Adi Shankar producer of DREDD has announced via reddit that a DREDD short is on its way.
A question was asked by a member of the public and his answer was as follows -
I am working on a Dredd short in the vein of #DirtyLaundry ... you're actually the first person to know about this ...
I'm so happy and I wonder if this is because of all the interest shown in Dredd after the cinema run. Could this be a lead into a possible sequel, who knows but this can ONLY be good news!
The link is on the Dredd thread but that is a cumbersome giant now and so here it is again DREDD short confirmed (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1am57s/i_am_adi_shankar_producer_of_the_grey_dredd/)
Really? Wow.
Sounds great! Very looking forward to this.
He should find it easy to find a number of Judge extras complete with uniforms
Cool!
The irony will be, if he can wait a little while until going in to production, he'll probably have access to more Judge costumes than the main production. Especially if he's shooting in the US. :D
Excellent news,I'll take any DNA Dredd I can can get...
Presuming it is connected to the film,will it be Urban again I wonder or a whole new take,sorta like Minty?
#DirtyLaundry ??
Quote from: Proudhuff on 22 March, 2013, 04:45:00 PM
#DirtyLaundry ??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpK0wsnitc
What happens?
And I LOVE #DirtyLaundry!
I concur. Thomas Jane kicks arse! Would love to see something in a similar vein but with Dredd doing said action, and please can we have Karl back?
Oh, this is interesting, and exciting news. Yep, be great if Mr Urban could return for this.
I cannot stop shaking with excitement .this is excellent news, but it has to be Mr Urban.PERIOD
Well done C F for brightening the shitty week i,ve just had. Thank you!
Thanks James, a fine advert for JD
It'd be nice if it was movieverse Dredd but I'll take anything. Dirty laundry was hardcore.
Fingers well and truly crossed!
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 22 March, 2013, 04:05:02 PM
Adi Shankar producer of DREDD has announced via reddit that a DREDD short is on its way.
A question was asked by a member of the public and his answer was as follows -
I am working on a Dredd short in the vein of #DirtyLaundry ... you're actually the first person to know about this ...
I'm so happy and I wonder if this is because of all the interest shown in Dredd after the cinema run. Could this be a lead into a possible sequel, who knows but this can ONLY be good news!
The link is on the Dredd thread but that is a cumbersome giant now and so here it is again DREDD short confirmed (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1am57s/i_am_adi_shankar_producer_of_the_grey_dredd/)
Slight correction, Executive Producer.
Drokk! I'll get me coat :-X
Wow.
Wow.
Just awesome. So, so pleased. :D
Awesome news - never seen Dirty Laundry, till now.
A Dredd one of these will be ace!
ooooohhhh I could crush a grape!!!
Fantastic news, and good point about the plethora of Judge outfits: seems like there's a small army being put together over on the RPF.
There is indeed ;)
That's brilliant news!
Wonderful news, thanks John.
If it happens, we knew that Karl would loves to do it. He's top bloke and 2000ADer!
if its DREDD its gotta be Urban , this is the best news ive had all year so far.! So , I'ts official ?
:o
A short Dredd story in the vein of #dirtylaundry?
Got to be In the Bath.
This.
I hope it's a really long short, like an hour and a half. That would be good.
Great news. It's not called "Cursed Edge" by any chance?
Woo!
Usually I try to restrain myself but fockit, after the harrowing emotional rollercoaster this movie has dragged me thru? - I'm exhausted, I'm giving it up and just going to coast along now on rainbows and unicorns optimism of 'anything's possible!'
Thanks for heads up, CF!
The Reddit thread makes for interesting reading - Shankar seems like one of the good guys.
What's especially interesting is that he personally hated that '3D' was added to the film's title.
Grand news. :thumbsup:
Fantastic news!
Quote from: radiator on 23 March, 2013, 11:11:02 AM
The Reddit thread makes for interesting reading - Shankar seems like one of the good guys.
What's especially interesting is that he personally hated that '3D' was added to the film's title.
Yeah, it's definitely worth a scan. I'll go back and read it properly at some point.
Quote from: MR. ELIMINATOR on 23 March, 2013, 09:26:32 AM
I hope it's a really long short, like an hour and a half. That would be good.
lols, this.
