The Story Behind District 9

From South Africa to space for one of summer’s big surprises

Aug 27th 2009 By James White

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9. The Prawns have landed

Yes, District 9 is well and truly here.

At this year’s Comic-Con, the movie’s presence was clear – from armoured, gun-toting trucks warning us to be on the lookout for non-humans (no easy job to tell them apart at the con) and the film’s now signature anti-ET posters everywhere.

Jackson made his first pilgrimage to the event, bringing Blomkamp and Copley with him, and was greeted like a hero by the throngs of Hall H.

The studio organised a screening, introduced by Jackson, and lit up Twitter with positive reviews.

Still, though, the director had some understandable nerves: “I’m excited. I’m nervous as hell though because I just hope it does well,” Blomkamp told us at the Con.

“Obviously, I guess every director just wants their film to be received well but I’m anxious and I want it to get out there and I just want to see how people respond to it, but the good news is I’m really proud of it which is as much as you can ask for.”

He didn’t need to worry. The pic opened to $37 million in the US and we predict it’ll do rather well over here too.

Now, who’s up for District 10?