under District 9
District 9 Trailer
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.

District 9 Trailer
District 9 Film
by district9 on Aug.13, 2009, under District 9
Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa.
It’s been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society.
Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. District 9 film. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of South Africa set up a makeshift home in District 9 film as politicians and world leaders debated how to handle the situation. As the humans begin to grow wary of the unwelcome intruders, a private company called Multi-National United (MNU) is assigned the task of controlling the aliens. But MNU is less interested in the aliens’ welfare than attempting to understand how their weaponry works.
Should they manage to make that breakthrough, they will receive tremendous profits to fund their research. Unfortunately, the highly advanced weaponry requires alien DNA in order to be activated. When MNU field operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is exposed to biotechnology that causes his DNA to mutate, the tensions between the aliens and the humans intensifies. Wikus is the key to unlocking the alien’s technology, and he quickly becomes the most wanted man on the planet. Ostracized and isolated, Wikus retreats to District 9 film in a desperate bid to shake his dogged pursuers.
District 9 Movie
by district9 on Aug.12, 2009, under District 9
District 9 Movie
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 movie as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens’ welfare – they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens’ awesome weaponry work.

District 9 Movie
So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable – he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9 movie.