Quote from: Bat King on 22 March, 2013, 08:14:55 PM
Awesome news - never seen Dirty Laundry, till now.
Me neither. I kinda like the fact the guy [spoiler]delayed before reacting because, if we're honest, that's what a lot of us would do. Boy was that brutal when he did act though. Not unsatisfying (it's always satisfying to see hoodlums get their comeuppance) but it had me wincing. It's one of those things I enjoy to see, yet feel a bit guilty for enjoying it. It highlights that thin line between justice and vengeance and that attempting to do the right thing could end up as brutal and nasty as the scum-bags actions itself.[/spoiler]
A great short. [spoiler]And I liked the shirt bit at the end. I didn't realise it was
him, but I haven't seen many Punnisher films.[/spoiler]
A Dredd short by this guy, preferably in the movie world, would be welcome.
Quote from: Noisybast on 23 March, 2013, 12:30:43 AM
Got to be In the Bath.
Definitely, one of my favourite Dredd stories, either that or the one with the Chinaman on a horse that comes to MC1 and ends up arrested, can't remember what its called.
thanks C.F.
just went through this Q and A .. It was a great read and very interesting
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If you could produce your dream movie, regardless of political or copyright issues that might make that impossible (like getting Disney to O.K. an R rated Star Wars for example). What would it be?
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ok dude it would totally be an R-Rated contained Boba Fett movie. It would be DREDD set in the world of Star Wars with Boba Fett instead of Judge Dredd.
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that's a terrible idea. I think one of the reasons people like big bobba is cuase you don't know anything about him, he's just a side guy. a whole film would ruin it. bobba fetts what stevete beuscemi/harry-dean stanon are to films in general
Hi Guys,
To be honest, more Dredd on the big screen is great news ( Sly Stallone version excluded of course)...
And provided that it is along the lines of 'Dirty Laundry' it would be just awesome...
'Dirty Laundry' is exactly what a 'short' movie should be..... A quickly established story line, a few characters, some really bad perps getting their just desserts, and amazing and totally gratuitous violence......Beginning to sound familiar, and what most of us have always wanted in a Dredd movie..
Just imagine for a moment, instead of Thomas Jane, we had Dredd ( Urban preferred here ) dealing with the perps in exactly the same way.....I doubt there would be anyone in this forum complaining...Bring it on.....Please !!
Quote from: Sideshow Bob on 24 March, 2013, 09:16:13 AM
To be honest, more Dredd on the big screen is great news
If only; the days when you could watch a short before a feature at the flicks are long gone. I hope it ends up being more than Dredd stepping on a black man's legs.
Hopefully, it'll spawn its own sequels which in turn will get collected for a blu-ray release and that'll prompt a sequel at the cinema! Just like Dr. Horrible! :D
Singalongamax... normal.
Great news. Please get Mr. Urban involved, we here loved the chap in the role as I have expressed plenty of time's. Oh, and i'd die if the short turned out to be Mrs Gunderson's Little Adventure, though I very much doubt it. :lol:
The hot dog run with the Gila Munja.
V
Bugger, not again. Meant Turned Out Quite Nice Again, not Mrs Gunderson's Little Adventure, though heaven forbid i'll take either!
A co-production with the Minty team?
If it's true is it a possible pitch for TV? I doubt if Mr. Urban would be involved which would be a shame :(
I disagree I think Karl would be interested if scripts were good.He has said he would love to be able to reprise his role as Dredd given the chance.TV production values on certain channels are very high so the difference between film and say a good mini series are negligable.
Yep! That makes sense. Would our man Urban have the time though, with all the big movie roles getting pushed his way?
Great news! :D
I have a feeling Karl would do it, if other commitments allowed.
In the meantime I'm still buying Euromillions tickets ;)
lol, . . . but hang on this may all be an early April fool's prank ! :o
;)
There is something awfully wrong here. Where are the naysayers and doom merchants :lol:
Helmets too big. How's that?
Thank Drokk for that. I thought the internet was broken for a moment then!
I liked when he said Snake Pliskin is the man with no name.
As much as I'm intrigued by the suggestion of a new Dredd-flavoured short, I'm a little worried that Shankar consistently dodged questions of whether Urban or any of the other original cast would be involved...
