Dredd (2011): What the latest?

Goaty · 23 June, 2011, 10:44:31 AM

Cant find any update about that, no news, just that single picture of Kurt Urban as Dredd, and the Lawmaster.

It confused as there no posters, trailers or anything! Is it on hold for something biggest news release?

IAMTHESYSTEM · 23 June, 2011, 11:12:56 AM

I assume any publicity shots,videos etc is still in post production country.

The Film Company shot the Movie as a gritty 18 certificate so that gives you your target audience and this audience might be more difficult to target publicity wise since they already have competing interest, going clubbing, socialising etc.

A lot of Movies are directed at tweenagers [Transformers, Twighlight] so the publicity machine knows what to do basically slap it on a lunch box, Tv adverts, Internet but an older audience might be more of a problem to sell to. How do you generate interest in a futuristic 'Cop' thriller to an audience that cynically feels it's seen it all before? With great difficulty and in that lays the problem. I think they can do it myself but don't expect anything for at least a few months since the Film is [I assume] still in the Post production stage.

Goaty · 23 June, 2011, 11:36:59 AM

Hopefully it get great marketing campaign like District 9... wait and see... some rumour on internet says that it could be straight to the dvd!

dweezil2 · 23 June, 2011, 12:27:58 PM

Quote from: Goaty on 23 June, 2011, 11:36:59 AM
Hopefully it get great marketing campaign like District 9... wait and see... some rumour on internet says that it could be straight to the dvd!

Don't feed the trolls!

Spaceghost · 23 June, 2011, 01:46:01 PM

Quote from: dweezil2 on 23 June, 2011, 12:27:58 PM
Quote from: Goaty on 23 June, 2011, 11:36:59 AM
Hopefully it get great marketing campaign like District 9... wait and see... some rumour on internet says that it could be straight to the dvd!

Don't feed the trolls!

I heard it was only coming out on Betamax.

radiator · 23 June, 2011, 03:51:27 PM

They signed big deals for pretty much all territories at last year's Cannes festival, so they have solid distribution in terms of cinema release etc.

To be honest, I have an idea who might be spreading silly rumours about it going straight to DVD!

Buddy · 23 June, 2011, 03:57:16 PM

Seeing as it was filmed in 3D I very much doubt it'll be going straight to DVD.

James Stacey · 23 June, 2011, 04:07:14 PM

I heard it was getting a limited release on vinyl and 8 track only

Peter Wolf · 23 June, 2011, 04:19:12 PM

Quote from: Goaty on 23 June, 2011, 11:36:59 AM
Hopefully it get great marketing campaign like District 9...

Thats what should happen and i have said so half a dozen times.

Emperor · 23 June, 2011, 05:26:23 PM

Quote from: Goaty on 23 June, 2011, 10:44:31 AMIt confused as there no posters, trailers or anything!

Wellllll

http://2000ad.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/dredd-movie-poster/

Goaty · 23 June, 2011, 05:28:18 PM

Quote from: Emperor on 23 June, 2011, 05:26:23 PM
Quote from: Goaty on 23 June, 2011, 10:44:31 AMIt confused as there no posters, trailers or anything!

Wellllll

http://2000ad.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/dredd-movie-poster/

fixed it for you...

Emperor · 23 June, 2011, 05:31:30 PM

There is now a close-up too:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewxquinn/5860001344/in/photostream

Mardroid · 23 June, 2011, 05:40:15 PM

As a little teaser (if it's a teaser) that's not bad at all.

For some reason the badge looks a bit squished to me, like the affect you get when watching wide screen TV the wrong perspective. This might just be because I'm so used to the comic version of the badge though.

SmallBlueThing · 23 June, 2011, 05:46:45 PM

If that's real, that's the very last thing i'd ever have gone with, in that its colours, image, layout and everything is almost exactly the same as the poster for the '95 movie, and indeed the dvd box i have sitting not three feet from where i type this. If it's real.
SBT

Steve Green · 23 June, 2011, 05:55:51 PM

Fake.

(and terrible to boot - apologies to the faker)