New Images: Jodie Foster As The Villain Of Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’
For his follow-up to 2009’sDistrict 9,Neill Blomkampis heading back to sci-fi.Elysiumdepicts a divided 22nd century society in which the extremely wealthy reside comfortably in an immaculate space station (called Elysium, hence the title), while everyone else ekes out a living on a ruined Earth. The first photos showedMatt DamonasMax, a desperate man who needs to cross that divide, andSharlto CopleyasKruger, the dirty bounty hunter on his tail.
Now, the newest images highlight a character from the other segment of that population.Jodie Fosterplays Secretary Delacourt, who’ll do whatever it takes to maintain the hard line separating the haves from the have-nots. Obviously, that means trying to keep Max the hell out of her beloved Elysium. Check out her pictures after the jump.
Simply Jodie(viaBleeding Cool) dug up the images.
We’ve been eagerly awaitingElysiumsince the moment we first heard about it, and while I wasn’t lucky enough to catch the first footage at last year’s Comic-Con, my colleaguesassuredme it more than lived up to the hype. Peter tweeted that it “won Comic-Con,” while Germain gushed that he could now die happy. (Personally, I’d rather he not die at all.) Fingers crossed we’ll have an actual trailer to share with you soon.
Also starringWagner Moura,Alice Braga, andDiego Luna,ElysiumlandsAugust 9.
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) will stop at nothing to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium – but that doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in by any means they can. Max (Matt Damon) agrees to take on a life-threatening mission, one that could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