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 25 March, 2013, 10:23:19 PM
There is something awfully wrong here. Where are the naysayers and doom merchants :lol:
I'm on holiday.
If we can't have our first choice favourite as DREDD again how about the geezer who played LEX he was awesome! :D
What would the purpose of the proposed Dredd short be?
I took the Punisher short to be something of a pitch to aim for a reboot that franchise, but Shankar openly states that Dredd 2 is 'not going to happen'.
So would it be purely for fun? For the fans?
We've just had a fab film called Dredd 3D made for the fans, don't be greedy now.
Quote from: radiator on 26 March, 2013, 01:21:09 PM
I'm a little worried that Shankar consistently dodged questions of whether Urban or any of the other original cast would be involved...
Hopefully nowt more than wishing to play it all close to his chest - for the time being.
But Karl reprising Dredd would be the ultimate - and would deffo sell the project. He's got to be on Shankar's wishlist
Quote from: dracula1 on 26 March, 2013, 06:53:20 PM
If we can't have our first choice favourite as DREDD again how about the geezer who played LEX he was awesome! :D
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Langley Kirkwood was his name and I thought his performance was excellent and complimented Karls very well.Was hoping for a proper dust up between Dredd and lex before he was put down as I thought he made a better adversary than mama.
Quote from: radiator on 26 March, 2013, 07:00:11 PM
What would the purpose of the proposed Dredd short be?
I took the Punisher short to be something of a pitch to aim for a reboot that franchise, but Shankar openly states that Dredd 2 is 'not going to happen'.
So would it be purely for fun? For the fans?
Did he use those words further down the page? To be fair, he also said he didn't want to see another Punisher film either so that kinda contradicts the view that Dirty Laundry was a means to push for this. I'm not sure we should be taking one guy's word as final confirmation.
Quote from: Beadle68 on 26 March, 2013, 07:34:37 PM
Quote from: dracula1 on 26 March, 2013, 06:53:20 PM
If we can't have our first choice favourite as DREDD again how about the geezer who played LEX he was awesome! :D
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Langley Kirkwood was his name and I thought his performance was excellent and complimented Karls very well.Was hoping for a proper dust up between Dredd and lex before he was put down as I thought he made a better adversary than mama.
Totally agree. Has this actor done anything else ?
QuoteDid he use those words further down the page?
Yes. He swings between saying a sequel is 'probably not happening' and 'unlikely', and stating categorically that it will definitely not. Tbh he is probably just assuming it to be the case, as lets face it: Dredd tanked at the cinema, and films that tank don't get sequels.
Quotehe also said he didn't want to see another Punisher film either so that kinda contradicts the view that Dirty Laundry was a means to push for this
That's odd because over on Youtube he said this of Dirtylaundry/Punisher reboot:
Quoteif enough fans start harassing marvel they may let it happen ...
All in all he seems like a decent bloke. I particularly enjoyed his comments on the future of cinema, 'routine interest movies' (great term!), exec lunches and 'frivilous' studio spending.
He's one of the lone voices still championing grown-up, serious and challenging genre films in a world of PG-13 gash, so good luck to him.
Yeah, I do like that the guy. That was one of the most interesting Q&A's I've read (or at least scanned through!). At the very least his opinion should be taken seriously.
And Lex is currently playing King David in that mega hit Bible series over in the US. Not quite quite sure who asked that question!
And I'm not drunk!
Quote from: Stan on 26 March, 2013, 09:11:46 PM
And Lex is currently playing King David in that mega hit Bible series over in the US. Not quite quite sure who asked that question!
Yep...
(http://i.imgur.com/Q9xyuqG.jpg)
Looks more like Solomon to me:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Solomon.jpg)
Cheers Chaps I will look out for his role in this.
Quote from: radiator on 26 March, 2013, 07:00:11 PM
What would the purpose of the proposed Dredd short be?
I took the Punisher short to be something of a pitch to aim for a reboot that franchise, but Shankar openly states that Dredd 2 is 'not going to happen'.
So would it be purely for fun? For the fans?
Likely because he can, he did choose to act as an exec after all. As for Dredd 2, I would presume since he was an independent exec - sometimes a glorified accountant or broker depending on the project - he wouldn't be too connected at this stage.
Interesting news indeed :)
I hate "Dirty Laundry" every bit as much as I hate the full length so-called "Punisher" movie Tom Jane starred in. Insults to the character both of them.
