District 9 is a new sci-fi flic coming out August 14th. This looks pretty cool, when I first saw the movie preview I thought Sony was remaking Alien Nation ( look for Hollywood to do this soon). Its not Alien Nation but its vaguely similar.

Whats most noteworthy here is that District 9 is produced by Peter Jackson who brought us the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This is his first big film since doing King Kong. His work is good, so I expect this should be pretty entertaining.

Here is the story:
Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare - they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable - he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.

Sounds good.

Also, they are taking the film pretty seriously over at the films website, D-9.com.

Check out the District 9 Movie Trailer .