“District 9″ Buzz Gathering Critical Mass

Spout: For a movie with no name stars or brand name franchise, District 9 is buzzing like crazy.

And it should!  Sony’s ad campaign for the film has been incredibly subtle and intriguing, as intriguing as the space aliens at the center of its Photo_071109_002plot.  I keep driving past these strange ads on bus stop benches and couldn’t figure them out, except for their theme of species segregation: “For Humans Only!”, they read.  I didn’t know if it was for a video game or an Adult Swim cartoon.

Peter Jackson has thrown his name behind it.  Looks to me like the smartest event movie of the summer.  Here’s the trailer:

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