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South African director Neill Blomkamp made his stellar directorial debut with 2009's District 9, which was followed up by Elysium and this weekend's Chappie. Ever since District 9 came out, fans have been pining for the sequel District 10, but there is very little we know about the project except for the title. Of course, now the director is working on bringing Alien 5 to the big screen, with Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ripley and original Alien director Ridley Scott producing, so it may be quite some time before we ever see District 10 on the big screen. During an interview with IGN, Neill Blomkamp revealed that he does have an idea for District 10.

"I have an idea for District 10, which is really cool. The problem is I feel like Chappie is the end of three films that have a similar stylistic approach to them. Chappie is the odd one out...

Director Neill Blomkamp has good news and bad news for fans of District 9 who are clamoring for the sequel District 10. The good news is that he and co-writer Terri Tatchell have an 18-page treatment written out for the follow-up, but the bad news is the filmmaker isn't quite ready to commit to it yet.

The filmmaker wouldn't go into any specific details regarding the story, except that his idea is, "really f---ing cool."

He also spoke briefly about Chappie, which already has the director's District 9 and Elysium star Sharlto Copley confirmed to star, and Dev Patel in talks to join the cast. Here's what he had to say about the story, which centers on a sentient android robot.

"If something is as smart as you, do you treat it differently if it isn't a human? It's fairly touching. But, you know, fraught with gunfire."

Chappie is slated to...

Comic-Con has officially landed in San Diego this morning, along with the futuristic vehicle from Elysium made by exotic car manufacturer Bugatti. First Showing has offered a look at this cool spaceship, which will be used by the super rich in Neill Blomkamp's upcoming sci-fi follow up to District 9, which stars Matt Damon as a man on a mission to protect a wealthy plot of land on a space station inhabited by the last few remaining wealthy citizens of the world. Check it out!

Elysium comes to theaters March 1st, 2013 and stars Sharlto Copley, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Wagner Moura, William Fichtner, Alice Braga, Diego Luna. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp.

District 9 was released August 14th, 2009 and stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner, William Allen Young, Greg Melvill-Smith. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp.

Comic-Con has officially landed in San Diego this morning, along with the futuristic vehicle from Elysium made by exotic car manufacturer Bugatti. First Showing has offered a look at this cool spaceship, which will be used by the super rich in Neill Blomkamp's upcoming sci-fi follow up to District 9, which stars Matt Damon as a man on a mission to protect a wealthy plot of land on a space station inhabited by the last few remaining wealthy citizens of the world. Check it out!

Elysium comes to theaters March 1st, 2013 and stars Sharlto Copley, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Wagner Moura, William Fichtner, Alice Braga, Diego Luna. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp.

District 9 was released August 14th, 2009 and stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Sumner, William Allen Young, Greg Melvill-Smith. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp.

Sharlto Copley could return as Wikus in a District 9 sequel Last year's sci-fi phenomena District 9 brought new opportunities for the star of the film, Sharlto Copley, who will appear as Murdock in The A-Team this summer. Empire recently spoke with Copley about his new film, but he also revealed some details on a follow-up to District 9.

"Neil wants it and I want it. Neil's doing another film first. Then I think if everything goes according to plan we'll do the second film in about two years time. That story can go in so many different ways. There&#185s a whole universe. I'm sure a lot of writers say that, but we actually have an entire universe."

Director Neill Blomkamp revealed back in January that he was also considering a prequel to the film, which Copley touched on as well.

"There's a million ways you can go. Neil's...

We caught up with the cast and crew of District 9 at Comic-Con 2009 to talk about this amazing new film, produced by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings). Check out our exclusive video interviews below with star Sharlto Copley, director Neill Blomkamp and producer Peter Jackson.

District 9 blasts into theaters August 14th and stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie, John Summer, William Allen Young, Greg Melvill-Smith, Nick Blake, Morena Busa Sesatsa, Themba Nkosi, Mzwandile Nqoba, Barry Strydom, Jed Brophy, Louis Minnaar and Vanessa Haywood.