Dredd (2012)

[shaolin_monkey]

It's Firefly/Serenity all over again.

Let's hope so, 'cos then maybe Dredd'll get a TV series too!!

[James Stacey]

It's Firefly/Serenity all over again.

Hasn't the Dredd campaign left the Firefly campaign behind in a cloud if dust and pebbles though?

[Steve Green]

I don't know if you can compare the two.

The Firefly/Serenity campaign occurred before FB/Twitter.

[radiator]

OK, so take this with an industrial quantity of salt, but I was just doing a bit of idle Googling, and came upon this forum, where someone put together a poll about whether there is any interest in a possible DREDD steelbook/special edition.

A poster later on in the thread, dated two days ago, claims to have some very 'promising' news on the matter and seems very excited about it....

Now, Dredd's UK distributor, Entertainment in Video, are notoriously cheap when it comes to their releases (just look at the crummy artwork and copy on the Dredd BD) - and they've never released a steelbook before now. However, they have shown on occasion that they can pull their finger out with stuff like the high quality Lord of the Rings Extended Blu Rays and DVDs, so there's that. Also, Dredd has presumably been a very big seller for them (it's fair to say that it exceeded sales expectations in the UK at the very least, where it was one of the bestselling Blu Rays of the year), and with all the attention with the campaign etc, some kind of special edition re-release would seem like a no-brainer...

A nice special edition - ideally with some more extras (I believe there is a thread elsewhere where we discussed what could be on the disc) - would be the next best thing to a sequel I suppose. My preference would be a limited edition steelbook with Jock's Mondo poster as the cover and a mini graphic novel collecting 'Top of the World, Ma Ma' and perhaps 'Underbelly' and some extra bonus features (including the ones that weren't on the UK disc).

http://www.hidefninja.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39402&page=2

[IndigoPrime]

Let's hope so, 'cos then maybe Dredd'll get a TV series too!!

I... doubt that.

Hasn't the Dredd campaign left the Firefly campaign behind in a cloud if dust and pebbles though?

Hardly. Firefly has been boosted up the Amazon charts a whole bunch of times now, and on various formats. 'Browncoats' around the world continue to fly the flag, years after the theatrical release. They also had a big fan-made film akin to Minty. Importantly, though, the love for Firefly/Serenity wasn't and isn't so localised, and was and is big in the USA. Dredd still remains a largely British thing with more of a cult US following.

My comparison though was more that I can see similar things happening with Dredd: more reissues; special editions; a lot of love from those involved and that pang of regret they never got to do anything further; and no continuation of the universe except in a much cheaper medium, such as comics. (On the plus side, although I wasn't entirely convinced by the first episode of the movie-universe Dredd in the Megazine—Dredd himself seemed a bit too talkative at times—it's already a lot better than the sheer bilge that was puked out on Dark Horse for Firefly. In particular, the Book stuff was dire.)

[dweezil2]

OK, so take this with an industrial quantity of salt, but I was just doing a bit of idle Googling, and came upon this forum, where someone put together a poll about whether there is any interest in a possible DREDD steelbook/special edition.

A poster later on in the thread, dated two days ago, claims to have some very 'promising' news on the matter and seems very excited about it....

Now, Dredd's UK distributor, Entertainment in Video, are notoriously cheap when it comes to their releases (just look at the crummy artwork and copy on the Dredd BD) - and they've never released a steelbook before now. However, they have shown on occasion that they can pull their finger out with stuff like the high quality Lord of the Rings Extended Blu Rays and DVDs, so there's that. Also, Dredd has presumably been a very big seller for them (it's fair to say that it exceeded sales expectations in the UK at the very least, where it was one of the bestselling Blu Rays of the year), and with all the attention with the campaign etc, some kind of special edition re-release would seem like a no-brainer...

A nice special edition - ideally with some more extras (I believe there is a thread elsewhere where we discussed what could be on the disc) - would be the next best thing to a sequel I suppose. My preference would be a limited edition steelbook with Jock's Mondo poster as the cover and a mini graphic novel collecting 'Top of the World, Ma Ma' and perhaps 'Underbelly' and some extra bonus features (including the ones that weren't on the UK disc).

http://www.hidefninja.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39402&page=2

That was me! 

[James Stacey]

That was me! 

This thread has gone back to eating itself

[radiator]

That was me!

Oh. So do you actually know anything, or is it just some vague reference to the 'sequel' campaign?

[Recrewt]

Hmmm, its tricky isn't it?  Dredd seems to do well in the UK but not in the US.  If I was a money-man looking at this I would see two movies have been made for this character and neither have set the box-office on fire.  The recent healthy DVD/Blu-Ray sales are promising but surely this just means we will end up with more steelbooks/special editions to wring the money out of that.  Or, they will just think - keep the budget low and make a straight to video type movie.

