Wasn't the Blomkamp film canceled a year ago?
Personally, I loved Prometheus more than any of the Alien movies with the possible exception of the first one, and I've disliked every Blomkamp film I've seen, so I think Fox is making the right decisions here.
Fox was high on Blomkamp before his Chappie came out and flopped - with two of three of Blomkamp's films considered critical and commercial failures, will the studio have interest in him as "the guy" anymore?
Ahh, gotcha, thanks for clarifying. I wonder if it's due to a request from Ridley, lack of faith in the project as a whole or in the director specifically, or something altogether different.