Release Date for Neill Blomkamp’s ELYSIUM Moved Up to March 1st, 2013

Sony has moved the release date for District 9 director Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium one week to March 1^st, 2013, per Box Office Mojo. The film was originally set to open on the 8^th, the same day as Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful directed by Sam Raimi. This seems like a smart move, as the burgeoning cast of Raimi’s fantasy prequel to The Wizard of Oz will most likely do some serious business. Elysium stars Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, William Fichtner, Wagner Moura, and Sharlto Copley. Details on the plot are very much under wraps, but it’s said to take place in the future on another planet, and will be in the social allegory vein much like District 9. Foster plays the head of the alien planet.