Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare - they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.
The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable - he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
Written by: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
Produced by: Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham
Executive producers: Ken Kamins, Bill Block. Paul Hanson and Elliot Ferwerda
Cast: Sharlto Copley and David James
Look out for District 9 this August.
