While a remake of Judge Dredd has been talked about for ages, everything suddenly aligned earlier this year and the next thing we knew, the movie was in production, under the title Dredd, with Karl Urban playing the comic book enforcer and Pete Travis (Vatage Point) directing. Now the first picture from the movie has arrived (see above), thanks to a tweet from comic book artist Jock.
The movie only started shooting recently, so it’s certainly an early look at the film. Indeed most comic book movies try to keep the costume under wraps, to increase anticipation, but with many not even realising a new Dredd movie was on the card, perhaps releasing an image this early isn’t a bad idea. We’ve also been promised that as in the comic, the character will keep his helmet on, unlike in the dreadful 1995 movie starring Sylvester Stallone.