About the Production “Neill Blomkamp is a terrifically exciting young director,” says producer Peter Jackson, who shepherds Blomkamp’s debut feature film, District 9. “We were considering a production of Halo, based on the video game. That movie never happened, but we loved working with Neill so much that when he pitched us District 9, we…
District 9 (2009)
Tagline: You are not welcome here. 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 from their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the…
Downloading Nancy (2009)
The story follows the fate of the unhappy wife Nancy who orders the guy she meets over the Internet to kill her, but the two of them fall in love. When Albert Stockwell came home from work one day he found a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she had gone to…
Drag Me to Hell Production Notes (2009)
Crime and Punishment More than 10 years ago, brothers Sam and Ivan Raimi penned the first draft of the screenplay that would become Drag Me to Hell. In its earliest incarnation, the script was simply titled The Curse. “We’ve always loved the idea of curses,” Ivan Raimi explains. “We loved thinking about what would happen…
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Tagline: In three days, she’s going to hell. Though Sam Raimi has spent the better part of the past decade bringing the blockbuster Spider-Man series to the screen, the director rose to cult status with his Evil Dead trilogy. With those influential films, he helped audiences embrace the shocking spectacle and dark humor that defined…
Dragonball: Evolution Production Notes (2009)
Introduction “Dragonball: Evolution” is the long-awaited, live-action motion picture based on the popular Japanese manga created by Akira Toriyama. Toriyama’s work spawned best selling graphic novels, videogames and a phenomenally successful television series. The manga, series and games bring to the new film a rich mythology and exciting, complex characters – all of which have…