Wagner Moura set to play a Villain in Neill Blomkamps ELYSIUM

District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp has cast Wagner Moura as the villain in his second feature film Elysium. Moura is the star of the popular Brazilian crime movie, The Elite Squad and The Elite Squad 2. Moura joins the previously cast Jodie Foster, Matt Damon and Sharlto Copley. The character is Moura is set to play is described as "having a crazy sense of humor.”

There aren't many details on the films story, but Blomkamp a $30-$40 million dollars to play with, and full creative freedom to do what he wants with his original idea. 

Here are a few things that he's said in various interviews about this new sci-fi film:

I’ve got one science fiction idea that I’m absolutely in love with, which I’m pretty sure is going to be my next film. 99% sure…It’s totally original, it’s my own story…It’s set on another planet, but it’s cool. It’s violent, very violent, and very unique hopefully. We’ll see.

It is science fiction and it has many sociopolitical ideas that interest me. Those ideas are wrapped up inside something that is like a Hollywood action film…The setting for the next film takes place 150 years from now. There are two cities that I’m choosing between. They would play as themselves. They are not in South Africa.

Hopefully, this will be a bit unique, very much a reflection of me. It is absolutely another science fiction film, quite different from `District 9,’ but some of the blending of genres and the tone might be within the same realm.

I'm excited to see what Blomkamp has is creating for us. This has the potential of being an incredble movie.