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Karl Urban doubts a Dredd sequel will ever happen

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Since the release of Dredd in 2012, fans have been begging for a follow-up film starring Karl Urban – who has also been extremely vocal about his interest in returning as the titular character. However, during a panel at C2E2 (via ComicBook), Urban offered an update on a sequel, claiming he doesn’t think it’s going to happen […]

UPDATE: Karl Urban feels that the time is right for a female Thor, Kevin Feige not ruling it out

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Chris Hemsworth’s Thor is just about to get a much-needed reinvention in Taika Waititi’s upcoming Thor: Ragnarok, but already questions are springing up about a female Thor. During the press-tour for Thor: Ragnarok, Monkeys Fighting Robots got a chance to chat with Karl Urban — who plays Skurge — about his experience working on the film. […]

Karl Urban lays out the conditions for suiting up as Judge Dredd once again in Mega-City One

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2012’s Dredd was just one more film — in a long line of films — that received very positive reviews, and tanked at the box-office. As a result, the Dredd film franchise was left dead in the water. However, as luck would have it, a Judge Dredd TV series was announced this summer for (potentially) […]

Karl Urban wants to bring Dredd to Netflix or Amazon

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While 2012’s Dredd movie firmly established itself as a favourite among fans of the Mega-City One lawman (and with good reason, as it was excellent), the poor box office performance of the film meant that plans for a sequel were left in tatters. Over the past couple of years, the Bring Back Dredd campaign has been lobbying […]

Karl Urban announces The Boys season two has wrapped production

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Karl Urban, who stars as Bill Butcher, has taken to Instagram to announce The Boys season two has wrapped production and has teased that audiences should expect the new season to be released in mid-2020. SEE ALSO: The Boys showrunner reveals the scene that was too explicit for Amazon https://www.instagram.com/p/B4h3XjYgQG5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link   Amazon’s The Boys, which is inspired […]

The Boys promo offers an inside look at Amazon’s new comic book adaptation

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Amazon Prime has released an ‘Insider Look’ promo for the upcoming comic book adaptation The Boys which gives us a look at more footage from the superhero series and includes interviews with executive producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen and star Karl Urban; check it out here… In a world where superheroes embrace the darker […]

Karl Urban talks Quentin Tarantino’s “bananas” Star Trek plans, confirms NuTrek crew and R-rating

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Earlier this year, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions announced that it would be moving forward with its plans for Star Trek 4, before then shifting its attention to Quentin Tarantino’s pitch once the acclaimed filmmaker finishes up with his latest movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Well, those plans have since hit a stumbling […]

Karl Urban hopeful Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth will join Star Trek 4

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Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ plans for Star Trek 4 were thrown into turmoil last month when it was reported that both Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth had rejected offers to reprise their roles as Captain James T. Kirk and his father George Kirk. With rumours circulating about possible recastings for the characters, co-star Karl […]

Karl Urban still interested in playing Judge Dredd in Mega-City One

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Karl Urban has revealed that he still wants to return to the role of Judge Dredd in the Mega-City One TV show. Judge Dredd is certainly a character that still retains great resonance with audiences today and the announced TV series, Mega-City One, is a great example of that even if the 2012 film Dredd […]

Karl Urban to play Billy Butcher in Amazon’s superhero drama The Boys

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Dredd and Thor: Ragnarok star Karl Urban has signed on for another comic book-based project, with the actor set to portray Billy Butcher, the leader of the titular organisation in Amazon’s adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s The Boys. Thanks to Deadline, we’ve got the following character description for Butcher, which reads: “Mysterious, brutal […]