A teaser trailer for Neil Blomkamp’s alien apartheid feature “District 9″ was supposed to be released this weekend tagged onto “Crank 2″. It was pulled, maybe to be attached to a higher profile film. Instead we have the first picture from the movie in progress.

District 9 tells the tale of Wikus (Sharlto Copley), a government agent who becomes infected by some weird eye altering alien biotechnology. He must go on the run from the oppressive government into District 9, a internment camp where “non-humans” have been forced to live since landing on Earth nearly 30 years ago.

The film was produced by none other than Peter Jackson and District 9 was based on an earlier short film by Mr. Blomkamp called Alive in Joburg. Thanks slashfilm.