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| {{Wikipedia}} | | ==Background== |
| {{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>
| | '''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. |
| [[File:Neill Blomkamp.jpg|thumb|Neill Blomkamp at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con]]
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| '''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]]''. | |
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| 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.
| | In Aug 2006, he was picked by [[Peter Jackson]] an hired by [[Microsoft]] to direct the movie adaptation of the hit video game ''[[Halo Movie|Halo]]'', which is due for release in summer 2008. |
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| == Background == | | ==Out the Door?== |
| 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.
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| ==Directorial work==
| | After Fox and Universal pulled out of the Halo Movie project ([[Halo Movie|See Halo Movie Timeline]]), many speculated that the two studios were nervous about having first-time feature director Neal Blomkamp directing the picture. However, [[Peter Jackson]]'s rep, Ken Kamins stated that "Everybody is supremely confident in Neal, Part of what excited Peter and Fran was Neal'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> |
| ===''Halo'' film===
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| 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>.
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| 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>.
| | ==External Links== |
| | *[http://www.spyentertainment.com/director_03.html Spy Films Profile] |
| | *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088955/ IMDB Profile] |
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| 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>.
| | ===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] |
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| ==Sources== | | ==References== |
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| == External links == | |
| *[http://www.spyentertainment.com/director_03.html Spy Films Profile]
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088955/ IMDB Profile]
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| [[Category:People|Blomkamp, Neill]] | | [[Category:People|Blomkamp]] |