Back in
February Karl Urban said that there had been some talks about making a sequel
to Dredd. Now producer Adi Shankar clarifies Urban's statements.
"I'm going to tread
lightly here", he
told Dweebcast. "I feel like Karl made a small statement and it got blown way out of
proportion by news sites. Yeah, there are conversations going on",
but perhaps decisively, "there's no f*cking script".
The producer then added that he's "leading the charge" in making the sequel, but describes some of the difficulties the he's facing.
"The movie, it wasn't
a studio movie, it was an independent movie. That changes the dynamic
immensely, because every country has a different distributor who bought the
movie, Every one of those distributors has to sign off".
So now what?
"Big
question mark. Dredd has built an audience over
time", he said.
"I'm a fan... I'm not
like a douchebag in a suit who thought they could make a lot of money doing
this. If anything, the movie business is in a state of decline, not an upswing"
Although making a sequel to a movie that flopped at the box-office but managed to find its audience on the Blu-ray/DVD market may be difficult, Shankar feels optimistic and adds that the story can be told in other avenues.
"The Mega City One
universe, the 2000AD universe, it's so rich and so deep. Yes. I would obviously
love to see a Dredd 2, or
a Dredd TV
series. There are so many avenues to go with this".
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