They could have done worse

...aaaaaand the director has been announced - a relative newcomer named Neill Blomkamp according to Empire Online.

One of his short-film works is available here.

I was a bit worried that an unknown had been assigned the chair, but then I read that he's got the endorsement of both Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro which says a good deal. Also bear in mind he's the guy responsible for the 'Transformer' Citroen “Alive In Technology” ad - this is why he was originally considered for the Transformers movie before Michael Bay came along.

Thoughts?

With guy is amazing with special effects. He won 3 Clio awards and also won a Visual Effects Society Award for that dancing Citroën commercial. Not to mention he has worked on tv shows like Dark Angel, Smallville, Mercy Point, First Wave and Stargate SG-1.

So overall it looks very promising to me

Yeah its a decent choice, I also expect as a newcomer, Jackson will probably be a bit more hands on that he might have been with an established director.

Well, just be glad it isn't done by Uwe Boll

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by The Noid
Well, just be glad it isn't done by Uwe Boll

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*shudders and retches at the possibility*

Thank the Prophets that Boll has (allegedly) sworn never to do a game adaptation again!