Judge Dredd Movie

Cantona's Collars · 22-07-2010 1:07pm #1

Looks like the movie has a leading man.http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/07/21/scoop-karl-urban-to-be-cast-as-judge-dredd/
Let's hope it is REALLY faithful to the comics,I grew up with it and was unhappy to say the least with the Stallone version.

Mickeroo · 22-07-2010 1:09pm

Automatic fail if he takes of the helmet.

Hopefully it's good and a success and kick starts a slew of 2000AD movies. Rogue Trooper anyone?

leddpipe · 22-07-2010 1:12pm

hes nowhere near gnarled enough! (lot of assonance there)!

chin_grin · 22-07-2010 1:17pm

Ok don't judge me (oh ho ho!) but I actually liked the Judge Dredd movie! Even if it did have Rob Schneider as a carrot! I mean everything was there. Sure it really wasn't at all faithful to the comics, but it was at a time when Hollywood were just putting their stamp on franchises instead of giving the fans what they wanted in the first place. Continuity and familiarity.

I second that Rogue Trooper idea, I've only read the Classic 2000AD story though so can't comment on the series.

Kess73 · 22-07-2010 1:18pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

Automatic fail if he takes of the helmet.

Hopefully it's good and a success and kick starts a slew of 2000AD movies. Rogue Trooper anyone?

Helmet has to stay on is right.

Would prefer to see Slaine on the big screen before Rogue Trooper. Maybe a big budget faithful adaptation of the Books Of Invasion storyline.

Sofiztikated · 22-07-2010 1:20pm

Too pretty. And wrong shape jaw.

Say what you want about sly, he was the right shape for Dredd. If only he hadn't talked, could act, was given a halfway decent script.

daveyboy_1ie · 22-07-2010 1:27pm

Totally grew up on 2000 A.D comic and was sooo dissapointed with the Stallone version. Hopefully this one makes a truer JD (John???) film. What most annoyed me about the original was not JD himself but rather the depiction of the other judges, awful stuff.

Cantona's Collars · 22-07-2010 1:51pm

Do not want!!

Want!

humanji · 22-07-2010 3:20pm

In fairness, I thought Urban was totally wrong when he was cast as Bones in Star Trek. I just couldn't see how he could pull it off. But he did, and was fantastic in the role. He might surprise you with this one.

trustno1 · 22-07-2010 3:40pm

A.B.C. Warriors for me please!.. followed by Slaine and THEN followed by Rouge Trooper.. I would also be on for a decent Judge Dredd once it features Judge Death and Co..

paddyismaddy · 22-07-2010 3:56pm

mark valley from human target has the chin

urban would need to buff up but he could pull it off

DOC09UNAM · 22-07-2010 3:59pm

Wow this could be epic to say the least, loving the amount of comics turned to decent movies recently, hopefully they can do it again!

jaykhunter · 23-07-2010 12:06am

My expectations are low but I'll definitely check it out. What's the budget like?

On a side note, Nostalgia Critic had a funny review of Judge Dredd

MagicMarker · 23-07-2010 12:12am

If it's a chin that's needed then... ?

Mickeroo · 23-07-2010 12:22am

was going to suggest him too purely for the chin. He would have been my choice for Hal Jordan also.

Deliverance · 23-07-2010 12:30am

They will never be able to make a dredd movie to equal the complexity that is 'Dredd' as a character no matter how hard they try. Dredd was a villain that represented authority in the extreme. 2000ad as a graphic novel portrayed 'dredd' as a villain who represented a biblical view 'story wise' of how the world would turn during an apocalypse I.e. the age of the judges where the judges had a hand in 'instant justice'.

The writers of this story were surprised to find the fans supporting dredd as a kind of antihero due to his tunnel vision via genetic engineering as the ultimate law enforcer.

Amazing and brilliant almost original concept which is incredibly difficult to portray on the big screen.

By the way I read every issue since The 'Eagle' and Dan dare up to the point where they combined '2000ad' with the 'eagle'. I once owned issue 5 upwards to about 5yrs ago;)

Tons of scripts there, Strontium dog, Halo Jones, ABC Warriors, Slaine, Rogue Trooper etc. And what about the 'Cythrall' and the horned god issues? Not to mention Judge Janus and the janus project.

Judge Macgruder and the walk into the cursed earth was classic as well. The Gila Munji were pure evil *sigh so many memories, so little time.

