Dredd (2012)

[TordelBack]

It really is a great advert for the comics.

That's a much better way of putting it!

[Goaty]

THIS what Master TordelBack says!

[dracula1]

On on more cheerier note he is a real  picture which may have influenced tuhe look of the big Meg  in our beloved movie.

[jock]

On on more cheerier note he is a real  picture which may have influenced tuhe look of the big Meg  in our beloved movie.

i used some similar shots as the basis for a view of the Meg, funnily enough. it was deemed too 'fantasy' for production, but i had a soft spot for the look --

http://www.4twenty.co.uk/movies/judge-dredd-movie/mega-city-1-from-above/

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

They won't though. It's a hard truth that most people here seem to be unwilling to take on board. It was a business venture. It failed. Like it or not, and I loved the movie, there will not be another one.

I'm fairly happy living in denial  . Surely that's what everyone thought after Judge Dredd, but then along came Dredd which kicked ass. I'm a young guy, I can wait 17 years for another one.

[James Stacey]

Curse you and the youth on your side

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Or a new Dredd video game would be pretty swell.

[Goaty]

Wow...
you are the master, Jock!

[dracula1]

Thanks for those insights Jock your concept work on the movie has been outstanding 

[IndigoPrime]

A pity there's no way of getting more of this out there, in print. The 1995 film got that art of Dredd book; this time, a few bits and bobs online. Such a pity we couldn't magic a Meg floppy full of concept art.

[Stan]

So if distribution rights are sold to Lionsgate for $7 million, I'm assuming the production companies themselves still get a cut of the box office? Considering the cinemas themselves get roughly half(ish), it must be a small cut of the overall pie.

That $7 million is what the film's UK distributor is supposed to have paid. (And have hence taken a fairly hefty loss so far on their investment.) Lionsgate was the film's US distributor, and would presumably have paid a lot more.

Whoops. Clearly I misremembered the Wiki page I was reading about three seconds prior.

Though that kinda bolsters the point I was making elsewhere (which lead me to the Wiki in the first place). The actual production companies don't need to recoup a massive loss. It's distributors who need to be convinced that a sequel is worthwhile. I'm hoping that in the delusional la la land me and Chuck Sixpackman live in a great performance on DVD, in which people suddenly realise they missed out on something really really cool looking, will convince a couple of big boys that Dredd has a second wind.

[Goaty]

A pity there's no way of getting more of this out there, in print. The 1995 film got that art of Dredd book; this time, a few bits and bobs online. Such a pity we couldn't magic a Meg floppy full of concept art.

And we get featured in the film! How amazed was that?

[Gonk]

What do you plan to do between Dredd no.1 and Dredd no.2? That's a few years to play around in. I have heard that "War and Peace" is a good read.

I might get hold of some slo-mo and try to read it, by the time I've finished it, I'll be ready for the next Dredd film.

[Spikes]

Youll be ready, but the film wont, 

No, stop it - positive thoughts only.

[dweezil2]

When I win the Euromillions I'm going to bankroll the sequel myself!