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    Taika Waititi, Drew Pearce to Tackle “Judge Dredd”

    Mary Anne ButlerBy 1 Min Read

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    Taika Waititi (“Thor: Ragnarok,” “Time Bandits“) and Drew Pearce (“The Fall Guy,” “Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation“) are going to be tackling a new adaptation of Judge Dredd.

    Producers include ,Chris Kingsley, Jason Kingsley and Ben Smith of Rebellion Developments (who currently hold the rights to the character), Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, Jeremy Platt, Natalie Viscuso, and Pearce.

    Karl Urban as Judge Dredd, photo courtesy of Lionsgate

    Supposedly, the project will take it’s inspiration from the comics in a stronger way than the previous live-action adaptions have. No mentions of casting yet. While it’s probably unlikely we’d be seeing most recent Dredd Karl Urban again, it *could* happen due to his ties with Waititi.

    Sad this probably means the long-gestating “Mega-City One” project from Rebellion and Netflix is dead.

    This project is developing…

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (where she was News Editor), and now Nerdbot as Editor-In-Chief. Over the past 10 years, she’s built a reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band with an international presence. Though she be but little, she is fierce.

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