The 2000ad artists at the time when it was a great 'comic', graphic novel brought the comic book into the world of art such was their inspiration and greatness.

Da Bounca · 23-07-2010 12:35am

Deliverance wrote: »

Amazing and brilliant almost original concept which is incredibly difficult to portray on the big screen.

Bruce Campbell could do it! He'd be perfect.

Deliverance · 23-07-2010 12:49am

Possibly in his heyday, but I see Bruce as more of a comedic influence that would not really work. I see Tom Hardy as he has a strange ability to adapt and play an array of characters very strongly. Plus he has the size and presence as well.

I think that he would bring something to the character of dredd that would just work. Thoughts?

_Kaiser_ · 23-07-2010 12:49am

I have to say I liked the Stallone version

All these remakes and reboots though lately - is Hollywood REALLY running that low on original ideas at this stage?

Deliverance · 23-07-2010 1:03am

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

I have to say I liked the Stallone version

All these remakes and reboots though lately - is Hollywood REALLY running that low on original ideas at this stage?

The Stallone version was entertaining and it was good. What made it good was the character played by Armand Assante as Joes genetic brother, he was brilliant.

The Hammerstein robot was well designed from the 'comic' but lacked something as Hammerstein was not a mere automatonic robot. Stallone as Dredd was weak at best, to emotional for my taste but it worked in it's own way for the type of movie that it was.

I liked the way they worked the Janus project into the mix combined with the 'mean machine' and his family etc but I think that they bit off more than they could chew really to create a hollywood action movie, which it was.

I would like to see the day when they can create a proper rounded political anti establishment type of ideal type of movie which to me was what 2000ad seemed to be about as a well intellingently thought out story that made people think and at the same time educated folks in a surreal suttle way, A story is a powerful thing and 2000ad had some goddamed good stories which I think are an experience that can never be properly portrayed on the big screen unless someone with a real passion comes along as a director and producer.

Mickeroo · 23-07-2010 1:14am

No matter what happens we're going to get a neutered version of dredd on screen, I cant see them getting away with making him as much of a bad ass as he is in the comics. Take wolverine for example, even ignoring the woeful X-men origins: wolverine and Xmen 3, he was still a bit of a pansy compared to the comics in the two decent xmen movies. Oh imagine what a real wolverine movie would have been like.

This doesn't mean the movie will be bad,still a shame though.

filthymcnasty · 23-07-2010 3:39am

Deliverance wrote: »

They will never be able to make a dredd movie to equal the complexity that is 'Dredd' as a character no matter how hard they try. Dredd was a villain that represented authority in the extreme. 2000ad as a graphic novel portrayed 'dredd' as a villain who represented a biblical view 'story wise' of how the world would turn during an apocalypse I.e. the age of the judges where the judges had a hand in 'instant justice'.

The writers of this story were surprised to find the fans supporting dredd as a kind of antihero due to his tunnel vision via genetic engineering as the ultimate law enforcer.

Amazing and brilliant almost original concept which is incredibly difficult to portray on the big screen.

By the way I read every issue since The 'Eagle' and Dan dare up to the point where they combined '2000ad' with the 'eagle'. I once owned issue 5 upwards to about 5yrs ago;)

Tons of scripts there, Strontium dog, Halo Jones, ABC Warriors, Slaine, Rogue Trooper etc. And what about the 'Cythrall' and the horned god issues? Not to mention Judge Janus and the janus project.

Judge Macgruder and the walk into the cursed earth was classic as well. The Gila Munji were pure evil *sigh so many memories, so little time.

The 2000ad artists at the time when it was a great 'comic', graphic novel brought the comic book into the world of art such was their inspiration and greatness.

this fantastic and unique character will be very difficult to appease dredd readers. Dredd could easily be made into 3+ films with the amount of material, never mind prequels.
Wouldn't even bother with SD, Slaine, rogue trooper being included- these are stories/films in themselves.

remember being 16 or so when the original stallone movie came out and so disaapointed, typical hollywood fare and Rob schneider ffs :eek:.
I do recall at the time Stallone had supposedly read loads of 2000 ad/ dredd but still no excuses.
Hope a new one will be a a lot darker-i think as it its a UK comic with no history of US cartoons ala batman etc hollywood studios are less arsed about appealing to the original concept.
I absolutely love JD and 2000AD, one of the best and most intelligent/insightful comics of our times and would love to see a better made film this time round touch wood.

