JUDGE DREDD TV: MEGA CITY ONE (TBD) 1 1

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The next chapter of the Judge Dredd franchise is starting to get off of the ground. On Monday, producer Jason Kingsley took to Twitter to share a photo of himself reading a Judge Dredd art book, while the pilot -script for the long-gestating television adaptation, Judge Dredd: Mega-City One, is placed on a table nearby.

 

Mega-City One was first announced in 2017, with IM Global and Rebellion partnering to make the show a reality. The project is expected to be an ensemble drama, which follows a slew of judges in the 22nd century. At the time, the creative team hinted that production wouldn't start for another two years, which lines up pretty well with this social media post.

 

"Long-form storytelling makes showing Mega-City One and its inhabitants much easier." Kingsley said in 2017. "Trying to fit all of that into a two-hour movie is very hard. My best guess is that it’s at least two years away. But we’re so early in the process that things could happen a bit faster, or much more slowly.”

 

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Dredd sequel: Olivia Thirlby is ready to play Judge Anderson again

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The 2012 movie Dredd (watch it HERE) deserves to have some kind of follow-up, and it’s very disappointing that we haven’t already gotten one. A television series called Judge Dredd: Mega-City One has been in development for years, and more than a year has gone by since we heard that the scripts were ready to go and Karl Urban confirmed that he would love to play Dredd again. Now Urban’s Dredd co-star Olivia Thirlby, who played Judge Anderson in the film, has said that she would also still be glad to return for a sequel.

 

Speaking with Collider, Thirlby said, "First of all, let me just say, I was always the number one advocate of getting a sequel for Dredd. I love that movie and I love that character. If there is still talk of there being a sequel 10 years later, I am all for it. … I just also have to take a second and shout out Alex Garland because the Anderson that he wrote was so thoughtful and sensitive and nuanced and empowered and powerful, not because she was trying to be Dredd or be like a man, but because she was exactly herself and that journey of her finding herself and her true strength is what I love so much about that movie and what I felt like, as an actor, it was so meaty to lean into that role.”

 

Not only did Alex Garland write Dredd, but Urban has said that Garland secretly directed the film, even though Pete Travis is credited as the director. Thirlby didn’t say Garland really directed by Dredd, but she did say,

 

"If we’re gonna talk about a sequel to Dredd, we have to also whisper to the gods of the film universe that Alex Garland be part of that.”

 

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With Y: The Last Man now well into its first season on FX on Hulu, Thirlby took the time to join us for a new episode of Collider Ladies Night. We retraced her steps from her very first feature film, The Secret, to playing Hero Brown in Y: The Last Man and, of course, we absolutely had to make a little pitstop to talk about Dredd.

 

Should we ever actually get this Dredd sequel, what could be next for Anderson? At the very end of the film, Anderson hands her badge over to Dredd. Is that because she’s well aware of all the things she did that would technically call for her to fail her evaluation or is it because she’s no longer interested in being a judge anyway? Here’s Thirlby’s take:

 

“What that gesture is about at the end, she’s bowing out of her ambition. She’s bowing out of a drive that she had to be an A student, to be perfect and to be the one who’s doing it right. I think she’s learned that the world is way too messy for her to have a personal investment in being shiny and important and in control. Whatever that would yield for her in her journey as a person, maybe her journey as a judge, I couldn’t say. That would have to be in the mind of whomever was telling her story onward. But I would like to think that she would continue being a judge.”

 

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Dredd was a surprisingly great movie, I'd love to see a sequel

Lena Headey was awesome 

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Judge Dredd fans are in for a special treat this holiday season. The latest issue of Rebellion's 2000AD magazine features a very unlikely pop culture crossover, as the comic book version of Dredd meets his cinematic counterparts.

 

That's right, this new story teams the classic Judge Dredd with the versions played by Sylvester Stallone in 1995's Judge Dredd movie and Karl Urban in 2012's Dredd. Even Dredd is getting into the multiverse game now.

 

IGN can exclusively debut a page from this upcoming story, featuring all three versions of the iconic lawman crossing paths for the first time. 

 

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From humble UK origins in 1977 Judge Dredd has become a globally known name.

Despite none of his comics really doing well, 2000AD continues to run the Judge still after all these years.

 

Love the character, love the setting.

Done well - and R-18 rated - Judge Dredd should be a series for the ages. But it must be R-18.

He is a one man execution squad in a City of poverty and death.

 

No happy endings in this series.

 

I would LOVE it -, absolutely love it, if Judge Dredd became TV series with Carl Urban and Olivia Thirlby.

