Neill Blomkamp emerged hot out of the gate with 2009’s District 9, a sci-fi thriller and political allegory that earned four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. While Blomkamp has had his share of hits and misses, fans have been clamoring for a sequel to the film that put him on the map. But if it’s up to Blomkamp, and it is, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of interest in doing one.
Just a couple of years ago, it appeared that a sequel, appropriately titled District 10, would indeed happen. Blomkamp himself said it was in the “near future”. However, nothing has been heard about it since, and now in an interview with THR Blomkamp sounds pretty distinterested…
“I don’t know if it’s getting made or not. I don’t know if I even want to make that right now, but at some point down the line, it’ll probably get made.”
Now, he does say “it’ll probably get made” but clearly there are other things Blomkamp is interested in. And the way it reads to me is that Blomkamp might not even do District 10, but that a studio might move ahead on it without him. We’ll see.
Blomkamp’s latest, Gran Turismo, is in theaters now and recently beat out Barbie for the top spot.