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The District 9 Director Has A New Movie: It Looks Like Every Video Game Ever Made…

Neill Blomkamp is famous for creating one of the few geniunely original science fiction movies of the last decade in District 9, but you may also remember him as the man who was supposed to direct the now canned Halo movie. The first trailer for his next movie Elysium has just been released and the video game influences shine through. It looks like Halo. It looks like Vanquish. It looks like Mass Effect. It looks like every science fiction game you’ve played in the last five years and it looks amazing.


Hollywood Secures Movie Rights To Indie Mech Shooter Hawken

Gamers aren’t the only ones impressed by upcoming indie mech shooter Hawken‘s distinctive style and dynamic combat. Hollywood has taken notice as well, and now there’s a movie in the works. A Romeo & Juliet meets District 9 movie.


Gears Of War Movie "More Like District 9"

Third-person shooter Gears of War looked set to get the Hollywood treatment until the movie’s director Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) decided to focus his attention on another motion picture.


Hunt Some Cheeky Prawns With This District 9 Rifle

It’s Comic-Con, so allow me to indulge in some toy coverage. Well, not that this is a toy. It’s more like a full-size replica of the alien assault rifle from District 9.


Microsoft Hasn’t Given Up On The Halo Movie

Once upon a time, Microsoft was going to make a big budget Hollywood version of the Halo franchise. Until it spectacularly fell apart. That doesn’t mean it won’t ever happen, says the company.


Neill Blomkamp “Stressed Out” By Idea Of District 9 Game

At one time, director Neill Blomkamp was just the guy who was going to helm the now-on-ice Halo Hollywood flick. That movie never happened. Sci-fi hit District 9 did, and Blompkamp’s career took off.


Jackson Explains How Fate Killed Halo And Gave Birth To District 9

SAN DIEGO, California – Peter Jackson has been a gamer his entire life, so when Microsoft hired him to produce the movie version of Halo, there was genuine excitement in the air.


This Is Not Peter Jackson’s Halo

District 9 may be about aliens and their technology, it may be directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, but it’s no Halo.


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