A new poster has been released for Elysium, the new movie from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp.

The movie is set in the year 2159 where the rich and healthy reside on a floating city space station called Elysium, while the poor and sick live in poverty on the overpopulated remnants of what was once planet Earth. It stars Matt Damon as a man fighting for his life who decides to do whatever it takes to reach Elysium and find a cure for not only himself, but for the millions of mistreated people like him who desperately need medicine.

You can check out the poster below.

The Screen Gems/Sony Panel concluded the day’s festivities today in Hall H at San Diego’s Comic-Con with a panel for Elysium, a science fiction yarn set in the distant future in which two classes of individuals, the rich and the poor, dwell on a man-made space station named after the title. In classic David vs. Goliath sensibilities, one man, an ex-con, is forced take on a mission that not only will save his life, but takes on the hierarchy of the elite that, if able to topple them, could bring the two separated worlds of the “haves” and “have nots” back together as one.

Director/Writer Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and Simon Kinberg, Shartlo Copley, Academy Award Winners Matt Damon (who plays a “have not” ex-con, baldheaded and looking more menacing than ever) and Jodie Foster (a “have”) discussed the film on the panel (both who were making their first time appearances at Comic-Con).

Director Neill Blomkamp‘s follow-up to the 2009 hit District 9, Elysium, will once again feature a blend of sci-fi and social issues. Since production for the film has been heavily guarded, outside of who is cast, we know very little about the film. But with San Diego Comic-Con just around the corner, all that will change when Blomkamp himself will make an appearance to talk about the film.

To tease that much anticipated panel, an image has been released offering us our first look at a bald Matt Damon with a heavy duty gun. You can see the image above, or a bigger version below.

The Beaver
UK Edition DVD
DVD | Blu-ray (U.S.)
Directed by Jodie Foster
Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Jennifer Lawrence, Anton Yelchin
Rating 12
Release date: October 10, 2011 (UK)

Let’s be honest; The Beaver is an incredibly hard sell. It’s about a man (Mel Gibson directed by Jodie Foster) who is so incredibly depressed that everything in his life – wife, kids, job – falls away and the only way he can cope is by communicating through a hand puppet in the shape of a wild animal. There is a worry that Jodie Foster‘s Beaver is unlikely to appeal to many. Add in a leading man whose most popular release in the last couple of years was courtesy of an answering machine and, well, it’s likely to go down like a fart in the bath. But here goes.

It’s that time again: the Geeks Of Doom Giveaway!

Thanks to our friends somewhere in Beaver Land we have 3 DVD copies of The Beaver to give away to our UK readers. Directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson, The Beaver is a comedy drama about a depressed man who communicates through a foul-mouthed, Cockney-accented hand puppet in the shape of a wild beaver.

The UK release date is October 10, 2011 and to get your hands on a copy simply enter the contest below. No hand puppetry necessary.

Three (3) winners will receive:

• One (1) copy of The Beaver on DVD

TO ENTER: There’s just two simple steps:

(1) Make sure you’re subscribed to the Geeks of Doom email digest. If you’re not then click here and sign up. (If you’re already a subscriber, then go right to the next step.)

(2) Fill out the entry form here below and submit. (Form is here after the jump.)

Good luck!