New Photos from Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium

Elyisum is the latest film from District 9‘s Neill Blomkamp and the first trailer is expected to arrive early next week. To hold you over until then, two new photos have been released and we've added them to our image gallery for the film.

“In the year 2159 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard the government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that if successful will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.”

Elysium stars Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Diego Luna, Alice Braga, and William Fichtner. The movie will be released to theaters on August 9th. [Copley Photo via Empire]