It looks likeNeill Blomkamphas officially decided it is time to get to work on something new. The director ofDistrict 9has been tied up for a while working on hisAlienssequel, but that is currently held up. So he decided to move onto something new. What exactly it is we don’t know, but he did recently announce that he is indeed working on something that is not related to theAlienfranchise.
Blomkamptook to hisInstagram accountto post a picture related to his mysterious new project, but it didn’t give us a whole lot of clues as to what that project could possibly be. The image features a prosthetic humanoid looking person/creature with a very disfigured face and a very venous body.Blomkampmade it very clear that this was something new and not related toAlien 5. Here is what he had to say.
“Working on new things. Currently not alien.”
Up to this point in his careerBlomkamphas worked exclusively on originalsci-fi moviesof his own creation, so it isn’t likely that he is working on another franchise movie. That being the case, it makes it pretty difficult to speculate as to what it might be. The director is developing a bit of a troubled history with franchise movies at this point and it is easy to imagine his frustrations are building. His first movieDistrict 9found a path to existence as his adaptation of the video gameHalofell apart. Now, his highly anticipated fifth installment of theAlienfranchise has stalled out as well. Perhaps he will be able to turn this delay into something as exciting asDistrict 9.
For about a year and a half, fans have been excited about the prospect of the proposedAlien 5fromBlomkamp, which all started when he posted some random concept art he was working on while promotingChappie. The response to the art was feverish and that led to Fox greenlighting the movie. However,Chappiedidn’t do very well at the box office and at the same timeRidley Scottdecided that he finally wanted to do his follow up toPrometheus, now titledAlien: Covenant. So that pretty much shelvedBlomkamp’s plans, at least for now. Though,Sigourney Weaverand the rest of the cast seem optimistic that the movie will get made at some point. We can only hope.
There is also the possibility that the imageBlomkampshared is related to the long-awaited sequel toDistrict 9. Ever since that movie came out there has been talk of a potential sequel, which would be very welcome from fans and critics, asDistrict 9remains one of the finest original sci-fi movies of the last decade and a half. We will have to wait and see whatBlomkamphas in store for us. Be sure to check out the Instagram post for yourself below.
