DISTRICT 10: Neill Blomkamp, Sharlto Copley, & Terri Tatchell are writing the Screenplay for the DISTRICT 9 Sequel

District 10’s Screenplay is Being Written

The long-awaited sequel to District 9 is being written. The screenplay for the sequel film, currently titled District 10, is being written by District 9 director Neill Blomkamp, District 9 star Sharlto Copley, and Terri Tatchell.

Neill Blomkamp published this tweet about the project:

District 10 screenplay also being written by @sharlto @territatchell and I. Its coming…

— Neill Blomkamp (@NeillBlomkamp) February 26, 2021

District 10 has no production start date yet nor does it have a theatrical release date.

District 9‘s plot synopsis: “In 1982, a giant extraterrestrial spaceship arrives and hovers over the South African city of Johannesburg. An investigation team finds over one million malnourished aliens (derogatorily called “Prawns”) inside, and the South African government relocates them to a camp called District 9. However, over the years it turns into a slum, and locals often complain that the aliens are filthy, ignorant lawbreakers who bleed resources from humans.

Following unrest between the aliens and locals, the government hires Multinational United (MNU), a huge weapons manufacturer, to relocate the aliens to a new camp outside the city. Piet Smit, an MNU executive, appoints MNU employee and his son-in-law Wikus van de Merwe, to lead the relocation. Meanwhile, three aliens, Christopher Johnson, his young son CJ and his friend Paul, search a District 9 garbage dump for alien fuel in Prawn technology, which Christopher has had them spend the last twenty years synthesizing enough of to enact his plan. They finally finish in Paul’s shack as the relocation begins but when Wikus comes to the shack to serve Paul a notice, he finds the hidden container with the fuel and accidentally sprays some of it in his face while confiscating it.”

I had this to say about District 9 in 2009:

Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 is a sci-fi film with substance, much like Moon but even more so. District 9 has heart in subtle ways, in a look or a glance from a CGI creature, similar to those found in a Hayao Miyazaki film or Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis. It is these small details, not stuff blowing up or ridiculous plot contrivances, that make District 9 a sci-fi film that stands out from the pack.

Read here my full District 9 Movie Review.

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