Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’ details revealed

South African director Neill Blomkamp, who burst onto the film scene in a big way with his stellar 2009 sci-fi pic ‘District 9’, has revealed his next big project.

It’s been three long years since ‘District 9’ opened, and fans are eagerly awaiting Blomkamp’s follow-up, the futuristic thriller ‘Elysium’. Plot details have been firmly under wraps, but we know that it fits squarely into the sci-fi genre and stars Matt Damon, Jodi Foster, Wagner Moura, Sharlto Copley, William Fichtner and Diego Luna.As with ‘District 9’, it appears that Elysium will also be dealing with grander issues than space guns and aliens and is slated to open on March 1 2013. The SynopsisIn the year 2159 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called ‘Elysium’, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hardline government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of ‘Elysium’. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that if successful will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarised worlds.