The Hollywood Reporter, the new “Judge Dredd” movie based on the character from the “2000 AD” comic series is being shopped to various Hollywood studios, with a bidding war likely to ensue. This project seemingly takes the place of the “Judge Dredd: Mega-City One” TV show that had been in the works since 2017. The franchise rights holders, Chris Kingsley, Jason Kingsley, and Ben Smith, are on board as producers alongside Roy Lee, Jeremy Platt, Natalie Viscuso, and Pearce.
Plot details are currently under wraps, but the reports says the reboot will “take inspiration more from the comics than the previous screen iterations, leaning into the world-building and dark humor.” That sounds right up Waititi’s alley, since he’s the man who turned the “Thor” franchise into a superhero comedy with “Ragnarok” to great success. The report further states that it is “meant to be a fun sci-fi blockbuster that nonetheless speaks to this moment in culture.” Perhaps not surprisingly, this is also billed as the start of a possible “Dredd” universe, with other movies and/or shows to follow.
But let’s not get too ahead of ourselves just yet. First, this movie needs to find a studio. For fans, this may come as a blow as there was hope for many years that Urban would return for a “Dredd” sequel. Unfortunately, that was never going to happen, which made this reboot practically unavoidable.
