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[It just needs to feel like Dredd for the movie to work. It doesn't have to be a Sin City-style slavish recreation]

as long as the essence of the thing is respected

Quite. It just needs to feel like Dredd for the movie to work. It doesn't have to be a Sin City-style slavish recreation. Still, I guess we'll all see it soon enough.

Indeed. The Crow, Blade, and Nolan's Batman films are prime examples of "feeling" the source material without being slavish.

Speaking of Sin City, I have a strong feeling Frank Miller is going to groove on Dredd. It's his type of thing.

...not to mention the new Amazing Spider-Man and the new Expendables 2 trailers!

I recently saw the trailer for Lockout. I wonder if that will be more or less the feel of Dredd.

[Not sure why they would put out teasers for a film that's not due till September out now]

Not sure why they would put out teasers for a film that's not due till September out now - unless they had a fortune in thier promotional budget I'd imaging they'd wait till late July at the very least for adverts they have to pay money out to show.

It wouldn't be out of the question, really. Machete's first trailer debuted in March 2010, and the film opened on September 2010.

Urban's voice is excellent!!

Happy Birthday, 2000AD!!

I forgot to add this little something I did on spare time:

Urban's voice is excellent!!

Happy Birthday, 2000AD!!

My guess is after 17 years he has more than likely forgotten about it. It's only us obsessives on the forum who are really bothered about the old version, which as films go was pretty unmemorable.

I guess what I mean is that if Stallone gets to watch Dredd, will he maybe think something like "you know, maybe that's the movie we should have done 17 years ago. And maybe if I had resisted the urge to feed my ego, I would have kept the helmet througout the movie like this guy Urban did."

You know, once Dredd comes out and(hopefully)is recieved much better critically than the '95 film, it's going to be pretty interesting to see what Stallone has to say about it.

Ok, so, in the footage, is that Urban's voice or is it a soundbyte from Dredd VS Death?

Don't panic! It's from the video game.

In the movie Dredd will sound like Paul Hogan!

Well, I'm hoping he uses that eerie voice he had in Priest.

Ok, so, in the footage, is that Urban's voice or is it a soundbyte from Dredd VS Death?

I played a bit with the exposure and I actually really like this image now.

He kinda' reminds me of Brian Thompson here! He looks great!!

[Most of the crew hated Ridley Scott while shooting Blade Runner]

'Reshoots' doesnt actually mean they have ditched a whole setup, no matter how good your storyboard and DOP etc etc there is always a chance of something missed, and not an indication of anything negative going on.

To me it shows they are polishing rather than just working with what they have got .....

Anyone reflecting on the rather lukewarm comments about the behind the scenes 'news' ought to watch 'The Making Of RoboCop' as an example of on set problems etc often meaning sod all to the success of the finished film.

Over budget, over deadline, and the first action film by a 'new' director, the set was frequented by the financers worried over their investment, and a horrid place to work, esp in the 110 odd degrees heat of the set.

The suit was taken one direction only to be redesigned at the last minute, a result of which meant the SFX artist (Rob Bottin) behind it wouldnt even speak to the Director. The suit itself only arrived on set the day of the first day of filming- and took a further 11 hours to finish fit over Peter Weller. He'd trained his robot movements with a choreographer for months only to find that with the suit on all the training wouldnt work.
The suit was considered pivotal point of the film, dont forget.

Oh- and dont forget the reshoots and delays The Predator went through when the original design of suit failed to perform on site..

Read Luc Besson's The Fifth Element book and you would think he hated every moment on set ( he prob did)

Most of the crew hated Ridley Scott while shooting Blade Runner

None of them turned out as bad movies....

  ...and don't forget James Cameron with The Terminator.

I just hope Dredd doesn't fall prey to the type misconception on the part of the media(and audience) that very much plagued Conan The Barbarian, by being percieved as a remake.

What plagued Conan was that it was a bad film. No one cared about misconceptions.

We can discuss several possible reasons why the film failed at the box office. Still, there have been other films that have gotten worse receptions by critics than Conan did, such as Underworld:Evolution, and were commercially successful. Just saying.

I think this film will attract enough initial cinema goers to be a success. You've got some respected names (garland, urban), sexy woman (Headey and Thirlby) an already established die-hard fan base (2000ad), action fans in general will probably check it out (especially if it's a R), empire and bleeding cool seem very supportive so you have their readers too, and we're still yet to have a trailer.

And as long as it is good, it will probably receive more praise when taking into account rumours of troubled production and the previous dredd film. ( I'm basing that last bit on the reviews of predators which was higher then they should have been mostly due to the fact it was compared to the more recent previous instalments like the AVP fiascos and predator 2)

I just hope Dredd doesn't fall prey to the type misconception on the part of the media(and audience) that very much plagued Conan The Barbarian, by being percieved as a remake.

[Really hope that it doesn't turn out to be 2012's Conan the Barbarian]

It's not like this is studio intervention. It's been their vision from the start.

I was hoping Dredd would be 2012's District 9. Really hope that it doesn't turn out to be 2012's Conan the Barbarian[/i]...

Well, I actually very much liked this year's Conan The Barbarian. Maybe not a "great" film, but not the abomination it was made out to be, either. I feel certain a director's or extended cut will make more justice to it. The film felt like an 80's Marvel comic of Savage Sword of Conan written by Roy Thomas or Michael Fleischer. That's how the film worked for me.

So, anyway, I, personally, could think of worse for Dredd than to turn out like CTB(2011).