Neill Blomkamp unveils new footage from the Matt Damon science-
fiction film 'Elysium'  The 'District 9' director discusses his
new big idea and how he put it together  <p>Matt Damon plays a
sick man desperate to make it to an off-world space station
where he can be cured in Neill Blomkamp's new science-fiction
action film 'Elysium'</p>   Credit: Sony Pictures  Are you a fan
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instantly.  Sony Pictures held an event today in Hollywood to
introduce new footage from Neill Blomkamp's "Elysium," the first
film from the acclaimed science-fiction director since his
breakthrough debut, "District 9." Ralph Garman moderated the
event, which featured in-theater appearances by Blomkamp, actor
Sharlto Copley, and producer Simon Kinberg. The star of the
film, Matt Damon, is in Germany right now shooting the movie
"Monuments Men," and so he was patched in via satellite from a
theater in Berlin. The new trailer, which arrives online
tomorrow, was the first thing shown, and