"Conversations" Are Happening About Dredd Sequel, Says Karl Urban

[Casual Shinji]

I'd love a sequel, but the question is what would they do. I mean, the first movie didn't have too big of a budget, which is why they set it in a building. I doubt if a sequel gets greenlit they'll get that much more money to work with, so what then? Set it in another building or enclosed space, or open up Mega City 1 at the risk of making it come across cheap?

 

[Me55enger]

To me, Dredd was the antidote to alot of the happy-go-lucky world saving coming out of the post-comic film scene, and Urban was absolutely superb in how he did it. Dredd wasn't grandiose, which in itself is endearing.

A sequel can only be a good thing here.

 

[VoidWanderer]

I am very excited about the possibilities here. I loved Dredd, and Karl Urban nailed that part so well.

 

[TimeLord]

Dredd was brilliant and I want more. More!!!!

But then I'm also one of those weird people who really enjoyed Stallone's Judge Dredd so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

 

[Eri]

I love Dredd. With that said, It amuses me that so many people like him and yet as soon as an article about police comes up or police being "rough", everyone starts saying fuck the police.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I love Dredd. With that said, It amuses me that so many people like him and yet as soon as an article about police comes up or police being "rough", everyone starts saying fuck the police.

I would say that's the attraction to Dredd as a character. He's basically a fascist asshole who you love to blame, but when the shit hits the fan he's the first person you'll hide behind. In that world you need an iron will like Dredd's, but then it's Dredd's own behaviour that's likely perpetuating the state of that world.

 

[Strazdas]

I loved Dredd and i want a sequel to come. It was really a treat to watch. Sadly however Karl Urban was talking about it for a long time and yet we got nothing to confirm that.
After all, it was a financial failure, with a 50 million estimated budget and only $35,626,525 worldwide lifetime gross. And while sure they can get extra money from DVDs, netflix and syndication as they always do, for movies its usually instant profit from theaters or they kill it which means a lot of movies that are better off watched on DVD than in theater simply get killed off.

So in the ave of almost 15m financial loss (+ whatever marketing budget was) it is very unlikely that a sequel is going to be made. Unless they made a TON of money on DVDs but thats doubtful.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Are we talking about the same Dredd..? The shopping mall mega building where all violence is kept PG13 and the story is basically about bullet-time pills and a junkie drug lord?

What exactly about the violence was PG-13? Since most PG-13 movies I've seen don't have bodies slamming into the ground from a thousand feet and people's cheeks exploding in slow motion.

I had to go watch the Stallone version afterwards to ease the pain.

Nothing like some Rob Schneider to soothe ones mind.

 

[MetalDooley]

A possible Dredd sequel...

This reminds me I need to finish reading Judge Dredd Complete Case Files Vol 2, as well as try and find a copy of the comic sequel to the film.

They're doing a reprint of Dredd:Underbelly that's due out in April.Can be pre-ordered here http://shop.2000adonline.com/products/dredd_underbelly_reprint

 

[LordMonty]

I would aprove this. Damn hopeful for this and well sad that enterprise got a no but hope they're planning some new star trek away from JJ as i need some old school trekkin.

 

[anthony87]

Dredd was brilliant and I want more. More!!!!

But then I'm also one of those weird people who really enjoyed Stallone's Judge Dredd so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

I'd rather take it with a grain of...

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!

 

[DocZombie]

Yes, yes, a thousand times YES!!

If they're going to mine the (very extensive) story backlog for ideas, might I suggest the "Mechanismo" arc(s)!? The fact that the Judges are stretched in terms of manpower has already been brought up in the first movie, so there's a reason for developing the Mechanismo programme...

Only problem would be the comparisons with the Robocrap reboot and I, Robot...

Also, the fact that...

...Dredd is a clone was mentioned in the Stallone movie and sorta-kinda hinted at when Anderson was describing the "other person in the room" to the Chief Judge at the beginning of Dredd. Could be used as a link to the "Judda" storyline, which has common elements with Mechanismo...

 

[Gorrath]

...I did not expect these reactions.

Are we talking about the same Dredd..? The shopping mall mega building where all violence is kept PG13 and the story is basically about bullet-time pills and a junkie drug lord?

I had to go watch the Stallone version afterwards to ease the pain.

Yup, that's the one. Except it was rated R because of the violence, not PG13, so I've no clue where you got that from. To each his own, but this incarnation of Dredd beat the pants off of most action flicks released in the last decade and a half. It's unfortunate more people only came to like it after it had bombed.