JP Liz V1 · 19-08-2010 10:58am

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67I0ZO20100819

Karl Urban, who last played Bones McCoy in "Star Trek," has come on board to play the title character of "Judge Dredd," based on the British comic book character.

The comic is set in a future where police act as judge, jury and executioner. Urban will play Joe Dredd, the creme de la creme of the elite police corps.

The character is almost always seen wearing a helmet-mask and the producers have said Urban will be hatted through most of the movie.

Pete Travis ("Vantage Point") is directing the independently financed feature. Several studios are lining up to ask "Dredd" to the dance, but the producers want to line up the female lead before signing any distribution deal.

humanji · 19-08-2010 12:17pm

article wrote:

The character is almost always seen wearing a helmet-mask and the producers have said Urban will be hatted through most of the movie.

Hmmmm

nyarlothothep · 19-08-2010 12:29pm

Missionary Man would make for a good film too

karma_ · 19-08-2010 12:51pm

Rogue Trooper film please!

PeterIanStaker · 17-10-2010 1:09am

I hope he stays helmeted for the whole movie, although they could show him in silhouette or from behind, but not his face.

me-skywalker · 17-10-2010 11:27pm

Is this going to be a new Trilogy? Wouldnt mind enterring intoa al ong drawn out world setup..... Might go watch Blade Runner now mmm

Fysh · 18-10-2010 1:13pm

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Missionary Man would make for a good film too

Seconded - Bad Moon Rising would be a lovely spine around which to build a Missionary Man story. Weave it around a few of the smaller standalone stories and you'd have a great sci-fi/Western. (Of course, you'd have to get studios to not try and make it into Wild Wild West first...)

Morlar · 18-10-2010 4:19pm

They could spin off a whole rake of cool movies from that, Nemesis and Torquemada, Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog, Slaíne as well as another go at Judge Dredd. My vote goes on re-vamping Judge Dredd to begin with, preferably ignoring the first movie and with Judge Death on the prowl.

aidan_walsh · 19-11-2010 8:03pm

Wonder what zerks would think of this

http://www.movies.ie/movie%20news/Judge_Dredd__1st_Look_at_Karl_Urban_in_costume

Gulliver · 19-11-2010 8:57pm

aidan_walsh wrote: »

Wonder what zerks would think of this

http://www.movies.ie/movie%20news/Judge_Dredd__1st_Look_at_Karl_Urban_in_costume

Hmmm... really hope this is a test shot or mock-up.

His lower face is not craggy enough, the helmet looks far too big for him (too far away from his face - always liked they way Dredd's mask seemed part of his face, it was that close) shoulders not broad enough, too much padding on body armour. The Lawgiver's almost as big as him for drokk's sake!

Maybe he'll look better in a moving shot, but both he and the costume look pants so far.

The. Mask. Stays. On.
This is something that should be in their contract and not up for discussion. It'll turn out like Spider-Man where we see Tobey's mug far too often when he's in costume.

They should get a hulking unknown actor so he won't be complaining about face time with a gravelly voice (or have Christian Bale do a "Dark Knight dub" on it, like James Earl Jones did for Darth Vader :pac:)

Skerries · 20-11-2010 1:04pm

what bad guys would you like to see?
Judge Death has to be his ultimate nemesis

latenia · 20-11-2010 3:38pm

The only man in showbusiness with a sufficient jaw to play Dredd is Robert Z'Dar. Remember him in Tango and Cash?

Skerries · 20-11-2010 5:06pm

yeah i remember him from the Maniac Cop series

20-11-2010 7:41pm

Gulliver wrote: »

Hmmm... really hope this is a test shot or mock-up.

His lower face is not craggy enough, the helmet looks far too big for him (too far away from his face - always liked they way Dredd's mask seemed part of his face, it was that close) shoulders not broad enough, too much padding on body armour. The Lawgiver's almost as big as him for drokk's sake!

Maybe he'll look better in a moving shot, but both he and the costume look pants so far.

The. Mask. Stays. On.
This is something that should be in their contract and not up for discussion. It'll turn out like Spider-Man where we see Tobey's mug far too often when he's in costume.

