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Neill Blomkamp (Afrikaans: [ˈnil ˈblɔmkamp]; born 17 September 1979) is a South African and Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9 (2009), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the director of the dystopian science fiction action film Elysium(2013), which garnered moderately positive reviews. He also directed the science fiction action film Chappie (2015) and the sports drama film Gran Turismo (2023). Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photorealistic computer-generated visual effects. His films often deal with themes of xenophobia and social segregation. He is also known for his collaborations with actor Sharlto Copley. Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. A 2011 Forbes article named him the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neill Blomkamp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Transformers: Cybertron Falls is a 2028 American science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Zack Snyder, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Blomkamp based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. A co-production between Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry, the film is the final installment in the Cybertron Quadrilogy and the direct sequel to Transformers: Space Bridge. It stars an ensemble cast, including Peter Cullen, Sasha Calle, Justin Chatwin, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Combs, Kevin Nash, John Cena, Katherine Waterston, Jamie Foxx, Ron Livingston, Angela Bassett, Sam Elliott, Frank Welker, and Josh Brolin. In the film, a healed Optimus Prime must lead the Autobots into a final stand against the cruel Megatron and the other Decepticons in order to leave Cybertron and save the universe when a powerful new enemy claiming to be Megatron's master emerges and threatens the very safety of all life from beyond. Transformers: Cybertron Falls was released in theaters on January 29th, 2028; grossing $2.52 billion, it was a financial success and became the highest-grossing Transformers film of all time with a budget of over $571 million. The film received universal acclaim, with strong praise for its emotional weight, the action sequences, visuals, story, performances (particularly Cullen, Calle, and Brolin), the darker tone, Hans Zimmer's musical score, direction, and satisfying conclusion of the storyline.
