Alex Garland Is Writing Judge Dredd Drokk! Source: MTV / Twitter
Perhaps this shouldn't be so much of a surprise, given that Judge Dredd is a project nestling under the wing of Danny Boyle's DNA films. But we're still ludicrously excited by the news, picked up from Twitter by MTV's Splashpage, that Alex Garland is working on a draft of the script.
Garland previously wrote The Beach, 28 Days Later, and Sunshine for Boyle, and his involvement was confirmed via tweet by British comics artist Mark "Jock" Simpson, who has worked extensively on Dredd strips for 2000AD and has been coming up with concept art for the projected new film. "Working through script visuals for Judge Dredd movie. Alex Garland writes a great script," is the full missive.
The dystopian police-state satire has been running in the weekly 2000AD comic since 1977, and has also had its own monthly 'Megazine' since 1990. Lest we forget (or perhaps we should), a 1995 film attempt starred Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider, and was directed by Danny Cannon. It tried hard, and occasionally looked impressive, but was horribly compromised by the fact that only Cannon had any appreciation of the source material, and didn't have the Hollywood power to fight his corner.
Time will tell if this new version sees the light of day, but with DNA and now Garland involved, things are certainly looking up. Screw Gran Torino, this should be Clint Eastwood's acting swansong!
L: Invader_Ace
You never picked up any comic relief in all that time?! Or is it just that you don't want any of that transferring to the screen?
So no Fatties, Simps, Gimps, Bat-Gliders, One-liners, Amusingly Named Tower Blocks, Wobots...
am sitting here right now with an issue of Dredd's crime file from 1989 where he is holding a box where it says "Super Flab-on" and there is a picture of a 300 pound man with a little wheel under his belly. :)
Yes I realize that Dredd ha... Read More
L: KRB
I have been a huge fan of Dredd since I was 6 or 7 years old.
This movie should not .. by any means have any comic relief. sp;
You never picked up any comic relief in all that time?! Or is it just that you don't want any of that transferring to the screen?
So no Fatties, Simps, Gimps, Bat-Gliders, One-liners, Amusingly Named Tower Blocks, Wobots... ... Read More
Can everyone just leave it out?! Rourke is pretty much the worst choice for Dredd ever! Maybe he could be Mean Machine, but, c'mon, his features are pretty much the exact opposite of the phrase Ol' Stoney Face! ... Read More
Hi drich90215 - I definitely agree with you on the Paul Verhoven as director! Good call! I never thought of that but you are totally right.. the first Robocop really did have a "Judge Dredd" kind of feel.. and it was also violent as hell plus the humor that was just right. I support that.
In regards to a muscle man... well. I am not saying that it shouldn't be a muscle man... but it does not necessarily be. Again I think that Rorschach was a perfect example of a "non built... Read More
The one perfect director for judge Dredd always was Paul Verhoven. The Tone of the original Robocop movie was always very close to the feel and the humour from the Judge Dredd comic. Starship Troopers Proves this as well; there arent any other directors outside of straight up comedy directors that can get that humour but Verhoven also knows how to do action. KRB I think youre wrong about not getting a muscle man for Dredd. Remember Clint Eastwood in his day was a bit of a muscle man but his he... Read More
Man I am so happy to see that many Dredd fans united (sort of)! I have been a huge fan of Dredd since I was 6 or 7 years old. I have always imagined the movie to be directed by someone like David Fincher... the grainy, rainy, rough, bleak reality of "7" would be perfect for Dredd and Megacity.
This movie should not .. by any means have any comic relief. The 1995 movie had some very good elements and they nailed a lot of things. I even would go as far as saying that Stallone wa... Read More
