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“Judge Dredd: Mega-City One” Will Be Macabre and Insane
We may never get a sequel to the fantastic and insanely cool 2012 film Dredd, but we were excited to recently learn that IM Global and independent U.K. games developer and publisher Rebellion is currently developing a live-action TV series that will bring us back into that world.
It’s titled “Judge Dredd: Mega-City One,“ and Dredd star Karl Urban’s involvement is not entirely out of the question. What can we expect from the series, which will reportedly center on multiple Judges? Speaking with SFX Magazine, Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley teased what’s to come.
“Dark fantasy elements are one area that would be great to explore,” said Kingsley. “The show will combine the macabre with the insane and the light-hearted. It’s a big place, after all, with 400 million stories to tell. Long-form storytelling makes showing Mega-City One and its inhabitants much easier. Trying to fit all of that into a two-hour movie is very hard.”
Kingsley also noted that the development process is in the very early stages, so it will likely be at least two years before “Judge Dredd: Mega-City One” enters our lives.
Initial reports peg the series as set in a future where the East Coast of the U.S. has become a crime-ridden megalopolis. The ensemble drama will follow a team of Judges — futuristic cops invested with the power to be judge, jury, and executioner — as they deal with the challenges the future-shocked 22nd century throws at them.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”
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