Dredd (2012)

[Kowalsky (formerly JudgeGumpty)]

I see DREDD has now hit the dizzy heights of number 20 in the top movies list on IMDB!

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Only USA? Would have thought it more logical to have just one international page, but I suppose it must vary with the distributors or something?

[Stan]

They still use the stars and stripes though - but yeah, 'Enjoy it while it lasts' would have been cool.

Not as colourful as it once was though, certainly don't see it much -if at all- as a blatant flag in the Hall of Justice.

Well it's probably seen better days...

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/06/21/dredd_510.jpg

Is there a particular reason why the flag isn't of the current design? I joked that this was a pic of Dredd attending Joe Jnr's career day and now I'm thinking I wasn't far off.

[Stan]

Only USA? Would have thought it more logical to have just one international page, but I suppose it must vary with the distributors or something?

He did say there should be other pages but I don't know if that was just his (or her!) opinion.

[Goaty]

Silly thought, no spoilers from the script please, is there robots in Dredd film? Just wonder.

[Pete Wells]

Over on Karlurbaninternational there's the pRoduction notes from the press pack. They make very exciting reading!

http://karlurbaninternational.foros.ws/t1975/dredd-2012-production-notes/

[Kowalsky (formerly JudgeGumpty)]

Silly thought, no spoilers from the script please, is there robots in Dredd film? Just wonder.

I submitted a long list an overview of life in MC-1 before film was made to a certain writer (nameless) and was gratefully received and passed on. One of things i mentioned was robots but i know as much as you Goaty.

[Beaky Smoochies]

Over on Karlurbaninternational there's the pRoduction notes from the press pack. They make very exciting reading!
http://karlurbaninternational.foros.ws/t1975/dredd-2012-production-notes/

Awesome read there, cheers for that Pete.  Interesting that Alex Garland went through TWO separate script ideas for well over a year before arriving at the plot we have in Dredd currently, mind you, could it be possible that those two discarded plot ideas will form the basis of the hopefully two sequels?  Judge Death in the second one - which John Wagner has already strongly hinted at - and "pro-democracy terrorists" in the third and final one, the latter of which could be a REALLY challenging and politically charged CBM with the whole 'one-man's-terrorist-is-another's-freedom-fighter' motif in the mix, challenging audiences to decide between a draconian-but-necessary judicial system and murderous terrorists who are campaigning for full democracy in the Big Meg, only done a lot better than the V for Vendetta movie, which was both simplistic in the extreme and an outright ideological screed - evil right-wing government/noble freedom fighters; the opposite of what Alan Moore's graphic novel was about - let's hope we've just gotten a glimpse into the outline of a potential Dredd trilogy in that press pack...

[SmallBlueThing]

Go on then Beaky, i'll bite- explain how V for Vendetta was about a noble right wing government and an evil freedom fighter in such a way that the audience's sympathies were significantly different than that of the movie.

SBT

[Spaceghost]

Silly thought, no spoilers from the script please, is there robots in Dredd film? Just wonder.

I'm not sure if you're actually asking this question or not. If you don't want to know, don't read what's under the spoiler bar -

[spoiler]No, there are no robots in DREDD. MC1 is nowhere near that level of tech as depicted in the new film.[/spoiler]

[dweezil2]

Over on Karlurbaninternational there's the pRoduction notes from the press pack. They make very exciting reading!

http://karlurbaninternational.foros.ws/t1975/dredd-2012-production-notes/

Thanks for passing that on!

Fascinating stuff! 

[Goaty]

Well I have to gamble to looks at your spoiler.

OOh not much spoiler phew! But interesting that. SO Dredd will be realistic! 

I'm not sure if you're actually asking this question or not. If you don't want to know, don't read what's under the spoiler bar -

[spoiler]No, there are no robots in DREDD. MC1 is nowhere near that level of tech as depicted in the new film.[/spoiler]

[Steve Green]

Over on Karlurbaninternational there's the pRoduction notes from the press pack. They make very exciting reading!

http://karlurbaninternational.foros.ws/t1975/dredd-2012-production-notes/

Thanks for passing that on!

Fascinating stuff! 

There's a lot of spoiler there - from what I glimpsed it outlines the whole script in the first chunk. Just so people are aware.

[JOE SOAP]

So Dredd will likely be 18's:


"We put together a pretty compelling package of mainly rights, producers, script, and a director with a solid track record and all our lead people were excited and on board," says Macdonald, "but we wanted to make a film that would be tough and grown up, the violence we required meant it would be R-rated in America and 18 in Europe, so we knew we could only spend about 40 million. It was not going to be big-budget, plus we knew we had a character that couldn't take off his helmet, which we wanted and was in our contract with the Kingsleys. So you can't then have a huge movie star whose face you don't see. We needed a great or good actor as opposed to a marquee name like Will Smith."



http://karlurbaninternational.foros.ws/t1975/dredd-2012-production-notes/

[Goaty]

Amazing that as the trailer was 12A rated, they are very good editing 18 rated film out to fools people which it would be mind-blowing at cinema! CAN't WAIT!