Dredd 2 Rumours

humanji

According to Digital Spy and Karl Urban, there's been "conversations" about a possible sequel to Dredd.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a553592/dredd-karl-urban-reveals-sequel-conversations-are-happening.html

The actor promised that "conversations" were taking place, reports What Culture.

Despite a poor performance in the US box office, strong DVD sales and vocal demands for a follow-up have spurred interest in a sequel.

2000 AD published Dredd: Underbelly - a comic book sequel to the film - last year.

Urban has previously encouraged fans to make their desire for a Dredd sequel known.

It's obviously nothing concrete and could still all be a pipe dream, but it does at least show that there's interest amongst some of the people who would be the ones to make it happen.

So if it were to go ahead, what would you want to see? I'd love to see the Dark Judges in a film, but I'm not sure if they'd suit the Dredd world of the first film.

I'd probably go with something set years later that shows a huge rise in the amount of megablocks (they were quite spread out in the first film) and how the overpopulation leads to the nearly self contained societies the blocks have in the comics. And hopefully a boost to the satire of the comics as well. That was mostly absent in the first film.

banie01

Please the Mekon this will happen!

pixelburp

I guess it's entirely possible a VOD sequel might find its way into existence, but I'd be surprised if a theatrical release ever came to being.

TheIrishGrover

Would love to see a sequel. I think you're right. Think the dark judges would go against the grain of the "realistic" tone of the first one. Maybe follow a Rico/Judda line.

While I am, in general, enjoying the entertaining "Almost human", if it was cancelled it would be good to see a Dredd series. Comics are a hot TV property now. The runaway success of The Walking Dead, Preacher and Constantine pilots in developments along with the young commissioner Gordon series, Arrow and The Flash. There is a space there for something between Arrow and The Walking Dead in tone. But, wishful thinking I suppose

Thargor

Getting my bet in now that it'll involve zombies either from some new drug, a necromancer or coming from The Cursed Earth.

PirateShampoo

My money would be on the Angel family with Mean Machine making a appearance.

Links234

pixelburp wrote: »

but I'd be surprised if a theatrical release ever came to being.

The thing about that is they shot themselves in the foot by only releasing it in 3D in the cinemas. A lot of people didn't go to see it because there was no 2D option, essentially cutting off a large part of their audience

Warper

Hopefully

dreamers75

Links234 wrote: »

The thing about that is they shot themselves in the foot by only releasing it in 3D in the cinemas. A lot of people didn't go to see it because there was no 2D option, essentially cutting off a large part of their audience

Thats why i didnt go see it.

Hope theres a sequel.

Lamper.sffc

I really hope something happens. Would be great to see the world and Character expanded on.
I remember Karl Urban (about a year ago) talking about a possible sequel being in the cursed earth, as this movie could be done to a budget that wouldnt cost too much but still do a decent job on a sequel.

While Id love to see the Dark Judges in the next one, it probably makes sense to do one thats more grounded but maybe opens us up to the idea of the Dark Judges (for the third one;))

Honestly I can't see this being anything other than a quick and cheap direct to disc affair. The kind that stars Luke Goss and is in Netflix within a week of release. I'd love to be proven wrong and see a proper Dredd sequel but good as home sales were its going to take a lot for the studio to finance a second film.

Vin Diesel and David Twohy rescued Riddick but it took Diesel agreeing to return to Fast and the Furious to get the rights back. He then put up his home as collateral in order to finish the film. Perhaps Urban and the producers or Garland can work something similar, a lower budget and smaller Dredd sequel would make sense.

TouchingVirus

I'd counter the calls for a VOD or D2D movie with one for a similar budget but a marketing plan that knows what it is doing. There is an appetite for a gritty Dredd series as evidenced by the cult following it has and the home sales. Anybody I've told about it really enjoyed it and really don't have excuses for why they didn't see it when it was out apart from it was 3D only or they didn't know it hit the cinemas. It was the truly awful marketing and 3D-only aspects that killed this movie, not the film itself. If it's given another shot with some real backing and a huge push Lionsgate will get their return on it. What the studio needs to do is accept they messed up.

Kess73

PirateShampoo wrote: »

My money would be on the Angel family with Mean Machine making a appearance.

Would be my guess as well, with the storyline being split between Mega City One and the Cursed earth.


Dredd kicking mutant arse as he travels across the Cursed Earth in search of Mean Machine and the rest of the Angel family.


Would imagine a storyline like that could be done well if the film had a similar budget to the first film.


The great thing about Dredd though is the fact that there are so many fantastic storylines that could be plucked from the comics that would not require a massive budget.


Having said that, I would love a mega (pun intended:)) budget Dredd film that brought one of the more epic Dredd tales to the big screen.

Skerries

Has there been much changes with the Dredd strip in 2000ad as I stopped reading in the mid 90's and they were kind of implying that he actually ages in real time as opposed to American comics where they are forever the age they start at or age at a glacial rate?

Kess73

Skerries wrote: »

Has there been much changes with the Dredd strip in 2000ad as I stopped reading in the mid 90's and they were kind of implying that he actually ages in real time as opposed to American comics where they are forever the age they start at or age at a glacial rate?

Dredd aging has been touched on in the comics for a long time now. Was certainly since the 1980's anyway. The length of time he has been a judge is acknowledge in the comic, and that span of time is actually longer than the amount of time that has passed in the real world since the character first popped up in a comic

Many of the storylines had Dredd questioning if he was slowing down etc., and some had others wondering/plotting how they would replace Dredd.


The main reason why he has been able to keep going despite the onset of age is the advanced level that medical science is at in the Dredd universe. Dredd has had many of his organs replaced at one time or another, hell he has lost his eyes at least twice, and lungs etc have been replaced a few times.


