Last year’s Dredd was a bit of an underground hit among movie goers. Despite some very positive 4* reviews (including one from our own Luke Owen), the film failed to attract an audience at the cinema. However, the film gained a massive surge in popularity through its DVD release which has had a lot of fans clamouring for a sequel.
Sadly it’s been a rough road for a possible Dredd sequel with distributors unwilling to put money into the project and a Kickstarter campaign causing too many legal issues.
But there is some good news: Dredd will be getting a sequel – in comic book form.
2000AD has released a teaser poster (via IGN) for a book released this September, which seems to suggest that it will follow on from the events of the movie.
This might not be a permanent solution and should a massive amount of money come into the project we may still see a cinematic Dredd sequel (we wouldn’t count on it), but this is a good stop gap for the time being.
The poster features a Karl Urban style Dredd with the tagline “Did somebody mention a sequel?”
What do you think of the Dredd news? Are you happy that we’re getting some form of a sequel?
Originally published April 12, 2013. Updated April 11, 2018.
