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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Hugh Jackman to Star in Neill Blomkamp’s CHAPPIE

Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman ("Prisoners", "The Wolverine") is getting ready to join the cast of the sci-fi film "Chappie" which is written and directed by Neill Blomkamp ("Elysium", "District 9"). The film will tell the story of "a robot imbued with artificial intelligence that is stolen by two local gangsters who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.".

The robot will be voiced by Sharlto Copley and the gangsters will be played by Ninja and Yolandi Visser of the rap-rave band Die Antwoord. Also, Dev Patel is rumored to play a "a young man in the impoverished town".

Hugh Jackman announced that he is "doing a role in Neill’s new film, called Chappie, which we shoot in Johannesburg. I’m there for a couple of weeks at the beginning of next year." Jackman's role is rumored to be that of a "CEO who ends up on the wrong side of the gangsters" and the character has been described as "quite resourceful".

"Chappie" is based on a 2004 short by Blomkamp called "Tetra Vaal" (watch below):



And for those of you who don't know anything about the rap-rave band Die Antwoord, and haven't yet reached out to Google for answers, here's a sample of their music:




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