![]() But there is a screening and there are panels! And I think there’s another panel as well. GARLAND: As I understand it, there’s going to be a screening, and Karl (Urban) and Jock and Greg Staples, a couple of 2000AD artists – Jock actually worked quite a lot on the film – are going to be doing one panel, I think. So what sort of presence will it have there? JOHN WAGNER: I think the public would rather see them. It’s just the actors that will be out there. ![]() With the pair sending the film to Comic-Con to meet its public (“I understand there’s going to be a screening,” says Garland), Empire chatted with them about the Stallone version, Dredd’s uniform and those similarities with The Raid.ĪLEX GARLAND: The film is, but neither John nor I are going. ![]() We’re not expecting any of that vitriol to sully Karl Urban’s new big-screen take on 2000AD‘s mighty law enforcer, especially with Dredd creator John Wagner closely involved in the project and screenwriter Alex Garland promising a version that “commits completely to the character”. It’s been 17 years since Sylvester Stallone stalked Mega City One sans helmet and upset a generation of Judge Dredd fans in the process. Originally published on the Empire website ( archived here), but another casualty of the 2015 relaunch. ![]() As the film Dredd headed to Comic-Con, prior to its theatrical release a couple of months later, I spoke to screenwriter Alex Garland and Judge Dredd’s original 2000AD creator John Wagner. ![]()
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