But if this proposed short brings back Karl, and stays true to the comic and the movie "Dredd", then I'm all for it.
I think something along the lines of the opening to Dredd would be great. Just seeing him take care of a crime efficiently and quickly. They'd probably have to have it set in doors though to save money creating the city again.
I always thought something along the lines of Total War would translate well to film. Less OTT than The Day the Law Died and keeping mostly in tone with the original film. Instead of gangsters Dredd's taking on terrorists, it's a step in a different direction yet retains a similare formula.
I hope this pans out. I've read that Karl Urban would be delighted to continue with the role but I bet the quality would have t be there with this short. I doubt he'd risk detracting from what he's achieved. So if we do hear he's onboard it'll be a safe bet the quality will be there. I can't help but wonder (hope) this is a kind of treatment for an HBO style series. GOT is superb and proves it's possible to create a fully realised world....I know...dream on.
Quote from: Bubba Zebill on 07 April, 2013, 01:32:35 PM
I can't help but wonder (hope) this is a kind of treatment for an HBO style series.
You mean like Dirty Laundry?
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 07 April, 2013, 03:40:08 PM
Quote from: Bubba Zebill on 07 April, 2013, 01:32:35 PM
I can't help but wonder (hope) this is a kind of treatment for an HBO style series.
You mean like Dirty Laundry?
Dirty Laundry was a pitch for a show, I missed that while reading through the thread. Hadn't heard of Dirty Laundry before. Very good. Looks like the same street in LA that Timberlake shot that time-is-money sci-fi malarky in.
Quote from: Bubba Zebill on 07 April, 2013, 10:31:51 PM
Dirty Laundry was a pitch for a show
It wasn't; I see no reason why this theoretical Dredd short will be either.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 07 April, 2013, 10:34:05 PM
Quote from: Bubba Zebill on 07 April, 2013, 10:31:51 PM
Dirty Laundry was a pitch for a show
It wasn't; I see no reason why this theoretical Dredd short will be either.
So dreaming on it is.
Don't listen to the naysayers. Who knows what will happen in the future and if this tiny seed can grow in the harshest of environments then let us get behind it this short.
I'm sure that after '95 we all thought that was it with Dredd, FOREVER! Let's just see where this all leads to shall we. Nothing is set in stone in this world, well apart from the Ten Commandments ;)
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 07 April, 2013, 11:49:33 PM
let us get behind it this short.
Depends on the intentions and who exactly is involved.
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 07 April, 2013, 11:49:33 PM
Don't listen to the naysayers. Who knows what will happen in the future and if this tiny seed can grow in the harshest of environments then let us get behind it this short.
I will argue until blue in the face that without Batman: Dead End, there wouldn't have been a Batman Begins. A good showpiece short with a strong sense of direction and a solid grasp of what makes the material interesting can no doubt help sell a potential sequel, but we already had that with Dredd 3D so I'm not sure where the short has to go in terms of highlighting the potential of the property.
Who knows what the future may bring!
At the end of a Lawgiver MKII :D
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 08 April, 2013, 01:34:32 AM
I will argue until blue in the face that without Batman: Dead End, there wouldn't have been a Batman Begins.
Even though Nolan and Goyer were all ready hired and working on
Batman Begins Again 6 months before
Batman: Cul de Sac was released?
BLUE IN THE FACE I SAID.
The previous bat-treatments - including Goyers - before the urban grit of Begins was decided upon out of the blue are all online and available for ridicule. My favorite was the treatment where Batman learned his ninja and acrobatic skills as protege to mob hitman Joe Chill, and punched people so hard that the "W" on the Wayne family signet ring left a bat-like impression on mobster's faces (just like the Phantom's skull ring thingy) so everyone calls him "The Batman". Like Superman Returns, YES I KNOW but still I am morbidly curious how that would have turned out as a film.
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 08 April, 2013, 03:11:06 AM
BLUE IN THE FACE I SAID.
The previous bat-treatments - including Goyers - before the urban grit of Begins was decided upon out of the blue are all online and available for ridicule. My favorite was the treatment where Batman learned his ninja and acrobatic skills as protege to mob hitman Joe Chill, and punched people so hard that the "W" on the Wayne family signet ring left a bat-like impression on mobster's faces (just like the Phantom's skull ring thingy) so everyone calls him "The Batman". Like Superman Returns, YES I KNOW but still I am morbidly curious how that would have turned out as a film.
