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'{{short description|2015 film directed by Neill Blomkamp}} {{pp|small=yes}} {{Use American English|date=September 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Chappie | image = Chappie poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Neill Blomkamp]] | producer = {{plainlist| * Neill Blomkamp * [[Simon Kinberg]] }} | writer = {{plainlist| * Neill Blomkamp * [[Terri Tatchell]] }} | starring = {{plainlist|<!--Per poster billing--> * [[Sharlto Copley]] * [[Dev Patel]] * [[Sigourney Weaver]] * [[Hugh Jackman]] * [[Watkin Tudor Jones|Ninja]] * [[Yolandi Visser]] * [[Jose Pablo Cantillo]] }} | music = [[Hans Zimmer]]{{efn|Additional music by Steve Mazzaro and Andrew Kawczynski}} | cinematography = [[Trent Opaloch]] | editing = {{plainlist| * [[Julian Clarke]] * [[Mark Goldblatt]] }} | studio = {{plainlist| * [[Columbia Pictures]] * [[MRC (company)|MRC]] * [[LStar Capital]] * [[Kinberg Genre]] }} | distributor = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] | released = {{Film date|2015|03|04|[[New York City]]|2015|03|06|United States}} | runtime = 120 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 120:11--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/chappie-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zodeznzk| title=''CHAPPIE'' (15) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=February 12, 2015 | access-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref> | country = United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/472766/Chappie/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228102139/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/472766/Chappie/overview|title=Chappie (2015)|archive-date=February 28, 2015|access-date=June 25, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Jason Buchanan|date=2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="screen-daily" /> | language = {{Plainlist | *English *Afrikaans}} | budget = $49 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chappie.htm |title=Chappie (2015) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=May 10, 2015}}</ref> | gross = $102.1 million<ref name="BOM" /> }} '''''Chappie''''' (stylized as '''''CHAPPiE''''') is a 2015 American [[List of dystopian films|dystopian]] [[science fiction]] [[action film]]<ref name="BOM"/> directed by [[Neill Blomkamp]] and written by Blomkamp and [[Terri Tatchell]]. It stars [[Sharlto Copley]], [[Dev Patel]], [[Hugh Jackman]], [[Watkin Tudor Jones|Ninja]], [[Yolandi Visser]], [[Jose Pablo Cantillo]], and [[Sigourney Weaver]]. The film, set and shot in [[Johannesburg]], is about an [[artificial general intelligence]] law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie. ''Chappie'' premiered in New York City on March 4, 2015, and was released in U.S. cinemas on March 6, 2015. The film grossed $102 million worldwide against a $49 million budget. == Plot == A skyrocketing crime rate leads the city of [[Johannesburg]], South Africa to buy a squadron of scouts—state-of-the-art armor-plated attack robots—from weapons manufacturer Tetravaal. These autonomous androids were developed by British scientist Deon Wilson and largely supplant the overwhelmed human police force. A competing project within the company is the remote-controlled MOOSE, developed by Australian soldier-turned-engineer Vincent Moore. Deon is praised for Tetravaal's success, but Vincent grows envious when the police are unwilling to give his heavy weapons platform equal attention. At home, Deon creates a prototype [[artificial intelligence]] that mimics a human mind to the point of feeling emotions and having opinions, but Tetravaal CEO Michelle Bradley refuses to let him test the A.I. on a police robot. Undeterred, Deon steals a recently damaged robot before it is destroyed and puts it in his van, along with the "guard key" needed to update the robot's software. On his way home with the damaged police robot, he is kidnapped by gang members Ninja, Yolandi, and Amerika. When he mentions that Tetravaal doesn't have remote controls for the police robots, they order him to reprogram the robot instead. Deon installs the new software into the damaged robot, which then responds with childlike trepidation upon powering up. Deon and Yolandi calm the robot teaching it words and naming it "Chappie". Despite Deon wanting to stay with the robot, Ninja forces him out of their hideout. Ninja's gang only has a few days to pay a debt of 20 million [[South African rand|rand]] to Hippo. Yolandi sees Chappie as a child and wants to mother him, but Ninja grows impatient with his development due to both the impending deadline for the debt and Chappie's irreplaceable battery running out, giving him days to live. Ninja tries to train Chappie to be a gangster by leaving him in a dangerous neighborhood to fend for himself. After being wounded by thugs, he is followed by Vincent, who plans to deactivate all Tetravaal scouts except for MOOSE. Vincent successfully extracts the guard key for his own use, but the traumatized Chappie escapes and returns to the hideout. Yolandi scolds Ninja for this mistreatment, but he manages to earn Chappie's forgiveness by training him in martial arts and weapon handling. Ninja and Amerika trick Chappie into