Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:00:00 PDT

There's been no movement on a Judge Dredd movie since we featured some lovely concept art back in January. But yesterday, concept artist (and comics god) Jock Twittered that he's "working through script visuals for Judge Dredd movie. Alex Garland writes a great script." That's confirmation that Alex Garland (The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine) is writing the script, and that he's already written enough of it for Jock to be working on visuals of specific scenes. Slashfilm speculates that Mark Romanek, currently in post-production on an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go from a screenplay by Garland, could direct Dredd as well. [via Slashfilm]

He Is The Law: Your First Look At Judge Dredd Movie!

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:00:00 PST

If you weren't already excited for a Judge Dredd film from the producers of 28 Days Later, check out this early concept art from Losers/2000 A.D. artist Jock. Gallery is below.

The new Dredd movie seems to be doing everything right so far — Jock is one of the most exciting artists to come along in recent years, so I'm very encouraged to see him doing concept art for the film. (He's best known for working with writer Andy Diggle on Losers and 2000 A.D., but has also worked on Green Arrow: Year One and Hellblazer.) As Jock himself says, the Dredd concept needs to be redeemed from the 1995 Stallone movie.

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Does Judge Dredd Movie Have A Screenplay Already?

He Is The Law: Your First Look At Judge Dredd Movie!