Neill Blomkamp admits he “fucked up” Elysium
Proving that Alien is now in the hands of someone with more self-awareness than its sister franchise, Neill Blomkamp told Uproxx that he remains bothered by the feeling that he “fucked [Elysium] up.” Blomkamp, newly confirmed as the director of a new Alien movie that will ignore the events of Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection, made the admission in a candid interview on the press tour for his latest movie, Chappie. Before its 2013 release, Elysium was hotly anticipated as Blomkamp’s followup to District 9, but ended up disappointing critics and audiences with its largely self-serious vision of a dystopian future that can be best described as a pageant for weird accents where everything’s real grimy-looking.