The sci-fi film District 9 will arrive on Blu-ray (two-disc set) and DVD on December 29th. I do not have the cover art yet, but I will post it in our Blu-ray section when it is available.

Special features for this release include:

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Joburg From Above: Satellite and Schematics of the World of District 9 – Interactive Map
Director’s Commentary
Koobus Big Gun
The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker’s Log Three-Part Documentary
The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker’s Log – Chapter 3: Refining District 9
Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Wikus
Innovation: Acting and Improvisation
Conception and Design: Creating the World of District 9
Alien Generation: Visual Effects

Synopsis:

In 1990, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed “The Prawns,” appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new ‘Prawn’ friends.