Based on Blomkamp’s 2004 short film Tentra Vaal, the screenplay Chappie, written by Neill Blokamp and his wife Terri Tatchell, who also wrote District 9, is an upcoming American science fiction movie released March 6.

It stars Sharlto Compley, Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel, Sigourney Weaver, and South Africa rap group Die Antwoord.

The film takes the viewers into a science fiction world. Chappie is an experimental robot built and designed to learn and feel, he becomes the adopted son in a strange family after being kidnapped by criminals at birth. Chappie is unusually gifted. He relies on his heart and soul to find his way in the world.

Based on the previews, this movie promises a world full of imagination that will make people see Chappie as a human. He is smart, he is gifted, and special like any child.