We’ve had to wait a long time for Neill Blomkamp’s follow-up to District 9, but now it’s on its way, with Elysium now in post-production and preparing for release next August. Now a new image from the movie has arrived, with Matt Damon rocking the balding look and wearing a gun and a load of hydraulics.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium – but that doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life-threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarized worlds.’
Like District 9, it will have a sci-fi plot but parallel real social themes, and it’ll be interesting to see if Blomkamp can handle that as well this time as he did with his previous movie. It also stars Sharlto Copley, William Fichtner, Alice Braga, Diego Luna and Wagner Moura.
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