stealing cars for them, and lie about needing the money to replace his dying body. At Tetravaal, Vincent uses the guard key to upload a virus, thus sabotaging and disabling all scouts including Chappie. Johannesburg's criminals immediately run rampant in the streets and Deon brings Chappie to the Tetravaal factory to fix him. After being restarted, Chappie notices a helmet used to control MOOSE. At the hideout, he re-engineers it to allow him to transfer his consciousness into a computer, so he can change bodies when his current one dies. Ninja's gang uses Chappie to rob an armored car, an act which is caught on the news, prompting Tetravaal to pursue him. When Chappie learns that Ninja's plan to acquire the body is a lie, he prepares to kill Ninja for betrayal. However, Deon arrives to warn them that Michelle Bradley has ordered that Chappie be destroyed. At that moment, the MOOSE robot (controlled remotely by Vincent) is launched to assassinate Deon and Chappie at the hideout, at the same time that Hippo arrives to collect his debt. Amerika and Hippo are killed in the ensuing battle while Deon is mortally wounded. When Ninja is about to be killed, Yolandi sacrifices herself to save him, and Chappie destroys MOOSE by detonating a bomb. Enraged by Yolandi's death, Chappie drives Deon to the factory, storms into an office, and fiercely beats Vincent close to death. He then [[digital immortality|transfers the dying Deon's consciousness into a spare robot]] through the modified MOOSE helmet. In return, the now-robotic Deon wirelessly transfers Chappie's consciousness into one of the nearby disabled scouts. Deon and Chappie go into hiding as the police discontinue their contract with Tetravaal, while it is implied that Vincent, assuming he survived, now faces serious criminal charges for his actions. While burning memorabilia of Yolandi, the grieving Ninja finds a box containing a doll copy of her and a flash drive marked "Mommy's Consciousness Test Backup" which contains a copy of Yolandi's consciousness that Chappie took while testing the device on her. Chappie hacks into Tetravaal's manufacturing facility, builds a robot resembling Yolandi, and uploads the flash drive's contents. == Cast == * [[Sharlto Copley]] as Chappie, a robot. Copley acted out the scenes in front of the camera interacting with the rest of the cast and lending his voice. Contrary to a 2014 story by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'',<ref name=ew/> Visual Effects Supervisor Chris Harvey explained that the production did not use [[motion capture]], and Copley's performance was used only as a reference by the animators who replaced him with the [[Computer animation|CGI]] for Chappie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artofvfx.com/chappie-2/|title=CHAPPIE: Chris Harvey - VFX Supervisor - Image Engine - The Art of VFX|author=Vincent Frei|work=The Art of VFX|date=March 18, 2015 |access-date=November 28, 2015}}</ref> ** Copley also makes a cameo at the end as a police officer. * [[Dev Patel]] as Deon Wilson,<ref name=ew/> a programmer at Tetravaal. * [[Hugh Jackman]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hugh Jackman Joins Neill Blomkamp's Sci-Fi 'Chappie'|url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/09/hugh-jackman-neill-blomkamp-sci-fi-chappie/|access-date=October 29, 2013|newspaper=deadline.com|date=September 29, 2013}}</ref> as Vincent Moore, a former soldier turned Tetravaal engineer. * [[Watkin Tudor Jones|Ninja]] as Ninja,<ref name=ew/> a gang leader and metafictional version of himself from the South African [[zef]] [[rap-rave]] group [[Die Antwoord]]. * [[Yolandi Visser]] as Yolandi,<ref name=ew/> a gang member and metafictional version of herself from the South African zef rap-rave group Die Antwoord. * [[Jose Pablo Cantillo]] as Amerika, a gang member. * [[Sigourney Weaver]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Sigourney Weaver Joins Neill Blomkamp's 'Chappie'|url=https://www.deadline.com/2013/10/sigourney-weaver-neill-blomkamp-chappie/|access-date=October 29, 2013|newspaper=deadline.com|date=October 28, 2013}}</ref> as Michelle Bradley, the CEO of Tetravaal. * [[Brandon Auret]] as Hippo, a powerful gangster that Ninja's group owes money to. * [[Anderson Cooper]] as himself * [[Eugene Wanangwa Khumbanyiwa]] as King == Production == ''Chappie'' is Blomkamp's third feature-length film as director. He wrote the screenplay along with his wife [[Terri Tatchell]], who also co-wrote ''[[District 9]]''. It was unofficially based on Blomkamp's 2004 short film ''Tetra Vaal''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/trailer-chappie-brings-neill-blomkamps-childlike-robot-to-life/|title=Trailer: 'Chappie' brings Neill Blomkamp's childlike robot to life|last=Clark|first=Noelene|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 4, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref> They wrote ''Chappie'' in two weeks, while Blomkamp was doing ''[[Elysium (film)|Elysium]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Blair|first=Ian|title=I, Robot|url=http://www.hdvideopro.com/film-and-tv/feature-films/i-robot|work=HD Video Pro|publisher=Werner Publishing Corp.