Neill Blomkamp wasn’t kidding when he told “District 9” fans in February that a sequel to his 2009 box office hit and Academy Award nominee was on the way. All the filmmaker confirmed at the time was “it’s coming” and would be co-written with screenwriter Terri Tatchell and “District 9” star Sharlto Copley. In a new interview with NME ahead of Blomkamp’s latest directorial effort “Demonic,” the director had a more detailed update on the status of the “District 9″ sequel.

“It’s far into the writing stage now, and it’s going pretty well, but I’m just super creatively into what we’ve come up with and I just want to throw everything into it,” Blomkamp said.

“For a decade there never really seemed to be a good reason to make a sequel,” the director added. “It just didn’t feel like there was a justifiable reason...