Has the potential to be anything.

 

Who doesn't want to see this:

 

Make it happen!

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Id be ecstatic for a Dredd TV show

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I absolutely love Urban in this role. Perfection. I wanted a series badly but who knows now. Love the idea that they brainstormed featuring different Judges to headline episodes. They could even start with “She’s a Pass” as episode one. And bring in Urban for relevant cameos and some stand-alone episodes. Watching him ride off and seeing the city has me wondering about the potential stories. Bringing in different directors as well fleshing out each Judge. I’d rather see this than any upcoming DC or Marvel movie/show.

 

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Since Dredd hit theaters in 2012, fans have asked for a return to the film's world. A gritty, violent, beautifully-realized take on the world of Judge Dredd, the film drew rave reviews from fans but failed to connect with mainstream audiences, and failed to take off at the box office. The result is a film that is widely regarded as one of the most underrated comic book adaptations ever to make it to the screen. And because of the love it got post-release, fans and reporters alike are always asking star Karl Urban whether he would play Judge Dredd again. 

 

Urban is a huge fan of the character, which helped the movie in at least one small way: he was willing to hide his movie-star good looks behind Dredd's helmet, never taking it off during the course of the story. And it's that same enthusiasm for the character, which came out in a recent GQ interview, in which he said that whether it's him or somebody else, he just wants to see more Judge Dredd stories adapted.

 

"I certainly would be interested to revisit the character," Urban said. "There's such a great depth of material there that was created by John Wagner and various writers over the years, particularly the stories revolving around Judge Death and lots of great stories. To me it doesn't bother me if I get the opportunity to play Dredd again or if it's someone else. I just want to see those stories."

 

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I was amazed the Dredd / Anderson film flopped.

Part Dredd, part 'The Raid' - I thought it hit the spot.

 

Urban could play Dredd for the next 20 years as all you see is a craggy face anyway - plus he doesn't say much!

 

Olivia Thirlby is still only 35 so she could certainly be in the next one at least. 

 

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On 3/24/2022 at 8:34 PM, ▫️ said:

I absolutely love Urban in this role. Perfection. I wanted a series badly but who knows now. Love the idea that they brainstormed featuring different Judges to headline episodes. They could even start with “She’s a Pass” as episode one. And bring in Urban for relevant cameos and some stand-alone episodes. Watching him ride off and seeing the city has me wondering about the potential stories. Bringing in different directors as well fleshing out each Judge. I’d rather see this than any upcoming DC or Marvel movie/show.

 

I loved this movie and probably watched it dozens of times. It's something good to play in the background or when at the gym. Just turn off your mind and go with it. I remember when this movie came out, it was criminally under promoted. It was barely in the theaters and regret not seeing this in big screen 3D. 

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A classic Judge Dredd board game is being reprinted 40 years after its original release. Rebellion Unplugged will publish a new edition of the original Judge Dredd: The Game of Crime Fighting in Mega-City One board game later this year. The original version was published in 1982 by Games Workshop and was designed by Games Workshop founder Sir Ian Livingstone. Players will patrol the streets of Mega-City One, fighting gangs and some of the major villains of Judge Dredd lore. Players use their base stats, action cards, and dice rolls to determine whether they have successfully defeated an enemy. If a player defeats a criminal, they add it to their hand until the end of the game and add up the totals to determine the winner. The game includes card art by classic Judge Dredd artists Brian Bolland and Ian Gibson.

 

The new edition of the game will come with the Specialist Judges expansion, which adds six specialized Judges with their own abilities. The new edition also comes with revised rules intended for faster play, updated cards, and recolored artwork.

 

The Games Workshop Judge Dredd game was the first board game featuring the eponymous hero, although 2000 AD published a Cursed Earth game in several issues of the 2000 AD comic in the late 1970s. A number of other board games starring Judge Dredd have also been released over the years, including a Judge Dredd Miniatures game.

 

Pre-orders for Judge Dredd: The Game of Crime Fighting in Mega-City One can be found on Rebellion Unplugged's webpage. The game will officially go on sale in November for $45.00.

 

Judge Dredd: The Game of Crime-Fighting in Mega-City One (available 11/14/2022)

 

 

 

 

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Although the original Judge Dredd movie, this is interesting how dark the director wanted to take the film.

 

[Beige]

Just pay Karl Urban what he wants and get the next damn film made.

 

Dredd is the greatest anti-hero ever created - deserves a run of decent movies.

 

R rated - and let audiences vote with their wallets.