Taika Waititi will direct a new film based on the “Judge Dredd” comic

Taika Waititi will direct a new film based on the “Judge Dredd” comic

Waititi has directed a pair of comics box office in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Thor: Ragnarok of 2017 and Thor: Love and Thunder of 2022.

Taika WaititiOscar’s winning filmmaker by JRabbit eye And responsible for two Thor films, already has its next project.

According to the Variety portal, Waititi will be in charge of directing Judge Dredda feature film about the British comic character. Drew Pearceknown by Fall Guy and Mission: Impossible – Secret Nationwill adapt the script. The project does not have its own study and is being promoted in Hollywood.

Created in the 1970s by the writer John Wagner and the artist Carlos EzquerraJudge Dredd is an agent of the law and a judge in the dystopian metropolis of Mega-City One. Often a satire of American and British culture, the character has bionic eyes and is empowered to serve as a judge, jury and executioner in fascist society. Appeared for the first time on the pages of the weekly British anthological comic “2000 AD”.

Adaptations on the big screen of Judge Dredd

The character debuted on the big screen in the great budget failure of 1995, Judge Dreddstarring Sylvester Stallone. Judge Dredd reappeared in the new 2012 version, led by Karl Urban, Dreddwhich also failed at the box office despite good reviews. It has also appeared in multiple video game adaptations.

Waititi has directed a pair of comics box office successes in the Marvel cinematographic universe: Thor: Ragnarok of 2017 and Thor: Love and Thunder of 2022. their other credits as director include Jojo Rabbitfor which he won the Oscar for the best adapted script, and the optimistic sports comedy Next Goal Wins. Waititi also cooked the television series Dogs reservation and directed episodes of Our Flag Means Death and the spinoff of Star Wars Disney+, The Mandalorian. It is also on board to adapt the novel Klara and The Sun to a film starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams For Sony Pictures.

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