Dredd (3D Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[apsmith21]

Release: 10 August, 2015
Purchase: Dredd 3D or Zbox/Dredd Combo
Price: £24.99
Notes: Limited to 2,500 only.
Per various responses to customers, key chains are being mailed separately.

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[burtbird]

I watched the interview on IGN and it makes very sad viewing.
It's almost incredulous to me that a film as good as Dredd won't get a sequel, when so many truly aweful ones do-I guess the average, mainstream audience just wants disposable junk these days!

As Garland said though, the character is just too strong to never get a cinematic continuation, its just that he won't be involved.

He really shouldn't feel that he let the Judge Dredd fans down, as he claims, as he's help fashion a fantastic action/comicbook movie and the definitive depiction of the character onscreen and he should be congratulated for this.

I wish him all the best with his forthcoming movie and directorial debut, Ex Machina.

I wouldn't call myself a fan of the comics - I've never read them - however I hold this movie in high regard, firstly as it contains some of the best 3D I've seen in a movie, secondly I consider it to be up there with classic action movies such as Robocop and Die Hard. It was a joy to experience at the cinema and I've watched it more than once at home, like any decent action movie it has a lot of replay value.

It's madness to me that an action movie as solid as this never found an audience and therefore won't get a sequel, but as Garland rightly said the movie industry is a business and Dredd simply didn't make enough money to warrant a sequel. In all the areas that matter Dredd was a resounding success, Garland has nothing to apologise for.

 

[IRON MAN]

In all the areas that matter Dredd was a resounding success, Garland has nothing to apologise for.

This.

 

[pdbluray]

Dredd was badass in the comics and he was a badass in the movie.

 

[Dan Kyte]

If a Dredd sequel is out of the question then I still think that a 'True Detective' esque six or eight episode miniseries would be absolutely awesome. I can imagine channels like Starz and Cinemax being into something like that. I only mention those channels of course as I feel they would be more realistic options than HBO... as cool as that would be. Plus Karl Urban has only recently shown with Almost Human that he's not averse to television. You never know, eh?

 

[luke98]

Everytime a movie is released in 3d in cinemas i always see it in 3d i only like 2d more though for Bluray i dont own a 3d tv unfortunately

 

[jitstark]

If a Dredd sequel is out of the question then I still think that a 'True Detective' esque six or eight episode miniseries would be absolutely awesome. I can imagine channels like Starz and Cinemax being into something like that. I only mention those channels of course as I feel they would be more realistic options than HBO... as cool as that would be. Plus Karl Urban has only recently shown with Almost Human that he's not averse to television. You never know, eh?

That would be amazing, but only HBO could really do it with the budget that would be needed to do it right. Plus HBO wouldn't be adverse to the violence that comes with a good Dredd story. Love to see Judge Death on-screen at some point.

 

[burtbird]

A TV show would definitely work well, I think the format probably works better for comic books than theatrical releases as it's closer to the source format. I liked the Watchmen movie too but it would have worked so much better as a big budget TV show

 

[pdbluray]

As long as it isn't like a judge Judy judge dredd crossover I would be all for it.

Although that sounds interesting,

 

[SPENDER J GANT]

The studio made a HUGE mistake with the Cinema release being 3D only .

Not entirely true; I saw it in 2D at the cinema - twice. When the film started returning bad numbers after the first week they began pulling 2D screenings and left the 3D to accrue more money from fewer patrons.

 

[Steelselecta]

Pull your finger out Zavvi!! Where's the artwork!!??

 

[phookoo]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already in this thread, but another thing that hurt the success of this movie was the earlier release of the (very narratively similar) The Raid in the same year. With a choice for cinema goers who weren't familiar with Dredd (ie most countries outside the UK) of going to see a film with an incredibly similar plot to one they'd just seen, and which was rapturously enjoyed by many, Dredd just lost out. Shame.

 

[Slinchafi]

With 6 months between them it couldn't really matter. And The Raid made even less money than Dredd did (75% less), so if everyone that saw Raid in theaters went out to see Dredd it wouldn't make a difference.