Aronofsky & Miller's 1970's style 16mm take of Year One back in 2000 had more grit than Batman: Dead-End's rain-soaked Arkham Asylumesque Joker and the Alien vs Predator combo; which had cribbed images from Shyamalan's realist superhero film Unbreakable (2000) - a film that I think had far more influence on the superhero films that followed in its wake than Dead End's Gotham Knight.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 08 April, 2013, 08:14:38 AMAronofsky & Miller's 1970's style 16mm take of Year One back in 2000
Even Joel Schumacher talked about doing a "gritty" bat-film. Dead End still got there first.
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 07 April, 2013, 11:49:33 PM
Don't listen to the naysayers. ;)
I like that. The power of positive thinking - and high explosives!
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 08 April, 2013, 12:12:54 PM
Even Joel Schumacher talked about doing a "gritty" bat-film. Dead End still got there first.
Aronofsky and Miller had a script being developed at Warners indicating the direction and tone they wanted to take, and continuing in that mode, I can't imagine they hired Nolan on the strength and tone of Memento to make a Burton/Schumacheresque film.
Warner's compliant decision to develop a style of film that many had requested for years was made long before Collora's pedestrian action-short that also was playing to fans. If anything, Nolan avoided that short-film's inherent mistakes.
Think John's right about "dont listen to the naysayers" because you dont know what may happen.I personally think that since the dvd has sold well and all the positive vibe the film has been generating even among non fans of Dredd that sooner or later some exec will think that a sequel to our beloved film might be worth one last stab. After all Dredd's profile has been raised in America to the point where they might actually go to a cinema to see a sequel ,now that they how kick ass it is.How many non fan film sites have you all visited where people are submitting comments on how they need a sequel and wish they had got there fat lazy arses into a cinema to see it,I know I've trawled through shit loads. It can only be a positive thing that a short is being made, I just hope that Karl is involved, He is Dredd.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 08 April, 2013, 01:05:43 PMWarner's compliant decision to develop a style of film that many had requested for years was made long before Collora's pedestrian action-short that also was playing to fans. If anything, Nolan avoided that short-film's inherent mistakes.
You seem to be under the impression I am saying one is better than the other - I'm not. I'm saying one came out before the other, and that a lot of shite was being talked about what the next Batman movie might be like.
QuoteI can't imagine they hired Nolan on the strength and tone of Memento to make a Burton/Schumacheresque film.
They hired the director of Lost Boys, Falling Down and The Client and the screenwriter of Silent Fall and A Time To Kill to make a Batman movie and look how gritty and adult that turned out.
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 09 April, 2013, 12:08:52 AM
You seem to be under the impression I am saying one is better than the other - I'm not. I'm saying one came out before the other, and that a lot of shite was being talked about what the next Batman movie might be like.
No, I think you're saying the only reason one exists is because of the other which I don't think is paticularly true:
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 08 April, 2013, 01:34:32 AM
I will argue until blue in the face that without Batman: Dead End, there wouldn't have been a Batman Begins.
Whereas I don't feel there's much reason to think one started the ball rolling for the other, a ball that had all ready started rolling 6 months previous especially when Dead End is far more comic-book and Begins more like a Bourne film.
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 09 April, 2013, 12:08:52 AM
They hired the director of Lost Boys, Falling Down and The Client and the screenwriter of Silent Fall and A Time To Kill to make a Batman movie and look how gritty and adult that turned out.
And both were hired for opposite reasons. It happens.
Because Burton bailed out, they hired Schumacher
mid-stream to continue the successful tone and style set by Burton for the series and, if I remember correctly and as you've you often said, this is the
very reason you still consider those films to be 'Tim Burton era' Batman films, no?
On the other hand, I don't think it's off-beat to say that Nolan was hired for the very opposite reason:
specifically, to reboot the whole merry-go-round in a different direction, a direction they had in the interim indicated by their previous choices and which resulted in Batman Begins.
Batman: Dead End? The Predator crossover fan film? I've heard good stuff about it, worth a watch?
