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Gosh its been barely a month since District 9 came out and yet its lead actor the Cape Town based Sharlto Copley is making waves abroad as he is now being considered for other leading roles in movies that I must say is great news. Maybe we gonna have another Oscar in our hands...except this time it will be in a man? Nice! Read: Variety has confirmed Blackfilm.com ’s rumour (their specialty it seems; much easier than having to dig for scoops themselves) that “District 9” star Sharlto Copley is in talks to play ‘Howling Mad Murdock’ in director Joe Carnahan’s “A-Team” movie, while adding that Jessica Biel is in talks to play the female lead. The “Powder Blue” hottie would play Faceman’s (Bradley Cooper) ex-lover, the general pursuing the team. Sharlto Copley, who claimed fame this year as in the surprise hit “District 9”, would take on the role made famous by Dwight Schultz in the popular 80s TV series. The film, starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson an...

WIKUS van der Merwe is an unlikely name for a character in a Hollywood blockbuster. But — played by South African actor Sharlto Copley — he is the main character in the film District9, which was shot in Soweto and the Johannesburg inner city, and bagged the No1 spot in the US box-office rankings this weekend. District 9, made on a budget of 30-million (R245-million), made $37-million (R301-million) in its opening weekend — thrashing GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, which cost $175-million (R1.4-billion) to make, and earned $22.5-million (R179-million) during its opening weekend. Now District 9 director Neil Blomkamp — who is a protege of Lord of the Rings trilogy mastermind Peter Jackson — has beco me one of the few South African filmmakers to hit the Hollywood big league. Copley, who is also a film director and Blomkamp’s friend, seems set for a career in Hollywood. He told Vanity Fair magazine that he loved playing roles in which he has a “bit of room to improvise on the character” . “Just...