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[blackmocco]

I respectfully disagree blackmocco dude, I personally think Michael Keaton is still the definitive portrayal of Batman to date- taking nothing away from Christian Bale, who comes in a close second- he accurately captured Wayne's personal eccentricity as well as giving the Batman persona a good go, but I respect your opinion- you pays yer money, you takes yer choice, horses for courses (and all that gibberish)!

I still stand by Dalton, but I fully concede I could be wrong on that one (not living on any other planet, blackmocco dude , just a personal viewpoint), but I thnk I'll opt out of the 'what-the-1995-movie-coulda-been' discussion now, the new movie is just too damn exciting to worry about the last debacle, which (despite me bringing it back up, I admit it) really should be left in the bargain bin where it belongs...

That's a mighty fine sketch, uh, In Orbit Every Monday, does the eagle shoulder pad REALLY look like that, though...? 

Laugh all you want Richmond, but Dalton has a cold and ruthless intensity that would've been perfect for Dredd (not to mention the perfect height at 6ft 2in), he would have adapted his character to fit the role, not brought one of his other roles to fit the Dredd character, that's what actors do, and I stand by my choice of Dalton- don't forget how people derided the casting of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman or Daniel Craig as James Bond, and both those actors are the definitive portrayals of their characters now... even Karl Urban's casting as Dredd was certainly a surprising choice, and I believe he'll make that his own too!

It may be uncool to say so but I felt sorry for Danny Cannon, he must have felt like the jammiest dude in moviedom when he was the one signed to direct the Judge Dredd movie, only to have egomaniacal stars (we're looking at you, Mr Stallone) and hack screenwriters (Steven E. DeSouza) pretty much destroy your original vision of the piece to the point where it is "completely different"- Cannon's own words- from what the original intent was, regardless of whether Cannon's 'futuristic Roman epic' pitch was appropriate for a JD movie or not.  They should have cast Timothy Dalton in the lead role, shot it in Mexico (the huge studio where Dune and Total Recall were filmed) to keep the budget at a more reasonable $50-$60m range, gotten John Wagner and Alan Grant to do the screenplay (or at least give it a final polish), and released it that December instead of the overcrowded summer.  It may have been sixteen years ago, but I still can't get that damn movie out of my system for some reason, even in spite of it's very considerable shortcomings...

[blackmocco]

You're probably right blackmocco dude, but Stallone should stop blaming everyone else for that movie's failure, he played a large part in it's ultimate failings by effectively seizing control of the project and demanding script changes/reshoots/editing cuts- or so I heard- although maybe Cannon was way too young, inexperienced, and without any creative/commercial clout to handle such a massive project at that time, but it would be interesting to see what his vison would've looked like onscreen, no matter, where'd you get the above Stallone quote from, by the way...?

I just had a thought whilst looking at the new pic, do you think it's from an actual scene in the movie or just a standard publicity shot?  I'll tell you why I asked, because it occurred to me that the pic could be from a scene early in the film [spoiler]when Dredd is called back to Justice Department, and he and the Chief Judge question Anderson through a one-way mirror in an observation room[/spoiler]- the pic is very low lit and the walls behind Dredd look very clean and sterile, not at all like the residential block.  Ultimately, it doesn't really matter, the pic is cool, the script is great, and I'm stoked about this movie, let's consign the Stallone debacle to the ash-heap of history once and for all (unless Buena Vista allow Danny Cannon to release his director's cut on DVD/Blu Ray)...

OH BABY!!!  I've just logged on and nearly fell off the chair when I saw a new official Dredd photo online- it's awesome looking, and sets the tone of the movie perfectly, that being a darker, grittier, more realistic, but still a stylised futuristic movie.  Just when all hope seemed lost, the Dredd team come through in fine style (not to mention the teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises being released this Monday online), and I CANNOT WAIT for this movie now, a teaser trailer please in the next month would be appreciated, yes'm...

CRAVENOIR'S BACK!!!  Where've you been dude, we missed ya, you and all your great lil' nuggets o' news... boy, do I miss that old Judge Dredd Movie News blog site, the 'net hasn't been the same since, well, you know ...

Dredd is being distributed in the U.S. by Lionsgate, who do indeed have a prescence at ComicCon, so you might see stills or something lightweight just to promote it's upcoming release- but I'll bet the teaser trailer will be attached to Conan the Barbarian on it's cinematic release on August 19th, as that's also a Lionsgate release, and basically cater to the same audience demographic... and the good thing about that is if there's a trailer for a U.S. release, chances are we'll get to see it online!  Of course, if Conan... comes around and there's no trailer, I'm sticking my head in the oven...

Check this out, found it on Jock's Twitter account- pretty amazing- http://www.taringa.net/posts/arte/10608045/Judge-Dredd---Terminado_-paso-a-paso.html, enjoy...

Hang on a minute, is that potential Dredd release date March 1st 2012 or January 3rd 2012, it depends where you got the info from (North America is month/day/year, whereas we in the UK and Ireland are day/month/year), shoulda asked this before posting above ,sorry...

Are you sure the release date is March 1st 2012?  Where'd you get that info from, and has it been confirmed by DNA Films, Lionsgate, or Entertainment UK...?  If that's true, we're certain to get a teaser trailer (at least) in the next month or two...

WHERE THE HELL IS EVERYONE?  I've not seen a new post on the Dredd forums for nearly five days, do I smell that bad...!?

Thank drokk it's not the real teaser poster, it's alright, but not nearly as good as the real one when it pops up- not to mention Jock's actual poster for the movie - anyone any scoops on when we'll see something, ComicCon, perchance!?

Kinda makes ya glad that Dredd is an independent production, dunnit  ...!?

If you don't mind me chipping in, it's an exercise in futility to speculate on how well Dredd will do at the box-office upon release, as so many films have either underperformed or overperformed projections, regardless of quality (for example, how an absolute masterpiece like The Shawshank Redemption or The Iron Giant both ended up a flop at the box-office, I'll never understand), and the same could be said of Dredd.  Don't forget, the first Rambo film, First Blood, was only a modest success at the box-office upon release, but very strong video sales convinced Carolco to make a sequel, and the rest is history (even though the second and third Rambo films aren't great, IMHO, the last one was, however), and even if Dredd does only moderately well at the box-office, if DVD and Blu Ray sales are very and consistantly strong- like they were with the 2004 movie The Punisher (leading to a sequel, kind of, there)- a sequel is highly likely, although what kind of budget increase (inflation notwithstanding) a Dredd sequel might get, and how that would affect whatever storyline Alex Garland might have currently in mind is another, more speculative, matter entirely...