Blomkamp considering 'District 9' prequel

Neill Blomkamp has admitted that he would consider making a prequel to District 9.

Discussing his science fiction movie with the Los Angeles Times, Blomkamp ruled out bringing his South Africa-set alien saga to the small screen and stated his preference to take the story back in time.

"A TV show I wouldn't really want to do... But a sequel might be interesting," he said. "I know what I'm doing next so it wouldn't be right away. But the concept of aliens in Johannesburg is such an appealing idea to me and the issues of race and how they meet. All of the things that I had going on with it. I wouldn't mind messing around with it again.

"I'm open to it if the story works and there's a reason to do it. And [Sharlto Copley's character] Wikus is so funny to me, I'm very interested in a sort of passive racist like that. If you go forward it's more of a traditional film but if you go backward I'd be intrigued in that. I'm not so interested in aliens coming back and blowing things up but [a prequel] might be interesting."

> Blomkamp details District 9 follow-up