Dredd Screenwriter Hands Sequel Death Sentence

Dredd Screenwriter Hands Sequel Death Sentence

Screenwriter Alex Garland shoots down fan’s hopes of a sequel to 2012’s Dredd. Click the link to read more…

By TheDarkNate - Mar 19, 2015 03:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics
Source: Collider.com

Judge Dredd himself is usually the one for handing out death sentences but someone else delivered a critical blow when Collider sat down with Dredd screenwriter Alex Garland.

Garland was at the SXSW to discuss his excellent directoral debut, Ex Machina and naturally, a sequel to Dredd came up in the conversation.

When asked about his feelings on the Dredd movie, Garland said, “The Dredd thing is a surprise. It’s a really complicated set of emotions. I have a lot of regret about how things worked out with Dredd, but it’s very gratifying. The regret it—you do a kind of transaction, particularly with the creators of it, which is that we want to do this thing and honor what you did, and try to do it properly, and then the film will reward that trust. That act of faith and trust and decency. And I think that the film rewarded them in one sense, but no in another. I do believe it rewarded them creatively, unless they’re lying to me about that. But I think it has created this thing of this movie that fails. The story of Dredd is that of a failed movie. Both times, for f**k’s sake. And to be party to that, when that was exactly the intention—to not do that—is kind of difficult"

He even went on to say that fans should stop buying the DVD/Blu-Ray in hopes of getting a sequel made through sales. He said, and I also feel a sense of responsibility because I know there are these people who do this stuff like they’ve got money and they spend money on a DVD to try and up the chance of a sequel getting made. Because I don’t have an online profile or persona or anything like that I can’t speak to these people directly, but what I want to say is that’s so good of you, and thank you, but keep your money because the people who make the decisions don’t get moved by that kind of thing. They’re moved by other stuff, other equations, other algorithms”

But maybe, thinking that he had ruined a million fanboys lives with one swift blow, offered just a little hope:

“How can I say this without being soppy? It’s touching. It means something that these people support the film in that way, but the thing people want, which is a sequel, I don’t think is going to happen. I think it will happen (let me rephrase that) I don’t think it’s happening with me and the people who made the last one”

So with Garland seemingly given up on the idea of a sequel ever getting made, what do you think the chances are? Do we need more names on that petition? Comment in the usual place…

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SoFresh
SoFresh - 3/19/2015, 3:51 AM
This breaks my heart.
This was the best cbm that year.
Better than TDKR and Avengers.
MCUsDarkKnight
MCUsDarkKnight - 3/19/2015, 3:59 AM
Such [frick]ing bullshit this movie was [frick]ing awesome!!!!

TheJester
TheJester - 3/19/2015, 4:01 AM
Now I feel terrible for not going to the theatre to see it. I was so turned off from the promotion, it looked blanned, boring, and not much better than the shitty stalone one.

The fan in me bought the Bluray. TO my surprise, the movie was compleltyly opposite. What do you expect form a consumer thart has wasted a lot of [frick]ing money when you go to the theeatre to see "the grewatest cbm of all time" to be let down with shit on top of shit. ITs not just the cost of the ticket, its everything else, you take a date, I'm dropping at LEAST 80 [frick]ing dollars. Or I wait, and cut my losses by getting a 10 dollar Bluray?

sameoldthing
sameoldthing - 3/19/2015, 4:34 AM
Saw it twice in the theater. It's a great action shoot em up. Ya gotta support these cool films people.
So agitated at the way some shit movies get sequels & a great one like Dredd gets a one & done.
Just glad it was made to have a real Judge Dredd movie in my collection.
Mothchild
Mothchild - 3/19/2015, 4:37 AM
Yeah awesome film!! There being no sequel is a real loss to the genre dammit!
Baka
Baka - 3/19/2015, 4:41 AM
Floke
Floke - 3/19/2015, 4:53 AM
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 3/19/2015, 5:16 AM
I didn't watch it in the theater, so I did my part in making this happen.
AlexdoxA
AlexdoxA - 3/19/2015, 5:18 AM
Such a great movie... today is a sad, sad day
SuperCat
SuperCat - 3/19/2015, 5:31 AM
Damn shame.

SuperCat
SuperCat - 3/19/2015, 5:35 AM




McGee
McGee - 3/19/2015, 5:41 AM
It's so haaard...to say goodbye...to yesterdaaaaAAAY!
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 3/19/2015, 6:08 AM
Just make a series on NETFLIX......everyone will be happy!!
LEOSTRATOR
LEOSTRATOR - 3/19/2015, 6:13 AM
One of the best CBMs that Year.
TheDarkNate
TheDarkNate - 3/19/2015, 6:33 AM
I expect we'll see a sequel/reboot/Netflix series when the CBM honeypot is nearly empty. Same with Spawn
R888
R888 - 3/19/2015, 6:40 AM
@ SoFresh

Nomadic1
Nomadic1 - 3/19/2015, 7:01 AM
He never took off the helmet! This movie rocked!

@Sophisticated everyone likes a good shootout
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 3/19/2015, 7:27 AM
I also skipped it because some of the initial reviews were negative and it came out in the midst of The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Dark Knight Rises. It also made me remember the original film, which was horrid. I wish I did see it now. I'll have to rent the Blu-ray.
TheGambitFreak
TheGambitFreak - 3/19/2015, 10:51 AM
They have the sequels planned out too. The sequel will showcase the past of Mega City One and all that. The final film, to complete a trilogy, was gonna be Dredd vs. Death. 'Tis upsetting we won't get that.
TheGambitFreak
TheGambitFreak - 3/19/2015, 10:51 AM
It's the marketing people's fault. Do you guys not remember when we'd all be sitting here, talking about how great Avengers was and watching trailers for TDKR, then someone would ask,"Hey, isn't Dredd coming out in a month? Where's a trailer?"? There was one poster and one trailer, that came out like a month before the movie came out. And I never saw that trailer in theaters. Want a movie to succeed? Hype the [frick] out of it. Even if it is a shit film, if you talk it up, the sheep will come. Just look at Avatar.
CombatWombat
CombatWombat - 3/19/2015, 10:59 AM
Don't feel bad, Alex. You gave us a great adaptation of the character
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 3/19/2015, 1:49 PM
It will happen.
I said it before, if fan demand can get a Deadpool movie made then we can surely get a sequel to Dredd and i'm sure that some other studio will want to pick it up.
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