The original British comic created by John Wagner was much darker and grittier than the big-budget 1995 film version starring Sylvester Stallone that was a stinker....The reviews were much much better for the reboot that starred Karl Urban Olivia Thirlby and Lena Headey as the villain Madeline "Ma-Ma" Madrigal --and it was more in line with the original vision.
During a recent Reddit online Q&A chat, producer Adi Shankar was surprisingly candid about why the sequel is not happening:
"It’s because the movie totally bombed & R-rated movies are a tough sell to begin with. If Dredd becomes a cult hit it will be awesome. Last September was a terrible month: Dredd bombed and then Looper became a massive hit a week later!"
Shankar adds that he is working on a "Dredd" short film in the vein of "Dirty Laundry," a Punisher-themed short fan film he and Thomas Jane did together last year.
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