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Marvel Studios veterans are teaming up to bring 2000 AD icon Judge Dredd to the big screen one more time
Third time might be the charm for Joe Dredd, as 2000 AD's legendary lawman of the future is coming to the screen one more time courtesy of Taika Waititi and Drew Pearce
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The law is headed back to the big screen. Judge Dredd, the iconic futuristic lawman from the pages of British anthology comic 2000 AD, is being developed once again as a feature film — but this time around, it’s a couple of Marvel Studios veterans at the creative helm.
The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi is attached to direct a new Dredd movie — the character’s third — from a screenplay by Drew Pearce, who’s worked on everything from Iron Man 3 to Ryan Gosling’s underrated-but-wonderful The Fall Guy. Producers include Pearce, as well as Chris Kingsley, Jason Kingsley and Ben Smith of 2000 AD owners Rebellion Developments, and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment. Jeremy Platt and Natalie Viscuso are also attached to produce.
No studio is attached to the project as yet.
The movie will follow Sylvester Stallone’s 1995 vehicle, which attempted to rework the source material into a ‘90s Hollywood blockbuster format — Dredd even spends much of the movie without his trademark helmet, which he’s never seen without in the comic — as well as the acclaimed 2012 reboot written and produced by 28 Years Later and Ex Machina creator Alex Garland.
No plot details for the movie have been released, but THR reports that it is likely to be more faithful to the comic strip than previous cinematic incarnations, bringing some of the comic’s satire, political bite, and comedy into the hyper violent world of Mega-City One. The character, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra in 1977, has not only been a mainstay of 2000 AD appearing in almost every issue of the weekly series since his debut, but has also been adapted in video games, novels, and American comic book series from DC and IDW across the past decades.
The new Dredd movie will arrive on the heels of the animated adaptation of 2000 AD’s Rogue Trooper from Moon director Duncan Jones; that movie recently released stills, ahead of Jones’ appearance at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 to promote the project.
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