"Chappie", stylized as "CHAPPiE", will be released in theaters this March 6 and it is expected to be a huge box-office success. Hugh Jackman and Director Neill Blomkamp promotes the film using Musion 3D holographic projection and reveals a lot of the film's plot and Jackman's character as the main villain.
Neill Blomkamp and Hugh Jackman recently held a press conference using a 3D holographic projection. It is quite fitting into the theme of "Chappie" since the film centers around the futuristic society of Johannesburg with Robotic Android police.
The movie is centered around Chappie, a futuristic police droid who was reprogrammed to think, feel and educate himself. Like with Neill Blomkamp's previous works in "District 9" and "Elysium", the upcoming film will explore an underlying socio-political aspect of the film along with the law and order of the society.
Hugh Jackman in their recent 3d Press Conference revealed some important insights on his character in the film. According to the actor, "I loved the way that Neill has given a traditional, out-and-out villainous role a very valid argument against artificial intelligence."
However he also said that "My character is not alone. Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking have apparently come out with warnings against artificial intelligence. When you work on a Neill Blomkamp film, you have that current of complexity."
Director Neill Blomkamp also gave fans an insight on the robotic Chappie, who was voiced by Sharlto Copley. Blomkamp explained that, "I used A.I. as a way in, an excuse to discuss in a popcorn, fun way the idea of what the soul and spirit are, what it means to be conscious and aware, and if they are definable by science or beyond what it can sum up," continuing that "You have a fresh, childlike, innocent, pure soul born into a world which is a violent place,"
He also mentioned that he wants the A.I "to be more human than the humans. My views on A.I. are actually a little bit different from what is portrayed in the film. The humanistic nature of my films makes me want to use the science simply as an excuse to get to something human."
"Chappie" will be released in the silver screen on March 6, 2015. Fans will get to see another futuristic world from Neill Blomkamp as the film explores Johannesburg under the control of a mechanized police force.
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