District 9: Entertainment Weekly’s Summer Pick

Entertainment Weekly is advising all it’s readers to check out (nay, fall in love!) with District 9, a sci-fi thriller about aliens living in a ghetto. They hail it as the “must-see move of the summer.”

District 9 seems like an odd choice for EW to tout. It was directed by a “no-name” director Neill Blomkamp, on a paltry budget in a landfill with no A-list (or hell, even B or C list actors) to its credit.

Oh, but they did manage to snag Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame) as a producer.

“It’s an utterly original film,” says Jackson. “In an industry that’s looking to make movies out of every obscure TV show, or sequels, or video games, you look at District 9 and it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.”

Written by: Melissa Noble