District 9 Action Figures and Statues Are Here! Kris, January 27, 2010January 27, 2010 District 9 fans have been waiting a while for something like this to be made, and wait no more: District 9 models are here (not the hot wife)! It’s been a while, but after going through home-made alien hands, miniature Exo-Suits, and an ARC gun, we’ve finally got ourselves a detailed statue of a prawn head.Joe Dunaway is the artist behind this detailed work. He’s made over 230 albums for multiple movies and has now taken a whack at District 9. Yes, you can consider him an expert. Being a crazy District 9 myself, I can honestly say he does the movie’s alien design justice except for one tiny detail: the eyes. After watching the movie 15+ times I can honestly say that it’s a noticeable mistake to have the eyes that small. Maybe the poor prawn hasn’t eaten catfood for a week and has gotten drowsy. It’s great, but accurate as it may be, it’s still not official. If you want official work, the only way you’re going to get it is from WETA, the designers of the District 9 aliens.Which you will be able to, and sometime soon. That’s right, WETA is releasing limited edition collectibles of your favorite District 9 characters.Do you like Joe’s work? Let us know in the comments!District 9 is available on Blu Ray and DVD, and you can check out the rest of Joe Dunaway’s crafty work at Modelzone.com News District 9
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Live Blog: 2011 Academy Award Winners February 27, 2011February 27, 2011Tonight is the 83rd Annual Academy Awards and we’ll be covering it live for your convenience. We’ll start the live blog at 8:15PM Est. and update it every time a winner is announced or anything noteworthy occurs. We’ve compiled a list of nominees below, which will be updated following the… Read More
2012: New Sweepstakes and Another SFX Video October 17, 2009Sony must have a lot of overstock, because we have yet another contest for their film 2012. This time the winner gets their choice of cruises from Cruise West as part of their “Voyages of the Great Explorers”, and four runner-ups get various Sony electronics. You can check out the… Read More
I’m not a big fan of D9 however, having watched the movie I agree the eyes should have been made bigger. He looks like a mixture of sleepy and caring.