Judge Dredd getting live-action TV show, and okay cool I guess
Judge Dredd is getting his own fucking live-action TV show. I’d be excited, but it just sounds like a procedural show that’s wasting a dope fucking character. Who knows. Maybe it’ll rule.
The odds of Judge Dredd returning to the big screen are pretty slim, but the popular character will indeed be back, just in a different medium.
Entertainment Weekly reports that the character will be the star of a new live-action, ensemble drama called Judge Dredd: Mega City One. The show is in “early development” and “talent will be announced at a later date.” What we do know is that that IM Global and games studio Rebellion are teaming up for it, and the people at those companies helped develop Battlestar Galactica, Helix, and the 2012 Karl Urban-starring Dredd film.
Much like the comics where Dredd made his debut, the show is set in a futuristic megalopolis that’s overridden with crime. Dredd will be one of several “Judges” at the center of the show—police officers who act as judge, jury, and executioner, who are tasked with controlling crime in the city.
So basically it’s a futuristic cop show starring Judge Dredd.
“We’re very excited to be beginning the journey to get more of Judge Dredd’s Mega-City One on the television screen,” producers Jason and Chris Kingsley said in a press release. “Thanks to the legions of fans who have kept up pressure on social media, and a lot of background work and enthusiasm, we aim to make a big budget production that will satisfy both our vast comics audience and the even greater general screen-watching public.”
With a show this early in development, it doesn’t have a network or streaming service attached yet. But with so many out there these days, it would be pretty crazy if this didn’t get picked up.