Time will tell, but you have to wonder why any company would want to stump up a lot of cash for something which appears to be such a risky project.

[dweezil2]

That was me!

Oh. So do you actually know anything, or is it just some vague reference to the 'sequel' campaign?

I hate to be cryptic, but being generally pessimistic of nature I didn't want to go into too much detail in fear of jinxing anything.

I will elaborate though.

As a member of the site Hi-Def Ninja, I have been watching any news on a Dredd a Steelbook release, as I believed it was a film worthy of such premium treatment.

Tired of waiting I ran a poll (see link, you should all sign up and vote too) and coincidently Emailed a UK company that specialises in sexy Steelbook editions of movies.

I was most surprised to receive a very prompt reply, explaining that Dredd was indeed on their roster for future Steelbook treatment.

The optimistic, fan boy part of me went "Fucking A!" But the more measured, pessimistic part of me went "I'll believe it when it's grasped in my filthy mitts!"

So that's about it really. No definitive release date or specs, but I doubt any future release will be "special" or contain any new extras, as remastering would just be to cost prohibitive.
The best we can expect is the current Blu-ray version of Dredd in a very sexy tin, hopefully using Jock's very, very sexy Mondo poster at as it's basis.

And that will be good enough for me, to be honest!   

[radiator]

That was me!

Oh. So do you actually know anything, or is it just some vague reference to the 'sequel' campaign?

I hate to be cryptic, but being generally pessimistic of nature I didn't want to go into too much detail in fear of jinxing anything.

I will elaborate though.

As a member of the site Hi-Def Ninja, I have been watching any news on a Dredd a Steelbook release, as I believed it was a film worthy of such premium treatment.

Tired of waiting I ran a poll (see link, you should all sign up and vote too) and coincidently Emailed a UK company that specialises in sexy Steelbook editions of movies.

I was most surprised to receive a very prompt reply, explaining that Dredd was indeed on their roster for future Steelbook treatment.

The optimistic, fan boy part of me went "Fucking A!" But the more measured, pessimistic part of me went "I'll believe it when it's grasped in my filthy mitts!"

So that's about it really. No definitive release date or specs, but I doubt any future release will be "special" or contain any new extras, as remastering would just be to cost prohibitive.
The best we can expect is the current Blu-ray version of Dredd in a very sexy tin, hopefully using Jock's very, very sexy Mondo poster at as it's basis.

And that will be good enough for me, to be honest!   

Cool, thanks for elaborating.

How gutted are you going to be when you realise they're actually talking about the 1995 Dredd movie?

[radiator]

Also: very relieved now that I didn't spend £50+ on that Japanese edition...

[dweezil2]

That was me!

Oh. So do you actually know anything, or is it just some vague reference to the 'sequel' campaign?

I hate to be cryptic, but being generally pessimistic of nature I didn't want to go into too much detail in fear of jinxing anything.

I will elaborate though.

As a member of the site Hi-Def Ninja, I have been watching any news on a Dredd a Steelbook release, as I believed it was a film worthy of such premium treatment.

Tired of waiting I ran a poll (see link, you should all sign up and vote too) and coincidently Emailed a UK company that specialises in sexy Steelbook editions of movies.

I was most surprised to receive a very prompt reply, explaining that Dredd was indeed on their roster for future Steelbook treatment.

The optimistic, fan boy part of me went "Fucking A!" But the more measured, pessimistic part of me went "I'll believe it when it's grasped in my filthy mitts!"

So that's about it really. No definitive release date or specs, but I doubt any future release will be "special" or contain any new extras, as remastering would just be to cost prohibitive.
The best we can expect is the current Blu-ray version of Dredd in a very sexy tin, hopefully using Jock's very, very sexy Mondo poster at as it's basis.

And that will be good enough for me, to be honest!   

Cool, thanks for elaborating.

How gutted are you going to be when you realise they're actually talking about the 1995 Dredd movie?

Honestly?

I'd be fucking gutted! 

But I'd probably buy it anyway! 

Don't discount the Japanese Steelbook though.

It's a lovely looking thing and got the best Audio and PQ released so far-if that's your bag! 

[Recrewt]

Cool, thanks for elaborating.

How gutted are you going to be when you realise they're actually talking about the 1995 Dredd movie?

HaHa!  Yeah, a new steelbook with the image of Dredd kissing Hershey from the end of the movie on the front. 

[dweezil2]

Cool, thanks for elaborating.

How gutted are you going to be when you realise they're actually talking about the 1995 Dredd movie?

HaHa!  Yeah, a new steelbook with the image of Dredd kissing Hershey from the end of the movie on the front. 

They could sell it as a romantic comedy! I mean it's got Rob Schneider in it!!!!