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Matt Damon is undoubtedly an uncommonly accomplished man. An Oscar-winning writer (whatever you might make of the theories pertaining to William Goldman’s involvement with Good Will Hunting), a lauded actor, a very gifted impressionist and comedian and it looked like he was going to add “director” to that impressive list. Damon had his eye on [...]
Incase it’s escaped your notice, there is a small event called Comic Con happening right now in San Diego where hundreds of thousands of film and comic fans descend on the city to see loads of stuff that no one has seen before! All the studios are there with their stands and each will present [...]
The prospect of a movie based on the extremely successful video game series Halo has been dangled in front of the army of besotted gamers for a while now, with names such as Peter Jackson, Neill Blomkamp, Alex Garland and even Steven Spielberg being run through the rumour mill over the course of the last [...]
Jodie Foster (Flightplan) has signed on to star in Elysium, writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed low-budget District 9. Foster will star opposite Matt Damon (Hereafter) and Sharlto Copley (The A-Team) in the sci-fi film Blompkamp has wrote and will direct. Plot details are being kept under wrap, but we’ll be sure to [...]
Matt Damon seems to be keen to keep himself busy. He has already had Green Zone out this year and his second collaboration with Clint Eastwood, Hereafter, is up next. He has wrapped True Grit for the Coens, Margaret and Philip K Dick adap The Adjustment Bureau and is now filming Contagion for Steven Soderbergh before [...]
Good news for fans of fantasy cinema who enjoy a cerebral side to the state-of-the-art computer imagery and pyrotechnics on display – the director and star of last year’s breakout hit District 9 are set to reunite. According to Deadline, Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley will be back together for Elysium, which is reportedly another sci-fi [...]
Following the excellent news that Martin Freeman is to follow in the big hairy footsteps of Ian Holm and portray Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s two film adaptation of The Hobbit a new piece of casting, which some would call inspired, has landed on the doorstep of the internet. Our friends at Bleeding Cool had [...]
Peter Jackson has announced the first round of casting for his much anticipated return to Middle Earth for The Hobbit, and the news that most expected was confirmed as Jackson named Martin Freeman as the man who would be Bilbo Baggins. Taking over from Ian Holm, Freeman clearly made an excellent impression on the director [...]
For the best part of twenty years, we have been delivered a steady stream of evidence that film adaptations of beloved video game properties do not work. Super Mario Bros, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Doom, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Wing Commander, Hitman, Max Payne, Prince of Persia. Such a long and [...]
The NY Times have confirmed that The Hobbit has officially been greenlit, with Peter Jackson returning as director. The news comes months of disruptions, legal battles, the budget and union action in New Zealand, but it seems Warner Bros. have finally secured the rights from MGM and will release the first installment on December 19, 2012, with [...]
Our friends at Digital Spy have this brand new UK Quad poster for Monsters, the first feature from Britain’s answer to Neill Blomkamp, Gareth Edwards Made on the kind of budget which would probably pay an extra’s wages for the day on something like Terminator Salvation, the film is set for release in the UK [...]
Since the unexpected kick in the Bilbos that was Guillermo del Toro’s departure from the director’s chair of the two Hobbit films there’s been speculation heaped upon speculation as to the state of the film and the identity of the incumbent director. David Yates? No. Neill Blomkamp? No. Peter Jackson? Maybe, and while sets are [...]
The news we all expected arrived today, Neill Blomkamp will not be following up his trip to District 9 with a sojourn at the Shire for the directorless Hobbit films, and within these reports came a few hints about where Blomkamp will be heading with his next film. It’s not the rumoured District 8, but [...]
While some Tolkien fans might have been worrying about the prospect of the new The Hobbit adaptation turning into a rudderless ship in the aftermath of the departure of Guillermo Del Toro, it seems the production doesnt need a director in place to have its wheels set firmly in motion and already building up a head [...]
Pleasing news coming from theonering.net who always seem to deliver reliable Tolkien Film related stories who say that Neill Blomkamp is being lined up to direct the Hobbit. It is a pretty obvious choice and one I’ve not even thought about but considering the relationship between Blomkamp and Peter Jackson it would be a very [...]
In a recent interview with The L.A. Times Neill Blomkamp talked all things District 9, including video game adaptations, a potential TV series and the prospect of returning to the hell of District 9 for another film. While there’s no movement on the video game front, despite Blomkamp being linked to the touted Halo movie [...]
When the trailers appeared and we got our first look at Neill Blomkamp’s alternative reality film, the apartheid with aliens narrative was glimpsed in a series of extraordinary images, not least the enormous alien mothership hanging dead in the skies over Joburg. When we had our chance to walk in Blomkamp’s world it was clear [...]
We here at HeyUGuys believe that Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 is one of the best films of 2009. You can find out what else we liked later on in the year when we review this years movies and then have a look at what’s coming up in 2010. District 9 was one [...]
