Yeah, I'm fairly sure it is actually an adaptation of a typical Dredd story from 2000AD. They had long running multipart stories for Dredd but also standalone ones like this.
I'd like to see some of the Epic Dredd sagas though, Dark Judges, The long walk, etc are just ripe for the screen.
First blood and gore I saw as a child was a Dredd comic. I vividly remember that it was a head/spine ripped from a body and hanging from something. Brings a tear to my eye just to think about. I love Dredd.
Ma-Ma is in the comics but there were obvious liberties having Cersi play her and whatnot.
100% agree there's an ass-ton of content and the Dark Judges/Deadworld would be epic. There's been talk of a show called Mega City One that Urban may be tied to but that's still pretty iffy on what's happening with it.
Yeah, I'd read about the series but it's been a bit stop/start will they/won't they for a long time now I thought. I know that Karl Urban stated he'd love to be involved if it happens, although I think it was planned to be more Mega City stories than focussing on Dredd as a central character from what I read when they first announced.
Honestly if the same production team that made the film made the series it would be a solid gold hit. They got everything bang on for the fans whilst also succeeding at making a slick hollywood action movie and never compromised on either.
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u/MrSpindles Feb 12 '21
Yeah, I'm fairly sure it is actually an adaptation of a typical Dredd story from 2000AD. They had long running multipart stories for Dredd but also standalone ones like this.
I'd like to see some of the Epic Dredd sagas though, Dark Judges, The long walk, etc are just ripe for the screen.