We’ve been waiting years for Neill Blomkamp to make another movie following the success of District 9, but now Elysium is on its way. We’ve still got a little time until the film’s September 20th 2013 UK release, but to help prove it really is coming, Empire has released an image of Sharlto Copley as the movie’s villain, Kruger.

Copley’s also been talking his character in the sci-fi thriller, saying comments he made a few months ago likening Kruger to Heath Ledger’s Joker, were taken out of context. He says, “The Joker was a mistaken reference. I was really just saying that that was the last time I saw a villain that inspired me: somebody that set the bar. There’s no connection or likeness to The Joker in terms of the character. What I did with him – which I try to do with all my original characters – was draw from real life. I combined references from a very infamous South African military battalion called 32 Battalion, that fought in the Border Wars in South Africa, and a stereotype of character that you get in the south of Johannesburg, where the guys are a little bit more comfortable with violence!”

Elysium stars Matt Damon alongside Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Wagner Moura, William Fichtner, Sonia Braga, and Diego Luna. Here’s the official 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 Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that if successful will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.’