Judge Dredd Movie in the Works With Taika Waititi as Director

Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit manager Taika Waititi is reportedly attached to nonstop a caller Judge Dredd movie.

Information connected a Judge Dredd revival comes from THR, which says the Oscar victor volition make the movie with the hopes that it could spawn further movies and shows should it perform.

Plot details and a merchandise day stay nether wraps, but the task is said to propulsion much from comic publication root worldly with a absorption connected world-building and acheronian wit alternatively than immoderate of the erstwhile movie adaptations have.

Taika Waititi. Photo by Taylor Hill. FilmMagic.

Also attached to the caller Judge Dredd movie is The Fall Guy and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation screenwriter Drew Pearce, who volition constitute the script. THR sources accidental Waititi and Pearce grew up speechmaking Judge Dredd worldly and person “been trying to find a task to enactment connected unneurotic for years.” It seems Judge Dredd volition beryllium the unit allowing them to yet collaborate.

Judge Dredd got his commencement arsenic a pop-culture and enactment icon successful the ‘70s and has evolved successful the decades since helium archetypal began bringing justness to the dystopian streets of Mega-City One. Movie fans archetypal saw the quality portrayed by Sylvester Stallone successful 1995’s Judge Dredd. It was a movie panned by critics, fans, and adjacent franchise co-creator John Wagner that managed to find its mode onto our database of the 15 worst comic publication movies of each time.

Thankfully, Judge Dredd had his estimation brought backmost to life, helmet and all, with 2012’s Dredd. Starring Karl Urban and written by 28 Years Later’s Alex Garland, it’s a reboot we gave an 8/10 upon its release, and it adjacent managed to onshore connected our database of the 15 champion R-rated comic publication movies successful 2022. Now, Waititi and Pearce person the accidental to bring Judge Dredd backmost to movie fans erstwhile again.

While nary histrion has been mentioned for the rubric role, it's worthy noting that Karl Urban and Taika Waititi, some New Zealanders, antecedently worked unneurotic connected Thor: Ragnarok wherever Urban played Skurge.

The caller Judge Dredd movie is produced by Chris Kinglsey, Jason Kinglsey, and Ben Smith, the rights holders astatine Rebellion Developments. Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee volition besides nutrient alongside Pearce, Jeremy Platt, and Natalie Viscuso.

While we hold to spot who volition play Judge Dredd, you tin work astir the clip Urban said he'd beryllium consenting to instrumentality to a rumoured Judge Dredd TV series. You tin besides cheque retired the Dredd sequel that fans wanted but ne'er came to be.

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