Karl Urban Says “Conversations Are Happening” About A ‘Dredd’ TV Series
By Angie Han/May 2, 2016 12:30 pm EST
But it looks like there might be a tiny bit more to his recent comments than we previously assumed. During an appearance at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, Urban teased that “conversations are happening” about bringing Dredd back, possibly as a streaming series.
Let’s back up a bit. Here’s what Urban said a couple of weeks ago in response to a bit of fan art that imagined a Dredd sequel as a Netflix original series.
— Karl Urban (@KarlUrban) April 21, 2016
Urban has pushed hard for a Dredd sequel, encouraging fan petitions and offering periodic updates to his followers. Then a few days ago at Calgary, he let slip that he’d had “conversations” about possibly bringing Dredd back.
On @netflix or @amazon Dredd series @KarlUrban says “conversations are happening” @Calgaryexpo #CalgaryExpo
— Christopher Edwards (@cjsedwards_old) April 30, 2016
To be clear, this is not a confirmation that Dredd will ever return, in any form. In fact, this isn’t even the first time Urban has trotted out this line. Back in 2014 Urban told fans at a Star Trek convention that “conversations are taking place between the studio, the director, and writer Alex Garland” — and as you may have noticed, two years later we still don’t seem to be much closer to a Dredd sequel than we were then. Still, for fans eager to return to Mega-City One, it’s better than nothing, right?