They should get a hulking unknown actor so he won't be complaining about face time with a gravelly voice (or have Christian Bale do a "Dark Knight dub" on it, like James Earl Jones did for Darth Vader :pac:)

Urban has repeatedly stated that the helmet stays on. He seems to be a genuine fan and wants to resepct the material. The released picture looks to be a wardrobe test and while I do have some problems with it, it's certainly bad ass enough for a Dredd film. Urban is a great actor who can pull off action which is something the role needs.

Kess73 · 21-11-2010 1:21am

Skerries wrote: »

what bad guys would you like to see?
Judge Death has to be his ultimate nemesis

Would love to see Mean Machine Angel and the rest of the Angel gang. Love the character.:D Maybe use the Judge Child storyline if they want to give Mean a little screentime.

Would love to see the Judda storyline from Oz done if there is to be a trilogy as is being rumoured.

Have the Judda storyline in the first film with Kraken being introduced at the end of the film like in the comic.

Then in the second have Dredd take the long walk and Kraken take the Dredd role.

This of course would lead to the Necropolis storyline for the third film and get Judge Death in on the act.

The Apocalypse War would make for a good second film as well if they wanted to use the first film as a way to introduce Dredd and his world to non fans.

Of course there is always Rico, but as he was the main villan in Stallone's Dredd, I cannot see him being used.

Oh yeah, I want Anthrax's "I Am The Law" to play during the end credits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rVFi6qkPHE

Skerries · 21-11-2010 3:36am

Chopper for Oz

Kess73 · 21-11-2010 12:00pm

Skerries wrote: »

Chopper for Oz

I love the Chopper storyline in Oz, but I think the only part of the Oz storyline that would work for a Judge Dredd film is the Judda part. The Chopper parts of Oz and the Super surf 10 bits have Dredd playing pretty much a cameo role which would not be much good for a Judge Dredd movie.

The Judda/Morton Judd storyline is a big one that led directly to Kraken taking over as Judge Dredd as all the Judda share the same DNA as Dredd, with Joe Dredd taking the long walk. And then that appointment and departure led directly to the Necropolis storyline and the real Dredd returning.

senor incognito · 11-12-2010 4:22pm

There's a copy of the script, for those who don't mind spoiling it for themselves, online: here it is.

And updates of production photos etc.over here.

judge 'judge' pic and article about fan expectation here

EDIT: I seem to have killed this thread...Was it something I said?

senor incognito · 13-12-2010 2:17am

"Dredd" conceptual designer Michael Van Kesteren posted this on the 2000AD forums: http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,30965.690.html

Hiho all..

Here I sit, this forum on one monitor, the Lawgiver design spinning around on the other..

To awnser a few questions, Jock wasn't the only person to do concepts work on this movie. As far as I know he did pre-pre production work, moods, feelings and the like, but since we started I haven't seen anything else. They do keep us on a tight leash, so I do stand to be corrected. There were 7 of us at one point. The three of us from Altered States ( Jason & Andre Human and myself) are tied in to the manufacturing side of things (hence why some of my facebook updates involved manufacturing comments), props, bits of wardrobe, little bits of set dressing here and there, while the other 4 from Hero concept art (Joe Pistorius, Lorraine Alvarez, Daniel Hugo and Graeme Cowie) were doing more sets. They had a more limited run on the show, as they came in later and didn't have the fortune to be associated with the fabrication department, and were more or less done when they started to nail the first bits of wood together.

Personally I've been doing the Lawgiver, the Lawmaster's cannons and one or two other weapons and some small stuff. The Lawgiver was my baby, so to speak, and I'm really, really chuffed that it's been so well received. Obviously I had an initial concept from Jock to work on, and had to work within the designers brief, but it's not their birthday and Land Rover's license plate number in the weapons serial number

I must admit that early on I was somewhat skeptical of some of the decisions being made, but by seeing more and more of the bigger picture it's all fitting better and making a lot more sense. Also seeing the sets and having a look on the monitors (for instance, I needed to sort out some paperwork for my car and had to go to the civic center, seeing the set, then visited a location shoot which happened to be up the road from where I live) is making me really excited about the look of this picture. I might be biased because I'm so close to the show, but I feel it's going to be pretty good. Hopefully I won't end up having to eat my words here..

Everyone here is working very hard to create a good result. Obviously with a big production like this (big for South African standards, that is..), there's going to be the odd communication failure, but so far the atmosphere's been great, which helps.