Quote from: Hawkmonger on 09 April, 2013, 08:30:38 AM
Batman: Dead End? The Predator crossover fan film? I've heard good stuff about it, worth a watch?
Yeah its fun
There are better Batman fan films out there nowadays, but enjoying a lot of them requires that you not find the presence of Harley Quinn and/or a struggling actor's interpretation of the Joker a teeth-gritting experience, though do not watch
The Death Of Batman under any circumstances. It is
The Room of fan-movies.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 09 April, 2013, 02:36:10 AMNo, I think you're saying the only reason one exists is because of the other which I don't think is paticularly true:
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 08 April, 2013, 01:34:32 AM
I will argue until blue in the face that without Batman: Dead End, there wouldn't have been a Batman Begins.
I could put my hands up and say that I could have been a lot clearer if I meant "in that form" (I did), as the money made by the "flop" Batman and Robin guaranteed it was always
when and not
if they would make another bat-film, but that would be pedantry so I shall cede the point.
Despite many directors and writers being hired over the years because this time they were definitely gonna make a Batman movie this time, definitely this time, it's definitely gonna happen, Aaronofsky is gonna hit it outta the park and this gritty Year One reboot is gonna happen and be great - one still came out first by almost two full years, and Hollywood's cribbing from low-budget auteurs and the need of producers to have visual aids before an idea sinks in is well-documented, though along those lines if someone were to argue so, I
could believe X-Men, Daredevil, Blade and Hulk's successes were more a factor in how Begins eventually turned out, or that their existence simply suggested that a grimmer superhero movie was now a reasonable box office gamble rather than a guaranteed critical bomb.
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 09 April, 2013, 01:13:36 PM
There are better Batman fan films out there nowadays, but enjoying a lot of them requires that you not find the presence of Harley Quinn and/or a struggling actor's interpretation of the Joker a teeth-gritting experience, though do not watch The Death Of Batman under any circumstances. It is The Room of fan-movies.
I'm intrigued.
Quote from: Professor James T Bear on 09 April, 2013, 01:13:36 PM
if someone were to argue so, I could believe X-Men, Daredevil, Blade and Hulk's successes were more a factor in how Begins eventually turned out, or that their existence simply suggested that a grimmer superhero movie was now a reasonable box office gamble rather than a guaranteed critical bomb.
That's why in a previous post I mentioned
Unbreakable - released at the same time as X-Men - and its obvious visual nods to Batman: the drenched cape/rising from the water was cribbed for Dead End.
Both X-Men and Unbreakable had a similar realist tone though X-Men dropped it half-way through - it is a Bryan Singer film. There was no way Warners could ignore those
visual aids , or the beans they generated, certainly more than Sandy Corolla's late-in-the-game fan-pleaser.
I share Pro Bear's opinion that Nolan's Bat films differ from the Burton/Schumaker era only in their visual aesthetic - and only slightly, at that. All the angsty stuff and mirroring of heroes and villains is there in the campest of the nineties material, and all the homo-eroticism, unfeasible logic and toy-fixation of the 'kiddie' films is present and correct in the auteur movies.
Since the visual aesthetic of Dead End resembles that of the Nolan films even less than it does that of the Burton/Schumaker era, I'm not sure how it provided any kind of inspiration for the reboot.
This is a long rambling discussion about old Bat's, any news on the potential Dredd short?
Nothing new.
Somewhere in North Korea a rocket scientist is wondering if a kickstarter would help them buy more gyroscopes...
You may have seen the news in the Dredd 2012 thread from Adi. Well, rather than clutter that thread up, I thought it best to reignite this one, seeing as it's all about his Dredd short.
Adi has tweeted that it will be out in a couple of months!
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 28 January, 2014, 04:14:01 AM
You may have seen the news in the Dredd 2012 thread from Adi. Well, rather than clutter that thread up, I thought it best to reignite this one, seeing as it's all about his Dredd short.
Adi has tweeted that it will be out in a couple of months!
Terrific! Sounds awesome.
Quote from: PsychoGoatee on 28 January, 2014, 05:01:26 AM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 28 January, 2014, 04:14:01 AM
You may have seen the news in the Dredd 2012 thread from Adi. Well, rather than clutter that thread up, I thought it best to reignite this one, seeing as it's all about his Dredd short.
