Taika Waititi will make a film Judge Dredd

At the origin of Jojo Rabbit and two Thor films, the Oscarison Director set his sights on a new project of ambition.

30 years after a first adaptation in 1995 with Sylvester Stallone,, Judge Dredd is back in the cinema with a feature film led by the New Zealand filmmaker, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Inspired by the character of British comics, the new version of Taika Waititi should be more faithful to Comic Books.For his part, Drew Pearce (Fall Guy And Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) Sign scenario.

For the moment, the project has no associate studio and remains in the process of marketing in Hollywood.

Created in the 1970s by the writer John Wagner and the designer Carlos Ezquerra“Judge Dredd“is an agent of the police for the dystopian metropolis of Mega -City One. Often seen as a satire of American and British cultures, this character has bionic eyes and has power – like the rest of the agents – to be a judge, jury and executioner. He appeared for the first time in the pages of the British weekly comic strip”2000 AD”In 1977.

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The character, who became cult, made his first steps in the cinema in 1995 in Judge Dredda big budget film with Sylvester Stallone. He reappeared in 2012 in the reboot of Dredddirected by Karl Urbana box office failure accompanied by mixed criticism.

Taika Waititi also co-created the television series Dogs reservation and produced certain episodes of Our flag means Death and spin-off Star Wars On Disney+, titled The Mandalorian. Also chosen to adapt the fabulous live-action Akirathe director finally abandoned the project after months of silence ended by the announcement of Warner saying that he does not renew the duties of adaptation of the manga.

Currently, Taika Waititi already has her eyes turned to a new adaptation – this time of a novel – called Klara and the Sun with Jenna Ortega And Amy Adams For Sony Pictures.