Mega city one is described as a dramatic series focused on a team of street judges, law enforcement officers who act in a dystopian future as judge. The series has previously seen adaptive life in two separate feature films. The first, a 1995 actioner starring sylvester stallone in the title role, was. Mega city one judge dredd s city explained duration. Sixpart webseries set in judge dredd s mega city one. Judge dredd is one of the few comic book heroes to age in real time, starting with the first issue in 1977.
The series adaptation will be based on the famous character from the legendary british c. The game is loosely based on the 1995 film judge dredd, which was a spin off from the judge dredd strip from 2000ad. Understanding the character in a far better way than the 1995 stallone movie, judge dredd is portrayed as a completely uncompromising fascist bastard. Based in part on the original comic strip 2000 ad, judge dredd is an original dystopian scifi hero who has been played on the big screen by sylvester stallone in the 1995 film judge dredd and. In the early years of judge dredd, megacity one had not been established as a. Known and feared throughout the city, dredd karl urban is the ultimate judge, challenged with ridding the city of its. Judge dredd tv show in the works for im global, rebellion.
Hes known as judge, jury, and executioner on the streets of mega city one, but to fans across the world, karl urbans dredd is nothing short of a squarejawed legend. It is based on the 2000 ad comic strip judge dredd and its eponymous character created by john wagner and carlos ezquerra. What stallones judge dredd got right and dredd got. Then, dredd found out that it was in fact a person who shares his dna. A 1995 adaptation, starring sylvester stallone, and the 2012 reboot thats on its way to cult classic status. For one thing, judge dredds mega city is populated entirely by. A planned judge dredd tv show needs to learn from sylvester stallones reviled 1995.
Crowds of people now live within walled mega cities where crime is outofcontrol and elite police forces the judges. Judge, jury and executioners all in one enforces law and justice in the mega cities. Megacity one is the initial setting of the 1995 film, though the majority of the second act. Im global television announced that judge dredd is gearing up for a live action television adaptation called judge dredd. In the comic books, mega city one stretches from montreal all the way to florida. In 1995, sylvester stallone starred in judge dredd, which seemed a good fit. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Judge dredd is a comic book franchise based on the longestrunning comic strip in 2000 ad 1977, a british weekly anthology comic the franchise is centered around judge dredd, a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of mega city one, which covers most of the east coast of north america.
When judges go bad john wagner, mark millar, chris weston, nick. Karl urban back as judge dredd although dredd wasnt exactly a blockbuster, the majority of fans who saw it thought that karl urban was the perfect choice for judge dredd. Karl urban tells us what itd take to play dredd again the producers of the forthcoming judge dredd. Megacity one is a huge fictional postnuclear megalopolissize megacity city state covering much of what is now the eastern united states and some of canada in the judge dredd comic book series and its spinoff series. The mega collection is a fortnightly partwork collection of hardback books published by hachette partworks. The spine art on the books combine to display a new image by artist patrick. Mega city one is haphazard by design, and everything is piled on top of one another, in a multimultilevel metropolis. Action, adventure, crime episode aired 2019 season 1 episode 1. Concept art for judge dredd tv series, karl urban in talks to reprise. Karl urban stars as judge dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury and executioner in a vast, dystopic metropolis called mega city one that lies in a. So weve put together a wish list of the nine things we want to see in judge dredd. Day of chaos is a story featuring science fiction character judge dredd, which was published in british comic 2000 ad in 20112012. It is set in the 22nd century, when most of the earth has been turned into a desolate wasteland known as the cursed earth and most humans live in highly concentrated cities, walled off from the rest of. Judge joseph dredd, the greatest judge in mega city one is framed for the assassination of a journalist and his wife by renegade judge rico.
Mega city ones top cop has appeared on the big screen twice. Judge dredd coming to the small screen in new tv show. Law enforcement officers known as judges patrol the future dystopia of mega city one. The exact geography of the city depends on which writer and artist has done which story, but from its first appearance it has been associated with new york city s urban sprawl. Book 2 of the tour of duty story will dredd be the next chief judge. Mega city one is a futureset story following a team of cops who act as. It has the greatest number of episodes 48 and pages 289 of any judge dredd story.
The series is made up of 90 volumes which contain thematic collections of stories about 2000 ads judge dredd and related characters, as well as bonus material including previously unpublished art. Judges have the toughest job on the mean streets of dredds megacity one, and. Chief judge eustace fargo was the first chief judge of mega city one and indeed of the entire united states, before it was divided and the source of the dna from which judge dredd was cloned. Having sidelined judge dredd into managing the cursed earth mutant camps, the manipulative judge sinfields plan to take over mega city one starts to unfold. Judge dredd is based on one of the most popular characters from the uks 2000 ad comics. Getting started contributor zone contribute to this page. Megacity one is a huge fictional postnuclear megalopolissize megacity city state covering.
The story is centred on the megalopolis of megacity one, on the east coast of north america. The new series is said to be an ensemble that follows a group of judges as. The game is loosely based on the 1995 film judge dredd, which was spun off from the judge dredd comic book. It features amongst other things russian revenge plots, the chaos bug after which the series is named, the dark judges and the destruction of most of dredd s city. A team of judges futuristic cops invested with the power to be judge, jury, and executioner deal with the challenges the. Judge dredd is a comic book franchise based on the longestrunning comic strip in 2000 ad. Judge dredd liveaction tv show in development screen rant. What stallones judge dredd got right and dredd got wrong. Judge dredd will protect mega city one in a new tv show. Judge dredd full movie 1995 lets join, fullhd movies season episode here. Published by dc comics in 1995, but a different version of dredd to that in the dc.
Megacity one is a huge fictional postnuclear megalopolissize megacity citystate covering. Judge dredd patrols an overpopulated metropolis in the 22nd century, where he has the powers of a judge, jury and executioner. Judges hollister, labelle and eames are after a dangerous drug supplier who escaped from britcit as well as a mad war veteran bloodletter. In mega city 1 formarly, new york, there was a judge, named joseph dredd, who was the toughest and most stringent judge in history. The world of judge dredd is coming to tv screens in a highend tv series, thanks to a deal between independent entertainment studio im global and independent. Karl urban says hes down for dredd 2, but knows nothing about it. In the comics, judge fargo was the very first chief justice. He was tried and sentenced to life in prison because of it.
Im global television and uk games developer rebellion are teaming to bring judge dredd. He is a street judge, empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and. Judge dredd tv show producers want karl urban to star. Megacity one is in the preproduction pipeline, and comics. Mega city one original tv series have confirmed talks with returning dredd star karl urban. Judge dredd 1995 full movie download full hd youtube.
Taking more from the original comic than the 1995 adaptation, dredd is simple. Now, im not saying the 95 judge dredd is a good movie. Karl urban was asked about returning to the judge dredd universe and if he would do a dredd sequel, his comments are much the same as before, but i provide an update from rebellions jason. Earlier this summer, it was revealed that a tv series based on the cult 2000 ad comics featuring judge dredd was in. Dredd is a 2012 science fiction action film directed by pete travis and written and produced by alex garland. I dont want to see everything in one episode, or even one season. Judge dredd is a 1995 american science fiction action film, based on the comic book character of the same name, directed by danny cannon, produced by edward r. Mega city one, after the postapocalyptic, dystopian supermetropolis depicted in the comic books. Judge dredd is an action video game for the super nes, sega genesis mega drive, game gear and game boy originally released in 1995. Fans of judge dredd have plenty of reasons to celebrate, as it was announced earlier this year that a new tv show based on the character, titled judge dredd.
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