 

[suicide]

Everytime I open this thread and it's not an update about the release

 

[Rainpaulo]

It's such a pity we won't get a follow up...buts it's great we have this.
When you see some if the rubbish films the get multiple follow ons.

 

[Scary Hair]

Not entirely true; I saw it in 2D at the cinema - twice. When the film started returning bad numbers after the first week they began pulling 2D screenings and left the 3D to accrue more money from fewer patrons.

Around us it was 3D only . It was not on long enough to even try a 2D outing .

Cinema run's scared of intelligent 18 rated movies. They appere only comfortable when an 18 is a mindless boobs out slasher flick.

ALSO YES Zavvi now you are taking the mickey by not getting some artwork up . You never know we could be ordering blind with this .

 

[phookoo]

With 6 months between them it couldn't really matter. And The Raid made even less money than Dredd did (75% less), so if everyone that saw Raid in theaters went out to see Dredd it wouldn't make a difference.

Actually, The Raid did four times its budget in terms of revenue solely from cinema takings, whereas Dredd didn't make its budget back, again solely in terms of cinema takings. For a foreign language martial arts flick, that made it very, very noteworthy, at least for a martial arts flick that wasn't chinese . And very few reviews at the time of Dredds release failed to mention the similarities with Raid, so although I agree with your point on the number of viewers, I think it's actually pretty reasonable to think that some people that read reviews before buying tickets might have been swayed. Hell, even Dredd's Wikipedia page mentions it!

 

[psychoscot]

Not entirely true; I saw it in 2D at the cinema - twice. When the film started returning bad numbers after the first week they began pulling 2D screenings and left the 3D to accrue more money from fewer patrons.

Nowhere in Birmingham was it shown in 2D, and that was opening weekend.

 

[UpsetSmiley]

No updates for this release is an automatic fail.

 

[SPENDER J GANT]

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already in this thread, but another thing that hurt the success of this movie was the earlier release of the (very narratively similar) The Raid in the same year. With a choice for cinema goers who weren't familiar with Dredd (ie most countries outside the UK) of going to see a film with an incredibly similar plot to one they'd just seen, and which was rapturously enjoyed by many, Dredd just lost out. Shame.

This is overplayed too. It's two different markets being compared: The Raid was a limited release film that relatively few people saw and it certainly didn't have mainstream appeal - especially to those who don't see subtitled or martial arts films - or nationwide releases where the general audience had a choice to see it or not; most people didn't have the choice to see it at their multiplex and it had little promotion in the mainstream.

The Raid had critical success amongst certain reviewers and the art-house scene but the box-office of both films tells a different story: Dredd earned 3 times more at the global box-office than The Raid so the effect was minimal and if The Raid had not been released it would not have added much, if any, extra capital to Dredd's earnings.

 

[SPENDER J GANT]

Cinema run's scared of intelligent 18 rated movies. They appere only comfortable when an 18 is a mindless boobs out slasher flick.

Cinemas care about money - they don't care how smart or dumb the films they show are if they prove popular; if they see a film is not performing they reduce screenings until it's gone and while Dredd may have certain subtleties it isn't aiming for the high-brow - a large chunk of its audience is the average guy who likes 80's action films.


Dredd didn't connect/crossover to the general audience or pull in its target audience for a variety of reasons when it was first released - this happens sometimes to good and bad films whether they are well marketed or not. Some films grow their audience slowly.

Unfortunately the 'Dredd' brand had been previously tainted by the cheesy Stallone film that had been playing regularly on cable for the previous 17 years. The new film was mistakenly seen as a remake of a bad film with a lesser known actor - a cash grab - and it's rare that anyone remakes or reboots a property that had previously flopped so spectacularly. The film industry only remakes/reboots previously successful name properties like Terminator, RoboCop, Total Recall, Mad Max, Escape from New york etc. for the reason they all ready have a large audience associated with them.