District 9 and Elysium filmmaker Neill Blomkamp revealed to his fans that he is ready to begin work on his next feature film project for 20th Century Fox – an adaptation of the science fiction novel The Gone World.
Perhaps Blomkamp could resurrect the Alien franchise, but all things being equal, he might be better off tackling a non-franchise property like The Gone World that won’t have a producer like Scott looking over his shoulder.
The plot description makes this sound like a perfect story for Blomkamp to relaunch his feature career, after things went off the rails with Chappie.
Based on the novel by Thomas Sweterlitsch, The Gone World is a “time travel procedural” described as Inception meets True Detective (the title sounds a little more like a certain Gillian Flynn book adapted by David Fincher).