Possible Plot Details Revealed For Pete Travis' Dredd?

Possible Plot Details Revealed For Pete Travis' Dredd?

Hit the jump to read some possible story details for the upcoming 3-D reboot, Dredd. We have some new info on the characters, tone of the movie, villain and more. Minor spoilers!

By WolvieCBM - Mar 11, 2011 01:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Judge Dredd
Source: SHH Forum



Here are some new story details from the new Judge Dredd movie. Crew recently wrapped shooting at Cape Town Film Studios. Info comes from the user "protocida" on SHH Forum who was probably close to the production of the film:

In a future where Earth has become a radioactive wasteland, 98% of the Human Population is concentrated in the Mega-Cities, where the law is enforced by the Judges, a police force entitled to act as jury, judge and executioner. The best Judge there is is Dredd (Karl Urban), who operates in Mega-City 1.

One day, Dredd is assigned to train recruit Judge Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), who had previously failed the Judge Academy, but received a second chance for being a mutant with heightned psychic abilities that might be useful. The duo is deployed to investigate a triple homicide in the block of Peach Trees, a violent area ruled by Madeline "Ma-Ma" Madrigal (Lena Headey), a sadistic drug dealer who has put a new substance in the market: Slow-Mo, a drug that alters its user's brain's chemics, making it appear as if time is in slow-motion.

Dredd and Anderson discover about Slow-Mo and raid one of the dealing points, capturing one of Ma-Ma's men in the process. In order to prevent him from being taken to the Judges' headquarters, where he'll surely crack under interrogation, she has her skilled team of Hackers cut Peach Trees of the grid and activate the Nuclear Attack continency program, isolating Peach Trees inside a titanium dome. Ma-Ma then puts a bounty on Dredd's and Anderson's heads: Either they die, or the dome doesn't get lifted.

Completelly stranded inside a hostile environment where everyone wants them death, Dredd and Anderson have to find a way to escape and put a stop to Ma-Ma's plans before she is able to expand her turf over the other blocks, effectively becoming Mega-City 1's number one drug dealer.


Sounds pretty good. Very noir-like story and characters. What are your thoughts?

Directed by Pete Travis, starring Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby, Dredd is set to hit theatres sometime in 2012.

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DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 3/11/2011, 1:14 PM

I AM THE LAW! ;D
PartyHard
PartyHard - 3/11/2011, 1:19 PM
If only the villain didn't have such a silly name.
Exiles
Exiles - 3/11/2011, 1:21 PM
sounds really good, it will probably be better then the 90's one which had the look and everything else right but the story was just crap, but this sounds much better. When is this being released.
tracydavis001
tracydavis001 - 3/11/2011, 1:36 PM
I like Urban, good choice
Digitaria51
Digitaria51 - 3/11/2011, 1:37 PM
Judge Karl Urban


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Durango95
Durango95 - 3/11/2011, 1:37 PM
way better than stallones version by the sound of it. ill see it
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 3/11/2011, 1:44 PM
Dredd against the world. Sounds right.
Gunslinger
Gunslinger - 3/11/2011, 1:45 PM
Sounds promising. Looking forward to this one. Love 2000 AD. Wish they'd make a Slaine movie too.
TDK08
TDK08 - 3/11/2011, 1:45 PM
what a dumb looking character.
Ceejay
Ceejay - 3/11/2011, 1:46 PM
How's Urban a good choice, he doesn't have a drokking chin! A good Choice would have been Ray Stevenson, not some pretty-boy who barely has a physique!
Havok89
Havok89 - 3/11/2011, 1:48 PM
Slow-mo :D

LOL
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/11/2011, 1:50 PM
Pretty cool plot! This might be a good movie after all!:)

Still think that Ray Stevenson or Gerard Butler would have been better choice as Judge Dredd.
crazyray
crazyray - 3/11/2011, 2:02 PM
sounds pretty awesome...just watched LOTR and Star Trek, Urban is a totally underrated actor in my opinion. Now Doom on the other hand...
jazzman
jazzman - 3/11/2011, 2:02 PM
@AlexDeLarge87