OT: As for the release of a sequel, I don't know that I'm game. Obviously, I loved it and I really don't mind saying its one of my very favorite action flicks, but do we need to create a sequel to everything that's good? I'd give it a good chance of course, but are we not more often disappointed by such sequels than entertained? It seems we tend to rage against crappy sequels and wish they'd never happened, but when anything good ever comes out, we demand a sequel. Dredd's story was tight, giving us just exactly what we needed to see of Mega City 1 and a slice of daily life of its inhabitants. I can't help but be pessimistic and think that a sequel would screw that up.

 

[warmachine]

As a 2000AD reader, I can assure you Dredd correctly shows the hell hole that is Dredd's world and what it takes to keep a lid on it. Perhaps it could have more weird sci-fi in it or portray the purposelessness of people's lives but there's only so much that can be put into one film. I hope the sequel will be created and expand far beyond one city block.

I see mention of a Judge Dredd film starring Stallone but I assure you no such film exists. Any references or images are merely the product of a deranged imagination.

 

[Mr. Q]

I made the mistake of not seeing Dredd in theaters, mostly due to time and extra cash on hand. After seeing the movie on DVD, I truly regret not supporting it from the start. Dredd was everything action film junkies and comic geeks wanted; a hard R-rated action movie with a much more faithful adaptation of Judge Dredd done perfectly by Karl Urban. While some people like to point out its "minor" relation to The Raid: Redemption, Dredd is its own beast that goes for the throat and does not let go.

I got the Blu-Ray to show my support and I intend on getting the "sequel" comic book Dredd: Underbelly as well. If any comic book film from 2012 deserves a sequel (aside from The Avengers, of course), its Dredd.

 

[Mr. Q]

...I did not expect these reactions.

Are we talking about the same Dredd..? The shopping mall mega building where all violence is kept PG13 and the story is basically about bullet-time pills and a junkie drug lord?

I had to go watch the Stallone version afterwards to ease the pain.

Son, not to call you ignorant, but have you seen the damn movie at all?! Allow me to post some NSFW evidence for you...

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbHG2DtePko

Pretty sure that footage will earn any film a hard R-rating and you're talking to someone who has watched a lot of hard R-rated action movies growing up.

 

[MonkeyPunch]

Good news! I re-watched Dredd just the other night. It's a great little flick. I hope they manage to maintain the simplicity of Dredd in the next film

...I did not expect these reactions.

Are we talking about the same Dredd..? The shopping mall mega building where all violence is kept PG13 and the story is basically about bullet-time pills and a junkie drug lord?

I had to go watch the Stallone version afterwards to ease the pain.

As other have pointed out it sounds like you haven't really watched Dredd at all.
Judge Dredd was the PG15 film.
- Judge Dredd handgun safety: Little electric shock. Blue lights. Whoop.
- Dredd handgun safety: Literally and visibly blows a dudes hand clear off his arm.
So... yeah. [edit - see video in post above]

I mean to each his own, but I much prefer Dredd to Stallone's Judge Dredd and this is why:

Judge Dredd feels so "Hollywoody" to me. The cast... the acting. Both pretty damn bad in my opinion. Starting the movie with an over-acted, run-on-the-mill comedy character a la Jar Jar Binks... totally misses the Mega City vibe and the Judge Dredd character.

It also somehow reminds me of Batman & Robin in many ways. Plasticky looking costumes with a slight campy edge too it. (Dredd in that massive plastic looking armour wearing nothing but a Lycra suit underneath? Massive plastic codpiece included.)
Also similarly to Batman & Robin, Judge Dredd feels way too cartoony -(Wait! I know what you're thinking about to say - comic and all...) more than the comics ever were. Judge Dredd comics were always more gritty than the other comparable publications to me and the Judge Dredd movie did not reflect that at all. In fact it went the opposite way.

 

[Eamar]

Please, for the love of god, PLEASE let this happen.

It's funny that this story came up today - I just rewatched the movie and ordered some more of the comics...

...I did not expect these reactions.

Are we talking about the same Dredd..? The shopping mall mega building where all violence is kept PG13 and the story is basically about bullet-time pills and a junkie drug lord?

I had to go watch the Stallone version afterwards to ease the pain.

I don't know if there was a different American cut or something, but Dredd had an 18 certificate in the UK. The fact that, due to it being a British/South African production as opposed to a Hollywood one, they didn't make everything PG-13 was a huge part of why fans of the comics liked it.

Plus John Wagner, the writer who actually created Judge Dredd, has said that he thought it was a great film adaptation and has given it his seal of approval (unlike the 1995 version).

Also, and there's nothing wrong with this at all, but I take it you're not a fan of the comics if you liked the Stallone version?