The new "Judge Dredd" movie could be getting renamed "Dredd," according to a website for one of the studios producing the film.
According to film and television studio IM Global (one of the producing partners for the project), the official title of the movie will be "Dredd" (not "Judge Dredd") — a change that could indicate studios' desire to distance the upcoming movie even further from the 1995 Sylvester Stallone film based on the character. The website also offered a few more details about the movie's plot that should give fans hope that the next incarnation will adhere a bit more closely to the character's "2000 AD" comic book roots.
"Dredd" star Karl Urban previously insisted that the new film is "in no way related" to the critically panned 1995 "Judge Dredd" movie, and promised it will get back to the character's violent, gritty roots.
Here's what the studio had to say about the film's plot:
DREDD takes us to the wild streets of Mega City One, the lone oasis of quasi-civilization on Cursed Earth. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is the most feared of elite Street Judges, with the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot - if necessary. The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and the frenetic vision of director Peter Travis bring DREDD to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film that returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra’s revered comic strip.
"Judge Dredd" is expected to begin filming soon and hit theaters in 2012.
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