Neill Blomkamp Talks about STAR WARS and Hints at DISTRICT 10

Neill Blomkamp was one of many talented directors fans wanted to see direct the next Star Wars film. All this was based off a one film portfolio, because District 9 is just that good. While promoting his second film, Elysium, IGN was able get him to talk about District 10 and Star Wars.

District 10:

"I really want to make a District 9 sequel. I genuinely do. The problem is I have a bunch of ideas and stuff that I want to make. I’m relatively new to this – I’m about to make my third film, and now the pattern that I’m starting to realise is very true is that you lock yourself into a film beyond the film you’re currently working on. But it just doesn’t work for me.

“I don’t know if it works for other directors, but the amount of ideas and the amount of different places I want to go through the duration of making one film, means that I have no idea what else I want to do during that process. I only know at the end. So if I say I want to make District 10, and then I have 50 ideas while I’m making [next film] Chappie, and when I get to the end I don’t want to make it, it’s not a good place to be at. But I know I want to make District 10 at some point.”

Blomkamp must be an idea machine if he won't commit to a sequel. I hope he does one day, but I'm very okay with him exploring new stories.

Star Wars:

“No. I don’t think so. I love Star Wars. I really, really love Star Wars. But I’m not the right guy. And also, just taking ideas that already exist in Hollywood is just not for me.”

I'd love to see him do at the very least a spin-off film. I think he would be the perfect director for a Boba Fett movie. Let's hope he changes his mind.