We might not know a huge amount about the plot for Neill Blomkamp’s follow-up to District 9, called Elysium, but the cast keeps getting better and better. The film should already feature Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, William Fichtner, Sharlto Copley, Wagner Moura and Alice Braga, and now Variety reports that Diego Luna may be added to the mix.
He’s in talks for the role of Matt Damon’s best friend Julio, although with the paucity of detail on the plot of the movie, it’s difficult to say more than that. All Variety says is that it’s about aliens and human doing battle on Earth, which is very different from earlier reports that suggested the film would largely be set on a distant planet (with rumours suggesting Jodie Foster would be an alien queen). The only certain thing is that like District 9, the movie will have a vein of social commentary running through it.
Shooting begins next month, although we’re gonna have to wait a while to see it, as it’s not due in cinemas until March 2013.