|access-date=August 8, 2015|date=March 10, 2015}}</ref> [[Principal photography|Filming]] began at the end of October 2013 in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Neill Blomkamp's Chappie Starts Filming, Adds Sigourney Weaver|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=110711|access-date=October 29, 2013|newspaper=comingsoon.net|date=October 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Production Begins on Blomkamp's 'Chappie,' Adds Sigourney Weaver|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/production-begins-on-blomkamps-chappie-adds-sigourney-weaver/|access-date=October 29, 2013|newspaper=firstshowing.net|date=October 28, 2013}}</ref> One scene was shot at the [[Ponte City Apartments|Ponte building]].<ref name="HDVideo4">{{cite web|last=Blair|first=Ian|title=I, Robot|url=http://www.hdvideopro.com/film-and-tv/feature-films/i-robot/page-4|publisher=Werner Publishing Corp.|access-date=August 8, 2015|date=March 10, 2015|page=4|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713044920/http://www.hdvideopro.com/film-and-tv/feature-films/i-robot/page-4|archive-date=July 13, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Filming was completed in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151811205876971&set=a.81773461970.90028.80749331970&type=1|title=DIE ANTWOORD – Timeline Photos – Facebook|work=facebook.com|access-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref> [[Pick-up (filmmaking)|Re-shooting]] for the film took place in British Columbia, Canada in April 2014.<ref>{{citation|title=Film and TV Production List|url=http://www.ubcp.com/wp-content/uploads/Apr-4-2014.pdf|publisher=Union of BC Performers|date=April 4, 2014|access-date=March 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716040337/http://www.ubcp.com/wp-content/uploads/Apr-4-2014.pdf|archive-date=July 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was shot with [[Red Epic]] cameras, using [[Panavision]] [[anamorphic]] primes.<ref name="HDVideo2">{{cite web|last=Blair|first=Ian|title=I, Robot|url=http://www.hdvideopro.com/film-and-tv/feature-films/i-robot/page-2|publisher=Werner Publishing Corp.|access-date=August 8, 2015|date=March 10, 2015|page=2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717102202/http://www.hdvideopro.com/film-and-tv/feature-films/i-robot/page-2|archive-date=July 17, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Richard Muller said: {{cquote|Panavision jumped in with four brand-new PVM-1741A OLED monitors, as well as a PVM-2541A for more critical evaluation work in the DIT van. Jacques McDonald from NLE managed to get FilmLight onboard by adding a prototype of the FLIP. It was technically a four-camera show, not counting the six [[GoPro]]s, two [Sony] EX3s, FLIP, [Canon] 5D on a drone, and the [Sony] HDC-1500 in the Cineflex, which sometimes all played at the same time. The FLIP would handle at most two cameras, so we had to supplement that using Pomfort LiveGrade running through several [[Blackmagic Design|Blackmagic]] HDLinks.<ref name="HDVideo3">{{cite web|last=Blair|first=Ian|title=I, Robot|url=http://www.hdvideopro.com/film-and-tv/feature-films/i-robot/page-3|publisher=Werner Publishing Corp.|access-date=August 8, 2015|date=March 10, 2015|page=3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712074604/http://www.hdvideopro.com/film-and-tv/feature-films/i-robot/page-3|archive-date=July 12, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>}} Lighting was handled by [[Kino Flo]] Celebs.<ref name="HDVideo4"/> The visual effects company was [[Image Engine]], located in Vancouver.<ref name="HDVideo2"/> The name of the weapons company in ''Chappie'' – "Tetravaal" – is a reference to Blomkamp's 2003 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTnxP7e7-YA short film of the same name], which centers on a police robot in Johannesburg with a similar design to Chappie. Blomkamp has said that ''Chappie'' is "basically based" on ''Tetra Vaal''.<ref name="Den of Geek">{{citation |title=Exclusive: Neill Blomkamp on his next sci-fi film, Chappie|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/chappie/25920/exclusive-neill-blomkamp-on-his-next-sci-fi-film-chappie|date=June 11, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613134543/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/chappie/25920/exclusive-neill-blomkamp-on-his-next-sci-fi-film-chappie|archivedate=June 13, 2013}}</ref> Blomkamp also employed a robot with a similar design in his 2005 short [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCS0hNyJf6k ''Tempbot''], and both ''Tempbot'' and his 2006 short/advertisement [[Yellow (2006 short film)|''Yellow'']] deal with a thinking and learning robot which tries to assimilate into society. Blomkamp has cited the ''[[Appleseed (manga)|Appleseed]]'' character Briareos as an influence on the design of Chappie.<ref name="Den of Geek"/> [[City Press (South Africa)|''City Press'']] / [[News24 (website)|''News24'']] reported that six of the cast and crew of the film, confirmed under the condition of anonymity that first-time actor Watkin Jones "made life on set hell during filming."