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While we're in full fantasy mode, how about a prequel? Booths election rigging and Fargos rise and fall-a'la 'origins'? Ive always been fascinated by the untold story of the beginnings of MC1, and 'Origins' didn't really satisfy my curiosity as much as i would have liked. But a Young Dredd? Could it work? Maybe as a flashback segment to flesh out Dredds past a little?

All my doubts (not many) banished. He looks amazing. Compare to a '95 still to see the true glory.

"For me its a sense of chaos trying to be restrained. Mega-City One grew out of a desperate struggle and hence in my mind never had the chance to have a plan. That's echo'd 'today' in the crazy variety seen in the citizens, the almost organic curves of the city blocks and the height of it all, layer built upon layer, all trying to get it right, all just adding to the confusion."

"The Statue of Justice standing over the Statue of Liberty is a great symbol to be seen, but rather for the desperate failure it represents. The Justice Department does indeed tower over the city and all that lives in it. But its a show of impotence strength, for all its might The Statue of Liberty still stands, as a symbol of the choices and craziness that the city offers. The Justice Department intimidates but never quite crushes the people who squirm out of its iron grip in all sorts of crazy ways."

Just had to say- superb. Could not have put it better. So wont try.

"I'm free." -Not in my city punk. 

Heres to 35 years of thrill power! Huzzar!

Not being too knowledgable about these things- do new movie trailers always appear online first these days?

To Alex Garland- no anything, get your thinking cap on.
Thoroughly approve of whats revealed so far.
Long live the new Dredd.

I for one dont think city of the damned would work on screen, or any of the prog-centric stories for that matter, i think the central idea of why the world needs judges in the first place would be the place to visit, and has always been the most engaging element of Dredd for myself. Dredd needs to be justified if he is to be presented as anything other than just another anti-hero. That has always been the strength of the comic, and right or wrong this is where the heart of the entire concept lies. "In a world... " just dont cut it for me. Lets have a proper exploration of why Dredd exists. Because he does, metaphorically and literally he represents something, lets try to find out what that is and if it means anything to us. Much more satifying than Judge Death dont yo think?

With baited breath- june/july? Genuinely pyschotic with expectation.

Feel a prick starting a page like that. How about- "Why the judges exist anyway?" and how this relates to a Judge Dredd movie? Surely this is the crux of the matter to an uninitiated (paying) moviegoer?

Posts at alt.2000ad. many apols... many drinkshhh... hic. soz

I have some posts missing. A little worrying. Check tomoro.

The basic exaggerations and contrasts (similarities) of megacity with regards to 21st century civilisation, contain all that is needed to form a classic science fiction story in the true 2000ad style without resorting to strip derived gimmickary (mimicry) and dilution. Dredds world is an exiting and vibrant parody of modern living enough to make a slew of sequals with enough visual impact and social satire to make Robocop look like an episode of corrie.

I dont want to see movie versions of comics ive read, i want new, fresh explorations of all the avenues Mr Wagner has opened up for us. Long live Dredd!

Judge Death, hmmm. The outstanding element in the original Death stories was the fantastic interpretations of Mr Bolland. All subsequent tales have lacked the impact of the first two. Death as a character and concept seems to me to have worked so well simply as an outlandish branching off of the main thread of Dredd stories up until that date. A breath of fresh (foetid?) air from the norm. He has always been a very unlikely addition to the Dreddiverse and in my 'umble should be left WELL alone regards a movie version of mega city one. So much of the social and political examination of our future society has yet to be explored and to my mind provide a much more fruitfull and relevant storehouse of ideas than a simple 'anti-Dredd' character. Dredd has always seemed to me very much a cautionary tale regarding the forward-march of our own society. This seems to me to be the most logical and fertile territory for future Dredd movies. (Assuming we get so lucky).