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Die Antwoord to play themselves in sci-fi film
By Aly Barchi | Published on Tuesday 30 April 2013
South African ‘zef rap’ outfit Die Antwoord are going to appear as themselves in a new sci-fi film by Neill Blomkamp, who directed ‘District 9’. Shooting on ‘Chappie’, as it’s titled, will start in Johannesburg later this year, with a budget of $50 million. Blomkamp told The Playlist last year: “It’s … a comedy, a heartfelt story, in a science fiction setting. And it’s fucking hilarious, it’s a really cool film”.
Meanwhile, speaking to South African newspaper Die Burger, Die Antwoord rapper Ninja gave a detailed rundown of the group’s diary, explaining that after a European tour in June and July they “will do very nice shopping in Milan and Paris and hard partying in Switzerland and Moscow. And then we start working on ‘Chappie'”. He added that they are also set to release their third album next February, with plans for single releases in May and August.
So that’s quite a lot to be getting on with in the coming months. Before all that gets underway, this is the NSFW video made for Die Antwoord’s 2012 track ‘Baby’s On Fire’, as features (via Bleeding Cool) the clairvoyant line “Neill Blomkamp’s making me a movie star”.