I'd LOVE to show everyone the pics I've taken so far, but I'm in no position to do so without jeopardizing my position. I'd rather err on the side of caution and not spoil anything.. But as said before, there are definitely eagles, the helmet doesn't look that big when you're standing next to him and yes, she's blonde.. But don't expect to see anything changing. Everything is locked down.

Cheers all

Michael van Kesteren

Concept designer DREDD

senor incognito · 20-12-2010 9:45pm

Although almost a third of the film has been already shot; the part of the villain has yet to be cast: The strongest rumour* at the moment is Lena Headey from '300' and 'The Terminator Chronicles' TV series.

*Reasons for that being, she's not too well known to be prohibitively expensive, she has the skill and gravitas to play it, and she's popular with American Sci Fi fans (many of whom tried to run campaigns to have the series re-instated after Fox axed it). The part is no way a glamorous one, but for professional british acctress Headey, that probably wouldn't be a problem.

Headey makes sense, and some hints have been dropped that point to her... but this is yet to be confirmed.

What is certain is that Wood Harris, who played Avon Barksdale in 'The Wire', is set to be in it, and Olivia Thirlby from 'Juno'.

The Floyd p · 20-12-2010 9:51pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aaubVlhNK4

Kess73 · 20-12-2010 10:43pm

senor incognito wrote: »

Although almost a third of the film has been already shot; the part of the villain has yet to be cast: The strongest rumour* at the moment is Lena Headey from '300' and 'The Terminator Chronicles' TV series.

*Reasons for that being, she's not too well known to be prohibitively expensive, she has the skill and gravitas to play it, and she's popular with American Sci Fi fans (many of whom tried to run campaigns to have the series re-instated after Fox axed it). The part is no way a glamorous one, but for professional british acctress Headey, that probably wouldn't be a problem.

Headey makes sense, and some hints have been dropped that point to her... but this is yet to be confirmed.

What is certain is that Wood Harris, who played Avon Barksdale in 'The Wire', is set to be in it, and Olivia Thirlby from 'Juno'.

A female main villain. It must be a character made just for the film as I can only think of two main female villains off the top of my head and they are the Sisters Of Death, Nausea and Phobia. The only other thing I can think of, would be a twisting of the Galen DeMarco character into a villain rather than a friend of Dredd's.

pwd · 21-12-2010 4:39am

trustno1 wrote: »

A.B.C. Warriors for me please!.. followed by Slaine and THEN followed by Rouge Trooper.. I would also be on for a decent Judge Dredd once it features Judge Death and Co..

Is that you, Pat Mills?

senor incognito · 21-12-2010 1:27pm

Kess73 wrote: »

A female main villain. It must be a character made just for the film ...

Yep: The Block name is 'Peach Trees' and the villains name is...
wait for it: Ma-Ma.
So the trademark 'cool names' element of the strip has definitely either not registered with Mr Garland or else he's just not very good at it.
The production company are hoping for a success that would launch Dredd for another two projects,so in a sense,- this is an establishing story with a fairly 'low level' gangleader/street villain; analagous to 'Whitey' in Prog2.

senor incognito · 22-12-2010 3:33pm

This is a bit of gas (you've to sit through an ad before it plays but it's worth it)'Nostalgia critic': judging Dredd

senor incognito · 12-01-2011 4:58am

she of the brothers grimm and 300.

JP Liz V1 · 12-01-2011 12:03pm

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles actress Lena Headey has reportedly been cast as the villainess in the new Judge Dredd movie.

Fansite Judge Dredd Movie News have announced that Headey has been cast as Madeline Madrigal aka Ma-Ma, the leader of a gang who have taken over the Peach Tree City Block.

Which will come as a surprise for anybody who’s seen the script, which describes the character as in her late 50s with “a big scar through her cheek and lip”.

Though Headey’s clearly younger than that, she could rock the scar look in her sleep. This is the woman who played Sarah Connor after all.

A more faithful version of the original 2000AD comic than Sly Stallone’s film, this new 3D Dredd stars Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby, and is being directed by Pete Travis with a script by Alex Garland.

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/judge-dredd-remake-villain-could-be-lena-headey?ns_campaign=news&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=totalfilm&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+totalfilm%2Fimdbnews+%28Total+Film+IMDb+aggregate%29

senor incognito · 21-01-2011 7:09pm

me own websh1te

Kess73 · 21-01-2011 7:12pm

senor incognito wrote: »

Holy Batburgler. Somebody just nicked the 1960's Batcycle, and did a bad pimp my ride job on it.

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