Twas announced yesterday that a movie version of "The Greatest Comicbook Character of All Time" is to commence production in 2009.
This is something of a miracle for 2 reasons; the strip is not widely known in the States. Plus the 1995 movie starring Stallone was a magnificent fuck up. Entertaining , yes. Great to look at, of course. But not Dredd by any stretch.
So here's hoping for something that captures the black satire of the comics. And one that respects the character of Dredd. That is, he doesn't hammily posture like a pantomime c*#t. He doesn't take his symbolic/iconic helmet off. But most importantly...he doesn't call any perpetrator "Scumbag".
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It's just Robocop though. Kind of stole the thunder from Dredd movie.
Ironic then that they are also looking to 're imagine' that at the same time.
Never a reader of 2000AD but used to have a great history of Judge Dredd book. I shall have to scour Amazon for a second hand copy.
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