There is also the fact that Dredd himself is a clone (and who at this point has had many clones of himself made, with him outliving many of them) who was bred to be genetically superior than the average man.

Thargor

I think he's heading towards retirement but his performance doesnt seem to be affected though. He never takes the helmet off anyway thats one of the laws of the comic. Well worth reading anyway there are some major upheavals for Mega City One.

ScumLord

It would be great to see a sequel that had a bit of budget, the biggest let down in the film was the city itself, it never really had the feeling of a desperately overcrowded city like we see in the comics.

Anyone looking for a little Dredd like sci-fi should check out Almost Human. It's pretty much Dredd before the mega cities get over crowded and it even has a cursed Earth like area outside the walls. Karl Urban stars and you could easily believe that the show is a prequel to Dredd.

Watching last weeks episode of Almost Human and the prison cells are being called cubes. The amount of Dredd like material in the show is ridiculous.

humanji

I've been meaning to check that out. I'll have to redouble my efforts now.

Thargor

For some reason I always thought Almost Human was some supernatural Twilight-style Jennifer Love Hewitt nonsense and never looked into it, never realised it was proper sci-fi, thanks for the tip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_Human_%28TV_series%29

ScumLord

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone looking for a little Dredd like sci-fi should check out Almost Human.

The only thing it has in common with dredd is it's set in the future and yerman is in it.

I'm over all disappointed in it, most tech is barely beyond todays, except they have robots. The robots aren't roboty enough, the main robot character may as well just be an ordinary human.

ScumLord

ScumLord wrote: »

The only thing it has in common with dredd is it's set in the future and yerman is in it.

I'm over all disappointed in it, most tech is barely beyond todays, except they have robots. The robots aren't roboty enough, the main robot character may as well just be an ordinary human.

The tech isn't supposed to be too far out there as they're trying to make it more realistic. The world is very reminscient of Dredd, with much of terminology and the world being similar. Hell it's even got its own cursed earth and you could easily imagine Urban pulling on a helmet during the last episode.

Skerries

there's talk of it being cancelled though

Skerries

Skerries wrote: »

there's talk of it being cancelled though

It hasn't got much of a chance given that there's been no back 9 ordered. What would make sense would be to retool the show and air it during the summer as it has that easy to digest 2 mismatched partners summer vibe down.

brevity

Was looking for something else to watch while waiting for True Detective, thanks Darko.

pixelburp

Almost Human shares some token futuristic trappings with the Dredd universe, but it's only skin deep; the TV show completely lacks the anarchy & nihilism of the Dredd universe, the punk sensibility, a consistent aesthetic and the general grubbiness that comes with the comic mythology. Almost Human's a shiny, generic, by-the-numbers show that gets by thanks to the charisma of its two leads. I've enjoyed it for what it is & despite its faults, but to say it's in the same vein as Dredd stretching it imo; if it has any close genetic cousin it'd be something like Minority Report more than anything...

red dave

Would absolutely love a Dredd 2. Loved the 1st one so much that I saw it twice in the cinema, bought the dvd when it came out, bought another dvd for my mates birthday (got him hooked) and have it recorded on the digital recorder. Oh...and watched it on both Ireland and U.S. netflix!

Dredd 2 must happen!

Bipolar Joe

pixelburp wrote: »

Almost Human shares some token futuristic trappings with the Dredd universe, but it's only skin deep; the TV show completely lacks the anarchy & nihilism of the Dredd universe, the punk sensibility, a consistent aesthetic and the general grubbiness that comes with the comic mythology. Almost Human's a shiny, generic, by-the-numbers show that gets by thanks to the charisma of its two leads. I've enjoyed it for what it is & despite its faults, but to say it's in the same vein as Dredd stretching it imo; if it has any close genetic cousin it'd be something like Minority Report more than anything...

Yup. Watched a couple of episodes and it felt like someone described The X-Files to the guy who made Roswell. Awful show.

steveone

Would love to see a dredd 2 . Dredd was excellent but not at the expense of it being an Abrams Camerony blockbuster PC load of nonsense. And I have no time for the generic 'blood and balls' type series that are covering everything from titanic to the new BS galactica. I'd rather see it stand on its own merits than go down the dark knight toilet

pixelburp

pixelburp wrote: »

Almost Human shares some token futuristic trappings with the Dredd universe, but it's only skin deep; the TV show completely lacks the anarchy & nihilism of the Dredd universe, the punk sensibility, a consistent aesthetic and the general grubbiness that comes with the comic mythology. Almost Human's a shiny, generic, by-the-numbers show that gets by thanks to the charisma of its two leads. I've enjoyed it for what it is & despite its faults, but to say it's in the same vein as Dredd stretching it imo; if it has any close genetic cousin it'd be something like Minority Report more than anything...

That's why I said it's like the world of Dredd before the overpopulation and issues. It's a slice of easy to digest trash that's held together by two great performances and a world that seems to get more and more muddled with each episode. Watching it you could easily imagine Urban's character evolving into Dredd and the world he inhabits going off the rails and turning into a Mega City.

pixelburp

[Deleted User] wrote: »

That's why I said it's like the world of Dredd before the overpopulation and issues. It's a slice of easy to digest trash that's held together by two great performances and a world that seems to get more and more muddled with each episode. Watching it you could easily imagine Urban's character evolving into Dredd and the world he inhabits going off the rails and turning into a Mega City.

I kinda meant the 'before' of Mega City 1 as well as the city after the nukes; I read Dredd: Origins and thinking of that world, I just don't see the link between its mythology and Almost Human's. Urbans character's a bit cranky allright, but a long way from the uncompromising fascist of Dredd. If anything, the show could do with a little anarchy as it stands as its all too clean, but as it looks to be on deaths door, it's all conjecture.