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District 9 featurette and clips

5 August 2009No CommentPosted by Phil

District 9 is fast approaching for its August 14th release and I'm excited, not only because it's a science fiction film but because it's original - it's not a remake, sequel or adaptation. Several clips, which are actually viral ads, have been released online and you can see all of them over at Collider.com. Also, the official synopsis thanks to the site. After you view the featurette just below, head on over to Collider.com for the rest of the clips. Everything looks pretty damn fantastic.

Over twenty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them.

Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens’ welfare - they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens’ awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.

The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable - he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.