Adi has tweeted that it will be out in a couple of months!
Terrific! Sounds awesome.
Yeah! :D
I won't be happy unless it revolves around Adi Shankar's girlfriend playing an undercover judge.
I hope you are all watching his Twitter feed, as it seems that the powers that be at the House of Tharg did contact Adi yesterday, asking him to get in touch and he did.
Could this be an exciting interview being lined up ;)
Nice one! :)
OOh tell us more...?
Quote from: Molch-R on 29 January, 2014, 10:12:11 AM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 29 January, 2014, 06:55:45 AM
Could this be an exciting interview being lined up ;)
No.
:P
Could this be an exciting cease and desist order being lined up?!
Yeah, knowing how the corporate "mind" works, it's probably a law suit. Please Grud let me be wrong.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 29 January, 2014, 10:21:09 AM
Yeah, knowing how the corporate "mind" works, it's probably a law suit. Please Grud let me be wrong.
It's not the way the corporate mind works it's the way you HAVE to proceed to protect your intellectual property in certain situations. Seeing as Rebellion are happy with fan films I'd assume and hope its nothing like that though.
Quote from: Molch-R on 29 January, 2014, 10:12:11 AM
No.
In incredibly boring interview being lined up?
Cheers
Jim
Maybe distributed on a DVD free with the Megazine - in a double-bill with Minty? That would be arsom.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 29 January, 2014, 12:04:57 PM
In incredibly boring interview being lined up?
Ah, you know of my work....
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 29 January, 2014, 10:21:09 AM
Yeah, knowing how the corporate "mind" works, it's probably a law suit. Please Grud let me be wrong.
I doubt they'd be reaching out via twitter to present a solicitor's letter.
io9.com having a nice little discussion regarding a new Riddick movie...
http://io9.com/and-dredd-cant-even-get-one-sequel-there-is-no-justice-1511143710
Quote from: blackmocco on 29 January, 2014, 06:20:32 PM
io9.com having a nice little discussion regarding a new Riddick movie...
http://io9.com/and-dredd-cant-even-get-one-sequel-there-is-no-justice-1511143710
(Not going to lie: I immensely enjoyed Riddick. It's about as close as one could get to seeing a Strontium Dog movie in the flesh.)
I was surprised how much they got for their money on Riddick.
I'm not sure what the breakdown of promo/production is but the figures on IMDB seem to suggest it cost less than Dredd did.
OK, it wasn't 3D, but a lot of CGI as well as practical sets.
Quote from: Steve Green on 29 January, 2014, 06:42:36 PM
I was surprised how much they got for their money on Riddick.
I'm not sure what the breakdown of promo/production is but the figures on IMDB seem to suggest it cost less than Dredd did.
OK, it wasn't 3D, but a lot of CGI as well as practical sets.
It wasn't as close to being on the same kind of scale as Dredd, though. Dredd's sets were big. There was also the real location outdoor shoots, and the costumes and props were more intricate in Dredd also. From watching Riddick, it looked like almost the entire film was shot in a single studio with a very small set and a large green screen.
Quote from: Steve Green on 29 January, 2014, 06:42:36 PM
I was surprised how much they got for their money on Riddick.
I'm not sure what the breakdown of promo/production is but the figures on IMDB seem to suggest it cost less than Dredd did.
OK, it wasn't 3D, but a lot of CGI as well as practical sets.
Diesel put a lot of his own money into it too though, Steve. Passion project for the man. Gets my respect.
That wouldn't affect the budget though, would it? Just where it was raised.
Unless Vin Diesel's contribution (outside of his fee) was off the books, (which would be a bit weird)
As for comparisons - I wouldn't say that Dredd's costumes were necessarily that much more complicated, and Riddick had much more variety in sci-fi-styled costumes.
Yes, the atrium was big but everything else was pretty much just corridors from what I recall.
Riddick had a lot more variety in sets and digital mattes, and a lot more creature effects than I would have expected for that budget.
Ask him to funding new Dredd... maybe cameo in it too?
I think he's more of a Rogue Trooper kind of guy.
Quote from: CrazyFoxMachine on 28 January, 2014, 06:34:27 AM
I won't be happy unless it revolves around Adi Shankar's girlfriend playing an undercover judge.
