The birth of District 9

By at 10:14 am Thursday, Nov 12

Fascinating interview at The Wrap with the creators of District 9. The film was the alien love child of Halo, and Blomkamp's Alive in Joburg, a short film I blogged here on BB in 2003. "The only area of contention was he wanted to kill off little CJ, [the baby prawn]... He actually wanted to write him out of the script because he cost more to render."

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