Six weeks ago we reported that Duncan Jones, the director of indie sci-fi flick Moon, was set to make a Blade Runner style sci-fi mystery as his next film.

A few days ago we learned he had also signed on to helm a submarine survival film titled Escape From The Deep, leading to speculation that Escape may have slipped in ahead of his sci-fi project.

Now, in an interview with io9, Jones has reiterated that he still hopes to do the Blade Runner style film next, confirming also that the project will be titled Mute.

From io9:

I still want to do that film, and I’m still hoping to do it, and have it be the next film I do.  It’s not Blade Runner 2. I have no claim on that at all. The only reason that I mention Blade Runner is because there’s something about that particular film, where they really created a believable and realistic living breathing futuristic world. For all of the other films that have tried to do that I don’t think anything has come as close to the way Blade Runner has to creating something believable.

We also asked him if he could clarify which of the two films was likely to be his next film.

“Nothing certain yet,” he replied. “I’m pushing for Mute, but a lot is in the hands of how Moon goes down. Escape [from the Deep]is a while away, I think.”

Whether it’s his next film or not, Jones wants every aspect of Mute to be as believable and character driven as possible.

From io9:

I think it’s really just a matter of coming up with believable humans, you know rounded people. People you actually believe exist…It’s a very human story, it’s about normal, normal people having to live in this future city.

Science fiction is more of a backdrop, in some ways, than you might expect. But I like that, because … if you allow [science fiction] to be in the backdrop and not be what it’s all about, then the humanity is what you’re really concentrating on and looking at. You see why people are the way they are, and how they’ve maintained their humanity in these science-fiction settings. Or the opposite, why their humanity starts to be eroded. When they started to lose their humanity because of the world that they live in, and that’s what this film is going to be about.

Read the full interview at i09.

Make sure you go and see Moon at the theater when it is released:
USA – June 12, 2009 (limited run in LA and NY)
UK – July 17, 2009
Australia – September 3, 2009

In celebration of the upcoming release of Moon we’re giving away this very cool poster for the film and to make it all the sweeter, it will arrive at your address signed by the director himself, Duncan Jones.

For your chance to win the poster all you have to do is send a direct message to us via Twitter (send it via DM to SciFiScoop) telling us in less than 140 characters why we should give you this poster. Be serious, be funny – convince us however you like.  We’ve only got 1 to give away so do your best to convince us this poster has your name on it as well as the director’s!  It really couldn’t be any easier to enter, so go forth and send us your DM for a chance to win!

Criteria: The competition will run until June 12th.  We’ll announce the winner on the same day the film opens.  You can submit as many DM’s as you like, but if you spam us to death be prepared for the consequences!  Finally, and unfortunately for international readers, the competition is only open to US residents.

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Indie sci-fi film Moon tells the story of Astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) who has spent nearly three years working alone on the Moon save for his only companion, a computer named GERTY (voiced by Kevin Spacey).  His job has been to collect and send back to Earth parcels of a resource that are used to deminish the planet’s power problems.  As Sam nears the end of his time on the Moon he encounters something unexpected that threatens to change his life completely.

Moon is the first full-length feature film from Director Duncan Jones and one of our most highly anticipated films of the year.  In a recent interview, Jones tells Sci Fi Love that the human themes behind the story were built with a great deal of inspiration and experience from his own life.

“When I was writing the script, I was going through a heart-wrenching long-distance relationship that was never going to work, and a lot of those feelings came out in the script,” Jones says. “So did a lot of feelings and things I went through growing up.”

“I probably wear my heart on my sleeve with this film. Its obviously not about lasers or explosions, it’s not about monsters or alien races. It’s about people. How they work, what makes them tick, and how hard it can be to be one sometimes.”

We already knew that Jones was a big fan of Blade Runner and that he plans to make a Blade Runner style sci-fi film next.  Jones adds that many of the old school sci-fi classics such as Alien, Silent Running and Outland contributed to his inspiration.

“Those films and others like them told human stories in future environments. I’ve always wanted to make a film that felt like it could fit into that canon.

“People who appreciate science fiction want the best for the world, but they understand that there is an education to be had by investigating the worst of what might happen. That’s why Blade Runner was so brilliant; it used the future to make us look at basic human qualities from a fresh perspective. Empathy. Humanity.”

Visit Sci Fi Love to read the rest of the interview, where Jones talks about his close relationship with actor Sam Rockwell and the difficulties in producing a high quality and ambitious film on a budget of just £5million.  Note that the interview is part one – the second part has yet to be posted.

Sam Rockwell stars as Sam Bell in 'Moon'

Watch the following video in which the Director of upcoming sci-fi film Moon and lead actor Sam Rockwell offer insight into the film and their individual careers.

Duncan also talks a little about his somewhat enviable childhood, growing up around sets such as Labyrinth and following his father David Bowie around the film scene.

“I grew up in a fantasy”, he says.

Watch the video below (after the jump as it auto-plays):

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Duncan Jones, the director of indie sci-fi flick Moon, has told Popular Mechanics his next film will be a Blade Runner style sci-fi mystery.

It looks like I’m going to be doing another science-fiction film next. I love Blade Runner, it’s one of my favorite films, and I’ve always been really… depressed that there was never—not a sequel, because I don’t think it’s right to make a sequel about Blade Runner, but no one’s really tried to make a film which was set in the same kind of world or had that same kind of field. So that’s what I’m doing, a big-city mystery story that takes place in a future Berlin.

Given how we’ve been blown away by the images and trailer for Moon, we’ll be keeping our eyes open for that one.

You can read more about his sci-fi thriller Moon here (which stars Sam Rockwell and features the voice of Kevin Spacey), or watch the trailer below:

An impressive trailer for the new Indie sci-fi thriller, Moon, has been released.  One watch and we’re really, really looking forward to this movie.

With the tagline ‘The last place you’d ever expect to find yourself’, Moon tells the story of Astronaut Sam Bell who has spent nearly three years working alone on the Moon save for his only companion, a computer named GERTY.  His job has been to collect and send back to Earth parcels of a resource that are used to deminish the planet’s power problems.  As Sam nears the end of his time on the Moon he encounters something unexpected that threatens to change his life completely.

Moon is the first full-length feature film from Director Duncan Jones and stars Sam Rockwell (The Green Mile / Frost/Nixon / Matchstick Men and the upcoming Iron Man 2) in the lead role. Although Rockwell has appeared in more than 50 movies, it is arguable that Moon will be the one that finally gets his talent noticed since the entire movie is virtually commanded by him as a one-man show.  Judging from the trailer, it promises to be a performance to remember.

The film also features the voice of Kevin Spacey (Superman Returns / K-PAX) as GERTY the computer.

Watch the trailer now:

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