Speaking to The Dominion Post, the filmmaker (pictured left) emphasized that he and longtime co-writer Fran Walsh (Meet the Feebles, The Frighteners, Jack Brown Genius) will maintain involvement only if director Neill Blomkamp remains attached. Blomkamp, director of the well-received science-fiction short film Alive in Joburg, was announced as the film's director last August.

Said Jackson, "We wouldn't want to do it with anybody else. It'll be Neill's call."