Peter Jackson to Attend Comic-Con for the First Time
08 Junho 2009 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Visionary Producer Makes His First Trip to San Diego Convention to
Support 'District 9' CULVER CITY, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire/ --
Peter Jackson, the visionary filmmaker behind The Lord of the
Rings, King Kong, and other films, will attend Comic-Con
International: San Diego for the first time to support TriStar
Pictures' District 9, which Jackson produced, it was announced
today. The District 9 panel discussion will be in the San Diego
Convention Center's Hall H on Friday, July 24. Jackson will be on
the panel with the film's director, Neill Blomkamp, and star,
Sharlto Copley. Commenting on the announcement, Jackson said,
"After all these years, I'm thrilled that I finally have the
opportunity to visit San Diego for Comic-Con. I am especially
excited that I am attending to support District 9. Neill is a
tremendously talented young director and he's made an extraordinary
film, so it was important to me to come to San Diego to spread the
word. I look forward to attending my first ever Comic-Con and I
know that those who visit us on July 24th in Hall H will be in for
quite a ride." District 9 will be released in theaters nationwide
on August 14, 2009. About District 9 Thirty years ago, aliens made
first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or
the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens
were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The
creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's
District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them.
Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over
the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU),
a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare - they will
receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome
weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry
requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliens and the humans
comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe
(Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing
his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as
well as the most valuable - he is the key to unlocking the secrets
of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one
place left for him to hide: District 9. District 9 is directed by
Neill Blomkamp. The screenplay is by Neill Blomkamp and Terri
Tatchell. The film is produced by Carolynne Cunningham and Peter
Jackson. About Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures
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(SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global
operations encompass motion picture production and distribution;
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and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment
acquisition and distribution; operation of studio facilities;
development of new entertainment products, services and
technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in more than
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Pictures Entertainment CONTACT: Steve Elzer, Senior Vice President,
Media Relations of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group,
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