Not that this is remotely surprising, but I did do a bit of heel-clicking at the news that Neill Blomkamp is going to bring us more science fiction goodness after the deserved success of District 9. The one hope I have is that he'll bring some good, largely-unknown-in-America, actors like Sharlto Copley along with him again. It's rare for someone to both be that successful and to be handed so much creative control so quickly. Now that Blomkamp's got some awesome creative capital to burn, I really do think the most important things he can do with it are to make movies that are set in overlooked-but-interesting locations and to build stories around unfamiliar actors. My guess is that'll be good for him both artistically and commercially: he won't get stuck in some of the same cliches that other smart directors get sucked in to, and he'll be filling a niche that not a lot of other people are racing to occupy. I think District 9 made it clear that there is a hunger for the kind of movie Blomkamp seems able to and interested in making. Continuing down that path could serve us, and him, well.
(Although, to be totally honest, if the damn thing turns out to be about hipster mothers in New York who just happen to be carrying alien babies while trying to rediscover their creativity, I will probably go see it, simply as a thank-you for District 9.)