Fans of
Judge Dredd have been rabid for a sequel to the 2012 reboot film,
Dredd, starring Karl Urban as the title character. Urban himself has campaigned for a long time for a sequel, despite the marketing failures, but stated this past June that
"Unfortunately a sequel is no closer to happening , options have been discussed but there is no sequel in 'development'."
This past weekend at 2000 AD’s 2000th Issue Celebration,
Screen Geek caught up with Dredd co-creator John Wagner, who revealed that he believes that there will be a sequel to the film, but that he just doesn't know when or in what way it will be presented.
"Well, there will be a sequel, I just don’t know when or who’ll do it but it’ll happen. It would work very well as a television show – it just depends on how it’s done. It could work very as a film. I mean – everyone wants to see Judge Death, don’t they?"
Speaking of that character, Wagner also revealed that writer Alex Garland originally penned a script featuring the leader of the Dark Judges, but Fox passed on it.
"I wouldn’t mind seeing [Judge Death]. That was actually the first script that Alex Garland did was a Judge Death script but Fox, who they were dealing with at the time, turned it down. They wanted more nuts and bolts before they went into the [metaphysical]."
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