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10th Apr 2013

Trailer: Elysium, the new movie from the director of District 9

Matt Damon stars in the new movie from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp, set in the year 2159 where a war-torn Earth has been abandoned by the rich, leaving the poor to die.

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Matt Damon stars in the new movie from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp, set in the year 2159 where a war-torn Earth has been abandoned by the rich, leaving the poor to die.

By Adrian Collins

Neill Blomkamp is back with another sci-fi themed movie, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth in the year 2159. For the rich who live in Elysium, an artificial world built on a space station, they have no poverty, no sickness, and want for nothing.

For those left behind on a war torn earth, they are left to die, until Max Coburn (Matt Damon) decides to remedy the situation.

The movie also stars Jodie Foster as the mayor of Elysium, and a few other names who appeared in Blomkamp’s District 9, like Sharlto Copley.

From the trailer, this is visually a pretty impressive movie, and should be a pretty big box office hit when it comes out later this year at some stage in August.

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