Is she a bit of alright? You couldn't google her for me, could you?
Is this at least distant drums?
http://www.followingthenerd.com/ftn_news/karl-urban-reveals-conversations-are-taking-place-between-the-studio-director-and-writer-about-a-dredd-sequel/
Ohh, that made me feel all tingly.
DROKK!!!!!!!!!!!!
what a way to start the day received the link in my email!!! WOW!!!!!
Mr Urban, your place in our real life hero area is not cast in rockcrete.
Simon Pegg,Phil Oakey,Metallica,Karl Urban
all upholders of the cause in the international market,
ok your role as bones adds further respect also.
OUTSTANDING
Well those drums are beating away..
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2014/02/25/tuesday-link-a-mania-83/
Very happy to hear, great news. Bring it on!
I knew buying that t-shirt and three copies of Dredd (one blu-ray and two on DVD) would be worthwhile. I won't be popping any champagne corks until I hear something more definite but I feel better know than I did in the autumn/winter of 2012 when those box office numbers made my heart sink.
Taken from an interview with Adi in May.
The film didn't perform at the box office, making $35m globally from a $50m budget, but it was the performance on DVD that silenced naysayers. "Dredd" home entertainment distributor Lionsgate said 650,000 units were sold on initial release, making it 2013′s best selling new release DVD title.
Regardless of the money (it's a common theme throughout the discussion – Shankar's far more interested in creative integrity and making movies people love than first weekend box office, tracking and ROI; 'As long as it's someone's favourite movie, we've won,' he says), Shankar talks about the passionate "Dredd" devotees.
"The fan base keeps growing to the point where the growth has eclipsed the intense depression I felt from the film's initial commercial outcome," he says. "So for the past year and a half I've been working on an 'unofficial' Dredd short. Tonally it's very different to the movie, and like all my 'Bootleg Universe' shorts, it's 100 percent for the fans. A thank you for being so damn loyal"
Quote from: 8-Ball on 25 February, 2014, 06:21:55 PM
I won't be popping any champagne corks until I hear something more definite
Yeah I think we'll have to hang on till we hear it's been green lit with some official announcement from DNA/Rebellion. It might be we're reading to much into the tea leaves of course.
Isn't Adi intent on producing a short and if that's got the go ahead might it have become confused in some quarters as meaning 'sequel?'
Quote from: IAMTHESYSTEM on 03 June, 2014, 09:47:25 AM
Quote from: 8-Ball on 25 February, 2014, 06:21:55 PM
I won't be popping any champagne corks until I hear something more definite
Yeah I think we'll have to hang on till we hear it's been green lit with some official announcement from DNA/Rebellion Richmond. It might be we're reading to much into the tea leaves of course.
Isn't Adi intent on producing a short and if that's got the go ahead might it have become confused in some quarters as meaning 'sequel?'
Interesting news from Twitter. Looks like NEW YORK COMIC CON is the place to be to see something by Adi this year!
Here is his tweet ADI'S TWEET (https://twitter.com/adishankarbrand/status/487485754386309120)
Looks to me like he just denied they are showing the Dredd short then.
Lets look at the question.
Quote from: Paolo @TheGreenRaptor
SDCC is coming, does that mean we will have a new @adishankarbrand short film? :)
Lets isolate the location. 'SDCC is coming' that is the scene set: San Diego. So the question can be paraphrased as:
'Will there be a new @adishankarbrand short film at San Diego Comic Con?'Consider the answer:
Quote from: Adi Shankar @adishankarbrand
@TheGreenRaptor nope ... but will have something at NYCC ... I wanna change it up =)
There are two parts, as delineated by the 'but'. A negative answer to the question, 'Nope', with a qualifying statement regarding a further location 'but will have something at NYCC'. We could paraphrase this as:
'There won't be a short film ny me at San Diego but I'll be at New York and want to give you all something new there.'
As I posted about this on the other thread a few days ago, there's at least another more reason he's appearing at NYCC:
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,34200.12075/topicseen.html
That thread is a bumbling mess and you can't find bugger all on it, as it gobbles everything up and moves on :lol:
(http://i57.tinypic.com/2e1aoeh.jpg)
Just a random note, Adam "Edge" Copeland would make a terrific judge, look at that mug. :lol: