No, That ‘Dredd’ Sequel Still Isn’t Happening, But Karl Urban Remains Interested
By Ben Pearson/March 4, 2020 2:30 pm EST
Mega-City One is a Judge Dredd TV show that doesn’t focus solely on Dredd himself, but instead opens up the scope to be about the brutal, take-no-prisoners police force in a futuristic megalopolis that takes up a majority of the east coast of the United States. It was first announced in 2017, and around that time, we heard Urban was in talks to reprise his role in the show. In 2018, a report claimed that the pilot script had been completed under the supervision of 2000 AD veteran writer Rob Williams, who had teamed with a number of other writers to break the stories for the first two seasons. Things seemed promising. But then…nothing.
Urban’s new comments, in which he presents the option that he may not be involved with the series if it moves forward, may be a negotiating tactic for him to get a better deal to return. Or he may be completely genuine and not know what’s going on. Either way, he at least sounds like he actually cares about the character and sincerely wants to see more Dredd in whatever form it comes. He’s certainly right about one thing: it’s only a matter of time before Judge Dredd makes a comeback.
