08-14-2009, 02:42 PM
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Peter Jackson, director/producer of the "Lord of the Rings" films, handpicked Blomkamp to helm an adaptation of the blockbuster video game "Halo." He spent five months doing pre-production on the film before it was pulled out from under him.
"When 'Halo' collapsed, it happened very quickly," Blomkamp recalls. "Before I knew it, all of a sudden the movie was over and he said, 'Fran [Walsh, Jackson's co-producer and partner] and I feel very bad for you. We can help you get another film made right away so you can just segue into it.' "
It was Walsh who suggested turning "Alive in Jo'burg," Blomkamp's 2005 short film about alien encounters in Johannesburg, into a feature film.
"When I made the short, it never occurred to me that it could be a feature, but when Fran said it should be a feature, I agreed 100 percent," he says.
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http://www.suntimes.com/entertainmen...rict13.article
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