<ref>{{cite news |title=Die Antwoord's Ninja 'is pure evil' |url=https://www.news24.com/Channel/Die-Antwoords-Ninja-is-pure-evil-20140203 |access-date=29 April 2022 |agency=City Press |issue=February 3, 2014 |publisher=News 24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="Pure evil" Die Antwoord made filming on ''Chappie'' a nightmare |url=https://www.criticalhit.net/entertainment/pure-evil-die-antwoord-made-filming-on-chappie-a-nightmare/ |website=Critical Hit Entertainment |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref> == Release == On February 6, 2015, [[IMAX Corporation]] and Sony announced that the film would be digitally re-mastered into the [[IMAX]] format and released into IMAX theatres domestically on March 6, 2015.<ref name=IMAX>{{cite news|title=Neill Blomkamp's Chappie is Coming to IMAX|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/407451-neill-blomkamps-chappie-is-coming-to-imax#/slide/1|access-date=February 7, 2015|publisher=comingsoon.net|date=February 6, 2015}}</ref> The film was released in the United States on March 6, 2015.<ref name=ew>{{cite magazine|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/04/chappie-exclusive-trailer-neill-blomkamp/|title=Watch the trailer for 'Chappie,' Neill Blomkamp's robot adventure|last=Lee|first=Chris|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=November 4, 2014|access-date=December 15, 2014}}</ref> === Home Video=== The Film Was Released DVD And Blu-ray On June 16 2015 and 4k Blu-ray Ultra HD on March 1 2016 and July 8 2019 a 4k uhd best buy and walmart === Box office === ''Chappie'' grossed $31.6 million in North America and $70 million in other territories for a total gross of $102.1 million, against a budget of $49 million.<ref name="BOM"/> The film earned $4.6 million on its opening day, $5.3 million on its second day, and $3.5 million on its third day, totaling $13.4 million in its opening weekend while playing in 3,201 theaters. It had a $4,155 per-theater average and finished first at the box office.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=chappie.htm | title=Chappie Daily Box office | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=March 9, 2015}}</ref> === Critical response === [[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported a 32% approval rating, based on 227 reviews, and a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|rating average]] of 4.90/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Chappie'' boasts more of the big ideas and visual panache that director Neill Blomkamp has become known for&nbsp;– and, sadly, more of the narrative shortcomings."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chappie/ |title=Chappie (2015) |publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 41 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/chappie|title=Chappie Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=March 12, 2015}}</ref> According to [[CinemaScore]], audiences gave the film a grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/weekend-box-office-chappie-vince-vaughn-unfinished-business-bomb-1201388029/ |title='Chappie' Presides Over Listless Frame, Vince Vaughn At Career Low – Monday Actuals |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=March 9, 2015 |access-date=July 15, 2015}}</ref> [[Justin Chang]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "Intelligence, artificial or otherwise, is one of the major casualties of ''Chappie'', a robot-themed action movie that winds up feeling as clunky and confused as the childlike droid with which it shares its name."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-chappie-1201445845/|title=Film Review: 'Chappie'|last=Chang|first=Justin|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote, "With unappealing one-note characters, retread concepts and implausible motivations, ''Chappie'' is a further downward step for director Neill Blomkamp."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/chappie/review/779116|title='Chappie': Film Review|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> Tim Grierson of ''[[Screen International]]'' wrote, "...despite his ambitions, ''Chappie'' is a bucket of bolts, Blomkamp's desire to say meaningful things outdistancing his ability to say them compellingly."<ref name="screen-daily">{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/chappie/5083876.article?|title=Chappie|last=Grierson|first=Tim|work=[[Screen International]]|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that Blomkamp "struggles with the material" but "even at his shakiest, Mr. Blomkamp holds your attention".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/movies/review-chappie-a-smart-robot-in-a-violent-future.html?&_r=0|title=Review: 'Chappie': a Smart Robot in a Violent Future|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 5, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called it "cartoonish and preposterous, and not in a good way".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-chappie-review-20150306-column.html?|title=Review Oddly, the robot is the least robotic thing about 'Chappie'|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 5, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' rated it three out of four stars and wrote of Blomkamp, "It's hard to say how much he's doing consciously and how much he's doing through intuition, but he's doing really interesting things in ''Chappie'', and right from the beginning."