Chappie (stylized as
CHAPPiE) is a 2015
science fiction film directed by South African
Neill Blomkamp. The screenplay, written by Blomkamp and
Terri Tatchell, is based on Blomkamp's 2004 short film
Tetra Vaal. The film stars
Sharlto Copley,
Dev Patel,
Jose Pablo Cantillo,
Sigourney Weaver,
Hugh Jackman, and
Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja) and
Yolandi Visser of the South African
zef rap-rave group
Die Antwoord. The film, set and shot in
Johannesburg, is about an artificially intelligent law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie.