Judge Dredd TV series – written and ready to go

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

In May of 2017, it was announced that a JUDGE DREDD TV show was in the works titled, Mega-City One. The project has since been in development and now there is a new update courtesy of Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley.

Rebellion is the company that is in control of the rights to the franchise currently and Kingsley reveals that the show is written and ready to go, it's just a matter of getting things together once the global pandemic calms down. Kingsley also revealed that, if it all works out, they want both Karl Urban and Sylvester Stallone to come back for the TV show. Kingsley was recently a guest on V2A Emergency Broadcast System, a YouTube series dedicated to all things post-apocalyptic and during the conversation, the subject of Mega-City One came up. Kingsley disclosed that a lot of work is being done on various projects within the franchise, including the long-awaited series:

"I want there to be a sequel to the 2012 movie Dredd. We've got the rights back so we can do it, we've just got to get rid of this virus thing that's going on at the moment, and then hopefully things can kick off in all sorts of different areas of making film and TV, it's just, it's all very messed up at the moment for everybody. A lot of work has been done on all sorts of different scripts actually. So Mega-City One the TV show. Basically, we can't go into production because of the situation and we've got scripts and everything is ready to go but the problem is, because of the situation and everybody's funding changes and everybody's shifting around."

Karl Urban previously starred in DREDD, the 2012 movie directed by Pete Travis. While the film was a box office bomb, it has since found a loyal audience and fans have been calling for a sequel since its release. Sylvester Stallone first brought the character from the 2000 AD comics to the big screen in 1995's JUDGE DREDD. The film was derailed by critics but it fared better at the box office than the 2012 film, although its inflated budget didn't allow the film to be a true box office hit. Jason Kingsley was asked if they want Karl Urban or Olivia Thirlby to appear on the show and he revealed they also want Stallone to reprise his role:

"Well if we can get people back, you know, we even joked that it would be quite fun to get Stallone back."

Karl Urban has expressed his desire to return to the role in the past but it's hard to say if Sylvester Stallone would be interested in a return. As of now, no streaming service or network has picked up Mega-City One but Rebellion is in discussions with various suitors that are "quite a long way down the road" according to Kingsley. A TV series for JUDGE DREDD seems better suited than a film at this point so hopefully, they can get this one off the ground for the fans.