this movie sounds like a Die Hard movie :P

i agree Ray Stevenson or Gerard Butler would be a cool Judge Dredd. but Karl Urban will do great
AlexdoxA
AlexdoxA - 3/11/2011, 2:02 PM
So... "Arkham Asylum the movie"?
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/11/2011, 2:09 PM
jazz@ It do sounds little bit like Die Hard! And Urban will do
sinchsw
sinchsw - 3/11/2011, 2:10 PM
Sounds like somebody needs to learn some grammar skills.
write33
write33 - 3/11/2011, 2:14 PM
Urban is a fine choice but that one costume pic looks silly, I read on here that someone said "he's wearing his dad's helmet." and whether it's accurate to a particular art style or not, it's lame. NOW! one pic does not a decision make. so I look forward to more press materials from this soon.
Joe6Pack74
Joe6Pack74 - 3/11/2011, 3:06 PM
Sounds just like the leaked script that was posted here some time ago.
MeanMachineAngel
MeanMachineAngel - 3/11/2011, 3:13 PM
No love for Mean! Maybe in the sequel. Story sounds alright.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 3/11/2011, 3:24 PM
I just wish Urban had the signature chin or they would have fixed that up. Story sounds good, but based on the images we have seen, it doesn't look much like a futuristic city and vehicles.
ImInteresting
ImInteresting - 3/11/2011, 3:24 PM
frigidgiantinthe716
frigidgiantinthe716 - 3/11/2011, 3:29 PM
No judge death? Drug dealers? Sounds kinda effing weak. I want the dark judges messing stuff up. Not training day with silly costumes. Atleast you fanboys got your stupid helmets
TheAmarilloBlack
TheAmarilloBlack - 3/11/2011, 3:43 PM
Judge Dredd, here to enforce a strict helmet LAWL.
croniccris
croniccris - 3/11/2011, 3:43 PM
hell ya this movie sounds better and better! and that pic of dredd looks sav...can't understand why everybody is shooting this movie down tho....

@frigidgianttinthe dark judges? that sounds like an epic sequel bro
WhiteDragon66
WhiteDragon66 - 3/11/2011, 3:54 PM
No DARK JUDGES ? This movies gonna suck im sorry guys but Urban as DREDD FAIL!!!!! No Judge Death ? DOUBLE FAIL!!!!! Drug dealer plot ??!! COMPLETE ABSOLUTE FAIL im done with with hollywoods adaptation of one of my fave books ill stick to reading the comic books
TorturedXGenius
TorturedXGenius - 3/11/2011, 4:25 PM
for those that are wondering if he says "I Am Law", he does

"He hijacks a speaker phone and goes "People of Peach Trees. This is Judge Joseph Dredd. I'd like you to know that Ma-Ma isn't the law. I am the law. And, if you stand by her side, you will be judged."

and of course he never takes off the helmet.ever.
Superbatprime
Superbatprime - 3/11/2011, 4:34 PM
The helmet is way too big on him.
The look is faitful but it's way too big, his face is lost inside it.

In full length shots the shoulder pads are way too small.

There's another shot online of him riding a lawmaster and it looks like poop.

But it's Dredd so I'll forgive a lot to get another movie.

This better be the most awesome script ever written.
Will Karl Urban make me believe he's Dredd?
I want to hear him say "I am the law".

BRING ON THE TRAILER.
Digitaria51
Digitaria51 - 3/11/2011, 7:19 PM
@PollMaster it's not worth anything
HeadlessJensen
HeadlessJensen - 3/12/2011, 2:34 AM
This sounds great! Been a fan of Dredd for 18 years now, getting more pumped for this everyday. Sounds like this will rock my socks off.
MaddMonkk
MaddMonkk - 3/12/2011, 3:14 AM
Gonna watch it anyway but really wanted to see Judge Death. I also hoped it would be inspired by Simon Bisley's artwork (cityscapes and such).
jazzman
jazzman - 3/12/2011, 5:35 AM
@PatrickBateman47

u just made yourself sound dumb. Blade Runner had a budget of 28 million and they created a digital huge city. District 9 had a budget of 30 million they created good special fx for that movie. J. J. Abrams Super 8 is a budget of 45 - 50 million.

geez some of the same people who worked on District 9 are working on Dredd.
RyanLantern77
RyanLantern77 - 3/12/2011, 8:18 AM
get em jazzman
crazyray
crazyray - 3/12/2011, 1:31 PM
^^^^ seconded.
StoneageVulture
StoneageVulture - 3/12/2011, 1:56 PM
Sounds crap
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/13/2011, 12:38 PM
Nope both better than that X-MEN: FIST A$$ Crap!


: p
orin
orin - 3/13/2011, 3:51 PM
Man. Seeing some of these comments makes me ashamed to say I'm a fan of the comics.
Seeing fanboys spout crap like "FAIL" all the time.
So obnoxious.
Glad to see a few other fans have hope for this movie.

I'm looking forward to it.

Karl Urban is a great choice for Dredd.
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