The 2012 Dredd is a cult hit, sadly it wasn't one in
theaters. Fans have been trying for a while to see that a sequel is made, unfortunately
one doesn't seem to be on the horizon.
While at SXSW, Collider spoke with Dredd screenwriter Alex
Garland, who was there with his directorial debut Ex Machina, and he explained why
he has mix feelings about the project.
The Dredd thing is a surprise.
It’s a really complicated set of emotions. I have a lot of regret about how
things worked out with Dredd, but it’s very gratifying. The regret it—you do a
kind of transaction, particularly with the creators of it, which is that we
want to do this thing and honor what you did, and try to do it properly, and
then the film will reward that trust. That act of faith and trust and decency.
And I think that the film rewarded them in one sense, but no in another. I do
believe it rewarded them creatively, unless they’re lying to me about that. But
I think it has created this thing of this movie that fails. The story of Dredd is
that of a failed movie. Both times, for fuck’s sake. And to be party to that,
when that was exactly the intention—to not do that—is kind of difficult.
The screenwriter also addressed the campaigns created
to boost the sales of DVDs, and Blu-rays and up the chances of the studio
deciding to greenlit the sequel.
And I also feel a sense of responsibility because I
know there are these people who do this stuff like they’ve got money and they
spend money on a DVD to try and up the chance of a sequel getting made. Because
I don’t have an online profile or persona or anything like that I can’t speak
to these people directly, but what I want to say is that’s so good of you, and
thank you, but keep your money because the people who make the decisions don’t
get moved by that kind of thing. They’re moved by other stuff, other equations,
other algorithms.
As a fan of the film, it's somewhat heartbreaking to
feel that the window of opportunity for the sequel is getting smaller and
smaller with each year that passes, but I know that the time when studios looked
at the sales of DVD, and Blue-ray as another factor in the, as the director puts it,
equation, is long gone for these types of movies.
Finally and just so fans don't get depressed, Garland
offers some consolation.
How can I say this without being soppy? It’s touching.
It means something that these people support the film in that way, but the
thing people want, which is a sequel, I don’t think is going to happen. I think
it will happen (let me rephrase that) I don’t think it’s happening with me and
the people who made the last one.
Source - Collider
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