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‘Dredd 2’ Moving Forward But Don’t Get Your Hopes Up Yet
The failure of Dredd to make a significant impact at the box office may go down as one of the worst offenses to solid filmmaking in a long time. Admittedly, that statement bears a lot of personal bias – I fucking love that movie – but I don’t think many people who have seen the film would disagree with me.
As a result of the success of the film on home video, many people are left wondering if there is a possibility for a sequel, in some form or another. Whether it be a film or a Netflix/Amazon original series, fans are salivating at the thought of Karl Urban donning the iconic helmet once again to enforce the law upon Mega-City One. To that, I tell you there might be good news on the horizon but that we should not let ourselves get overly excited,
At the 2016 Denver Comic Con, Urban was doing a Q&A when someone asked about the possibility of Dredd 2, to which he replied that a sequel is “…in development“, according to ScienceFiction.com.
What should be made clear, however, is that by “development” they mean that a story is being developed. Once that story is figured out, that’s when they can approach various studios to determine interest. Again, it’s unclear if they want to go for a feature length film or instead head down the original series route, such as Marvel is doing with “Daredevil” and “Luke Cage”.
Urban has spoken plenty about the failure of Dredd upon it’s release but also about how the film succeeded wildly on home video. Now that word of mouth has been created and an audience has been cultivated, a sequel may very well prove more successful than the original release.
The marketing campaign for Robert Eggers’ (The Witch, Nosferatu) new nightmare Werwulf has begun, and a brand new first look image was revealed over on Esquire today.
Check out your first look at Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Werwulf below.
Robert Eggers tells Esquire of Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s leading character, “He’s a farmer. He’s a man who is cursed. It’s a story about a man who is cursed and is trying to find salvation through love. He’s a character who is haunted and in great pain.
“It’s a really brutal, unforgiving, merciless, grotesque world. More than ever, it’s mud and blood and dung and rain and pain and suffering. Aaron’s performance is incredibly harrowing.”
Set in 13th century England, Werwulf sees a mysterious creature stalk the land as local folklore becomes a terrifying reality. The film hits theaters on December 25 via Focus Features.
Robert Eggers recently teased, “It’s the darkest thing I’ve ever written. By far.”
“I promise you, Werwulf is on a whole other level,” Focus Features’ Peter Kujawski told Letterboxd. “No one has seen a movie that looks or feels like this movie does.”
Eggers directs from a script he penned with his The Northman co-writer Sjón.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nosferatu), Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Ralph Ineson (The Witch), and Bodhi Rae Breathnach (Hamnet) star.
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