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Chappie-sci-fi-action-with-a-soul-6116783.php|title='Chappie' review: sci-fi action with a soul|last=LaSalle|first=Mick|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=March 5, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> Tom Huddleston of ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out London]]'' rated it four out of five stars and wrote that "this hugely entertaining oddity could never be mistaken for the work of any other filmmaker."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/chappie|title=Chappie|last=Huddleston|first=Tom|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|date=March 5, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> Ryan Lambie, from [[Den of Geek]], gave the film a positive review stating, "Despite the ragged edges of its story, ''Chappie'' nevertheless has real heart beating under its shabby exterior. If you liked the director's previous films, you owe it to yourself to see this one too."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/34427/chappie-review|title=Chappie review|work=Den of Geek|date=March 5, 2015 |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> [[IGN]] reviewer Josh Lasser also gave Chappie a positive review, with a 'Good' score of 7.6 out of 10. He praised Sharlto Copley's performance and the "big questions" it asks, but criticized its failure to answer those questions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/05/chappie-review |author=Josh Lasser |publisher=IGN |title=Chappie Review |date=March 4, 2015 |access-date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> Several reviewers compared the Chappie character unfavorably to [[Jar Jar Binks]] of ''[[Star Wars]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/06/chappie-reviews-are|title = Critical Mass: Chappie reviews let the Jar-Jar jokes fly|last = Labrecque|first = Jeff|magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]|date = March 6, 2015|access-date = March 16, 2015}}</ref> Sameen Amer of ''[[The Express Tribune]]'' opined that the film disregards logic as certain "existential quandaries" are randomly thrown in without straightening out any of the themes before moving on to the next.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Film review: Chappie - brain dead - The Express Tribune| date=July 12, 2015 |url = http://tribune.com.pk/story/917108/film-review-brain-dead/|access-date = July 13, 2015}}</ref> === Accolades === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Recipient ! Result |- | [[Visual Effects Society Awards 2015|Visual Effects Society]]<ref>[https://variety.com/2016/film/in-contention/star-wars-the-force-awakens-game-of-thrones-peanuts-movie-visual-effects-society-award-nominations-1201677466/ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Peanuts Movie’ Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations]</ref> | Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature | Earl Fast, Chris Harvey, Mark Wendell, Robert Bourgeault | {{nominated}} |- |Behind the Voice Actors Awards |Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film |Sharlto Copley |{{Nominated}} |- |[[World Soundtrack Awards]] |Film Composer of the Year |Hans Zimmer |{{Nominated}} |- |} == Cancelled sequel == Blomkamp said he "wrote ''Chappie'' as a trilogy" and expressed interest in making sequels if they were "economically feasible".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/07/chappie-director-neill-blomkamp-on-his-robot-sci-fi-movie |title=''Chappie'' Director Neill Blomkamp on His Robot Sci-Fi Movie |author=Lasser, Josh |publisher=[[IGN]] |date=March 7, 2015 |access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> Eventually, Blomkamp confirmed that a sequel would not be made after the film did not perform well enough.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Blomkamp|first1=Neill|title=@sethstewart165 @Chappie2Movie no, I was just kidding. Chappie did not do well enough for there to be a sequel. There is no sequel|url=https://twitter.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/797485846068723716|publisher=Twitter|access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> == Notes == {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}} == References == {{reflist|30em}} == External links == * * {{IMDb title|1823672|Chappie}} * {{mojo title|chappie|Chappie}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|chappie|Chappie}} * {{Metacritic film|title=Chappie}} {{Neill Blomkamp}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chappie}} [[Category:2015 films]] [[Category:2015 action thriller films]] [[Category:2015 science fiction action films]] [[Category:American action thriller films]] [[Category:American science fiction action films]] [[Category:Brain–computer interfacing in fiction]] [[Category:Features based on short films]] [[Category:Films scored by Hans Zimmer]] [[Category:Films about artificial intelligence]] [[Category:Films about consciousness transfer]] [[Category:Films directed by Neill Blomkamp]] [[Category:Films set in South Africa]] [[Category:Films set in Johannesburg]] [[Category:American robot films]] [[Category:Media Rights Capital films]] [[Category:Columbia Pictures films]] [[Category:2010s English-language films]] [[Category:2010s American films]]'