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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: Space Bridge is a 2027 American science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Zack Snyder, Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Bay, and Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Spielberg and Blomkamp, based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to Transformers: Devastator and the third installment and penultimate film in the Cybertron Quadrilogy. The ensemble cast includes Peter Cullen, Sasha Calle, Jeffrey Combs, Idris Elba, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Nash, John Cena, Katherine Waterston, Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne, and Josh Brolin. In the film, Optimus Prime and his second-in-command Windblade must battle the evil Shockwave in the wake of his creation of the space bridge. Transformers: Space Bridge was released on December 3rd, 2027; it received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, the former deeming it as an improvement over the previous film, with praise for its story, direction, screenplay, performances (particularly Cullen, Calle, Irons, and Brolin), action sequences, visual effects, and musical score. It was deemed one of the best of the quadrilogy, though its ending was harshly criticized. It was also a financial success like the first two films, grossing $916 million worldwide against a budget of $167 million and a break-even point of $260 million. A sequel entitled Transformers: Cybertron Falls was released one year later and concluded the storyline.
