Tag: Dredd 3D

DREDD 3D Is Here

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“You couldn’t respectfully call it a Judge Dredd movie if I’m taking my helmet off,” says actor Karl Urban, star of Dredd 3D.

“Thank You!” respond Judge Dredd fans!

Dredd 3D is blasting justice in movie theaters now.

“That’s the way the character was conceived by [‘Dredd’ creator John Wagner] back in 1975. I was a fan of this comic growing up, and when I learned that they were going to do a completely new reboot, I read the script, and as soon as I saw that we were treating it with respect that was it,” continues Urban in a new MTV feature.

I wanted to share this cool new featurette that includes commentary from Judge Dredd creator John Wagner, director Pete Travis and writer Alex Garland.

“He’s your greatest hero and biggest nightmare wrapped up in one,” says Wagner. Take a look at see why!

Dredd 3D is now in theaters.

Watch for upcoming comics to fix your Judge Dredd obsession! IDW is launching a new series and publishing new collections of Judge classics.

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Judge Dredd, Under the Helmet

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“You couldn’t respectfully call it a Judge Dredd movie if I’m taking my helmet off,” says actor Karl Urban, star of Dredd 3D.

“Thank You!” respond Judge Dredd fans!

 “That’s the way the character was conceived by [‘Dredd’ creator John Wagner] back in 1975. I was a fan of this comic growing up, and when I learned that they were going to do a completely new reboot, I read the script, and as soon as I saw that we were treating it with respect that was it,” continues Urban in a new MTV feature.

  I wanted to share this cool new featurette that includes commentary from Judge Dredd creator John Wagner, director Pete Travis and writer Alex Garland.

“He’s your greatest hero and biggest nightmare wrapped up in one,” says Wagner. Take a look at see why!

Dredd 3D opens September 21st.

Watch for upcoming comics to fix your Judge Dredd obsession! IDW is launching a new series and publishing new collections of Judge classics.

By Editor

The Judge Dredd Comeback Continues

Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland courtesy IDW Publishing

  Judge Dredd fans are getting justice! Dredd 3D starring Karl Urban hits theaters next month. If you’ve seen the trailer you get the feeling the new film will blow away any lingering memories of the Stallone version.   

  IDW Publishing is launching a new Judge Dredd series. Now IDW will produce new editions of classic Dredd stories. The first hardcover collection will be Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland available in November, 2012.

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Judge Dredd Final Poster

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  Judgement is coming!

  Will fans of the 2000 A.D. lawman of the future find Dredd 3D guilty of finally giving justice to the iconic hero. Yahoo Movies revealed the final poster for the Lionsgate film starring Karl Urban. Dredd 3D opens September 21, 2012.

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Karl Urban on Playing Judge Dredd

 

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  Judge Dredd fans are hoping to see justice done with the 2000 A.D. character. Karl Urban (Star Trek, Lord of the Rings Trilogy) wears the uniform in the upcoming Dredd 3D. Urban spoke of his take versus the first film starring Sylvester Stallone.

  “To me, that wasn’t the Dredd that I knew. To me, it was far more interesting to have a character with this inner rage and struggling to contain it, rather than letting it all explode,” Urban tells Movie Fanatic.

  “That’s the direction that I was going in. I decided that what I wanted to do was find the humanity within Dredd. He’s not a superhero. He’s a cloned man, but he’s just a man. He doesn’t have superhero powers. His heroism is defined by the fact that he’s walking into a building while everybody else is running out.”

  One big difference with the films: Dredd will not remove his helmet just like in the comics. Urban explains how he overcome that obstacle. 

  “The challenge was: How do I convey all that without the eyes?” Urban wondered. “There’s a wariness too about the character which is really important. Your voice becomes extremely important. In my research I discovered a passage in one of the comic strips that described Dredd’s voice as a saw cutting through bone,” he reveals.

 “Other tools were the physicality. What can I express with my movement? It’s also really important to identify where the humor lies. That’s one of the things I really loved in the comic is just the really dry, dark humor.”

 For the entire interview here’s the link. Here’s the trailer. Here’s a preview of the new Judge Dredd comic book series from IDW.

 By Editor

 

Judge Dredd’s Anderson

 

Olivia Thirlby photo courtesy IMDB

  Will a new Judge Dredd film finally bring cinematic justice for fans of the 2000 AD character? Karl Urban wears the uniform (and will not be taking off the helmet!) in Dredd 3D. Olivia Thirlby plays Anderson the psychic Judge-in-training who had her own spinoff comic book series. The stars welcomed fans to a sneak preview of the upcoming Lionsgate film during San Diego Comic Con. Thirlby spoke with Dread Central about why the reboot appealed ot her.

  “The appeal was the amazing script and the amazing character that Alex Garland wrote for this. Dredd didn’t read like a normal genre script; the characters felt so real and the circumstances felt so realistic. There’s something I really like about the heroes in this film and about this world in general. They are just men and women really; they don’t have superhuman strength, or they’re not gods from a different planet- they’re just really brave and they feel really real to me.”

  The actress says she looked to the classic comic book to help prep for the role.

“There are the comic books, definitely. Those had the same kind of feel that this version had so they were helpful. I picked up on a lot of the dry humor to this world, too- that kind of humor that comes from desperation where the humor just begins to leak out in very dark ways. All that really informed what we were doing, definitely.”

Here’s the trailer:

  For more of her interview here’s the Dread Central link. Alex Garland is author of The Beach and wrote for script for Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later and Sunshine. Dredd 3D opens September 21st. By Editor