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"I love Halo. Still. But I seem to have a bad track record of turning existing franchises into films. haha, Do I love the world? Master Chief? Reach, the Colonies, the Flood, the Covenant? YES. Am I going to end up directing a piece in that world? probably not--meaning no one is asking me."

— Blomkamp on the possibility of directing a Halo film^[1]

Neill Blomkamp at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con

Neill Blomkamp is a South African, Vancouver-based director of short films and advertisements. He is known for directing three short live-action films collectively known as Halo: Landfall for Halo 3.

Blomkamp's directorial debut, District 9, was released on August 14, 2009. His second film, Elysium, was released on August 9, 2013.

Background[edit]

Blomkamp works with RATEL VFX in Vancouver, a small studio specializing in TVC VFX. He is represented by RSA Films in Los Angeles, and Spy Films in Toronto. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending seamlessly with naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated imagery effects.

Directorial work[edit]

Halo film[edit]

In August 2006, he was selected by Peter Jackson and hired by Microsoft to direct the film adaptation of Halo, which was due for release in summer 2008 prior to its indefinite hiatus^[2].

While the film production was put on hold, Blomkamp directed three short live-action films collectively known as Halo: Landfall to promote the release of Halo 3^[3].

When plans for the film eventually fell through, Jackson and Blomkamp instead started production on District 9. Many elements from the cancelled Halo film were re-used or adapted for District 9, including the basic Warthog and Pod infector designs^[4].

Sources[edit]

External links[edit]

[1] GameSpot - After Halo Movie Fell Apart, Director Still Wants Another Shot

[2] Gamespy: Director Announced for Halo Film

[3] Joystiq: Neill Blomkamp's Halo 3 Landfall

[4] Hollywood: Peter Jackson Explains How "Halo" Became "District 9"

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+{{Quote|I love Halo. Still. But I seem to have a bad track record of turning existing franchises into films. haha, Do I love the world? [[John-117|Master Chief]]? [[Reach]], the Colonies, the [[Flood]], the [[Covenant]]? YES. Am I going to end up directing a piece in that world? probably not--meaning no one is asking me.|Blomkamp on the possibility of directing a ''Halo'' film}}<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/after-halo-movie-fell-apart-director-still-wants-a/1100-6451671/ '''GameSpot''' - ''After Halo Movie Fell Apart, Director Still Wants Another Shot'']</ref>
-[[Image:Neill Blomkamp.jpg|right|thumb|Neill Blomkamp]]
+[[File:Neill Blomkamp.jpg|thumb|Neill Blomkamp at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con]]
-'''Neill Blomkamp''' is a Vancouver-based director of short films and advertisements. Neill Blomkamp works with RATEL VFX in Vancouver, a small studio specializing in TVC VFX. He is represented by RSA Films in Los Angeles, and Spy Films in Toronto. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending seamlessly with naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated imagery effects.
+'''Neill Blomkamp''' is a South African, Vancouver-based director of short films and advertisements. He is known for directing three short live-action films collectively known as ''[[Halo: Landfall]]'' for ''[[Halo 3]]''.
-In Aug 2006, he was picked by [[Peter Jackson]] an hired by [[Microsoft]] to direct the [[Halo Movie|movie]] adaptation of the hit video game ''[[Halo]]'', which was due for release in summer 2008 prior to its putting on hold by the involved parties.
+Blomkamp's directorial debut, ''[[wikipedia:District 9|District 9]]'', was released on August 14, 2009. His second film, ''[[wikipedia:Elysium (film)|Elysium]]'', was released on August 9, 2013.
-== Interview ==
+== Background ==
+Blomkamp works with RATEL VFX in Vancouver, a small studio specializing in TVC VFX. He is represented by RSA Films in Los Angeles, and Spy Films in Toronto. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending seamlessly with naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated imagery effects.
-:''For the full interview visit [http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24139 aintitcool.com August 10, 2006 Interview]''
+==Directorial work==
+===''Halo'' film===
+In August 2006, he was selected by [[Peter Jackson]] and hired by [[Microsoft]] to direct the [[Halo film|film]] adaptation of ''[[Halo]]'', which was due for release in summer 2008 prior to its indefinite hiatus<ref>[http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/halo-3/724600p1.html/ '''Gamespy:''' ''Director Announced for Halo Film'']</ref>.
-{{BigQuote|'''How faithful do you plan on staying to the design of Master Chief's armor?'''
+While the film production was put on hold, Blomkamp directed three short live-action films collectively known as ''[[Halo: Landfall]]'' to promote the release of ''[[Halo 3]]''<ref>[http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/30/video-neill-blomkamps-halo-3-landfall/ '''Joystiq:''' ''Neill Blomkamp's Halo 3 Landfall'']</ref>.
-Neill Blomkamp: Master Chief is certainly something that I do not want to change too much at all, there are certain things inside the Halo universe that are sacred and he's the main one.
+When plans for the film eventually fell through, Jackson and Blomkamp instead started production on ''District 9''. Many elements from the cancelled ''Halo'' film were re-used or adapted for ''District 9'', including the basic [[Warthog]] and [[Pod infector]] designs<ref>[http://www.hollywood.com/news/movies/5674105/peter-jackson-explains-how-halo-became-district-9?page=all/ '''Hollywood:''' ''Peter Jackson Explains How "Halo" Became "District 9"'']</ref>.
-Having said that, there is a need to revise certain parts of him, just from a purely technical standpoint, he has to actually be able to move, like a human, and the game design right now does not allow for full motion freedom, which we will have to achieve.<br /><br />
-'''Quint: Guy in a suit? CGI creation? Mixture of both?'''
-Neill Blomkamp: Well, the film has to have a feeling of reality, and so that means that I want to keep him real as much as I can, there is a necessity for him to become cg in sequences where a guy in a suit would just not work, but for the most part I am aiming for real.<ref>[http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24139 aintitcool.com August 10, 2006 Interview]</ref>}}
+==Sources==
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-== Out the Door? ==
-After Fox and Universal pulled out of the Halo Movie project ([[Halo_Movie#Timeline|See Halo Movie Timeline]]), many speculated that the two studios were nervous about having first-time feature director Neill Blomkamp directing the picture. However, Peter Jackson's representative, Ken Kamins stated that "Everybody is supremely confident in Neill, part of what excited Peter and Fran was Neill's vision. We're very confident this film will move forward with the creative partners intact, who will take the film to production."<ref>http://movies.ign.com/articles/740/740704p1.html</ref>
-== External Links ==
+== External links ==
 *[http://www.spyentertainment.com/director_03.html Spy Films Profile]
 *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088955/ IMDB Profile]
-=== Movies ===
-*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4740399201852391052 ''Alive With Technology'' on Google Video]
-*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1845016404760165806 ''Tetra Vaal'' on Google Video]
-*[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9196191076240797302 ''Alive In Joburg'' on Google Video]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmd8BDiB-qU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ejoystiq%2Ecom%2F2006%2F08%2F09%2Fscrutinize%2Dhalo%2Ddirectors%2Dcv%2Dwith%2Dvideos%2F ''Yellow'' on YouTube]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev9SY2hxIr0 ''Tempbot'' on YouTube]
-==Sources==
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 [[Category:People|Blomkamp, Neill]]