In een interview met de Amerikaanse krant Los Angeles Times geeft District 9-regisseur Neill Blomkamp aan dat hij een prequel wel ziet zitten.

"The concept of aliens in Johannesburg is such an appealing idea to me and the issues of race and how they meet. All of the things that I had going on with it. I wouldn't mind messing around with it again. I'm open to it if the story works and there's a reason to do it. And [Sharlto Copley's character] Wikus is so funny to me, I'm very interested in a sort of passive racist like that. If you go forward [with his story] it's more of a traditional film but if you go backward I'd be intrigued in that. I'm not so interested in aliens coming back and blowing things up but [a prequel] might be interesting."

Maar voor Blomkamp zijn ideeën voor een prequel uitwerkt, zal hij zich eerst moeten concentreren op zijn volgende film. Daarover zegt hij het volgende:

"The setting for the next film takes place 150 years from now. There are two cities that I'm choosing between. They would play as themselves. They are not in South Africa." Hij heeft ook "one idea for the lead guy that I actually haven't told to anybody yet because it's been brewing in the back of my head. Everybody knows him but not really as a star. I think that would fine."

Verder spreekt Blomkamp openhartig over zijn liefde voor sciencefiction en zijn afkeer van Hollywood. Lees het volledige interview hier.