Red Stewart chats with costume designer Michael O’Connor about A Private War…. Michael O’Connor is an English costume designer who has been working in the film and television industries since the 1990s. He is best known for his work on projects like The Duchess, Jane Eyre, and Dredd. Flickering Myth had the chance to talk to […]
Karl Urban says Alex Garland was responsible for directing Dredd
Although the film is officially credited to Pete Travis, it has long been rumoured that Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland was responsible for helming 2012’s cult favourite Dredd, and that has now seemingly been confirmed by star Karl Urban. “A huge part of the success of Dredd is in fact due to Alex […]
Exclusive Interview – Karl Urban on the Dredd TV series, shaving his head for Thor Ragnarok and his new film Bent
Rafael Motamayor chats with Karl Urban on playing in some of the biggest film franchises, what he kept from the set of Lord of the Rings and more… You have been in some of the biggest franchises in the world, yet you haven’t been typecast. How do you manage that? How do you choose your […]
Karl Urban lays out the conditions for suiting up as Judge Dredd once again in Mega-City One
2012’s Dredd was just one more film — in a long line of films — that received very positive reviews, and tanked at the box-office. As a result, the Dredd film franchise was left dead in the water. However, as luck would have it, a Judge Dredd TV series was announced this summer for (potentially) […]
Karl Urban in talks about returning as Dredd in Judge Dredd: Mega-City One
Back in May of this year, it was announced that IM Global and Rebellion are working on a TV series entitled Judge Dredd: Mega-City One, with producer Brian Jenkins revealing that the door would be open for Karl Urban to reprise his role as the iconic lawman from 2012’s cult movie Dredd. Well, speaking at a […]
Judge Dredd: Mega-City One producer promises dark-fantasy elements, says the show is two years away
Ever since the Karl Urban-led Dredd film released in 2012, many fans have called for a sequel. The movie was very well received critically, but didn’t exactly make a killing at the box-office. Not long ago, Karl Urban himself revealed on Twitter that plans for a sequel were dead: Dredd update : Unfortunately a sequel is […]
Lord and Miller: 12 other directors who left/got fired from movies during production
Luke Owen looks at directors who left/got fired from movies during production… With the shocking news that Phil Lord and Chris Miller have vacated the director’s chairs for the yet-to-be-titled Han Solo movie over “creative differences” (some sources say they were forced out), I thought it was time to look at some other directors who […]
Karl Urban is sure we’ll get more Dredd, with or without him
Over the past few months the fan campaign to bring back Dredd has shifted gears from a sequel to the cult 2012 movie to a TV series featuring the return of Karl Urban as the Mega-City One lawman. Urban has previously that “it would be a privilege to make another Dredd“, and he’s reiterated his interest in […]
Karl Urban says “it would be a privilege to make another Dredd”
Despite the fact its getting on for four years since the release of Dredd, there remains considerable fan support for a sequel, or more recently, a show on the likes of Netflix, Amazon or HBO. Just last month, Karl Urban teased that “conversations are happening” with regards to a follow-up, and now the actor has […]
Karl Urban gives update on that potential Dredd sequel series
Since its release in 2012, fans of Karl Urban’s Dredd have been clamoring for a sequel. Unfortunately, there weren’t enough of those fans to rake in enough cash at the box office to make that a surefire possibility, but that hasn’t stopped them (or Urban himself) from petitioning for another action-packed adventure into Mega-City One. Just last […]