'Dredd 2' News, Update: Alex Garland Says Sequel Probably Won't Happen
An interview with 2012 "Dredd" writer-producer Alex Garland reveals that there might be a very slim chance that a sequel for the science action film would push through.
Speaking with the Collider, Garland seems to confirm that a "Dredd 2" movie would never happen. He shared his thoughts about the Karl Urban and Leda Headey-starred box office feature, and pointed out the support it garnered from fans despite its apparent financial failure.
"The 'Dredd' thing is a surprise. It's a really complicated set of emotions. I have a lot of regret about how things worked out with 'Dredd,' but it's very gratifying. The regret it – you do a kind of transaction, particularly with the creators of it, which is that we want to do this thing and honor what you did, and try to do it properly, and then the film will reward that trust. That act of faith and trust and decency. And I think that the film rewarded them in one sense, but not in another," Garland said.
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"I do believe it rewarded them creatively, unless they're lying to me about that. But I think it has created this thing of this movie that fails. The story of 'Dredd' is that of a failed movie," he added.
"How can I say this without being soppy? It's touching," Garland went on to say referring to the cult status of the 3-year-old movie. "It means something that these people support the film in that way, but the thing people want, which is a sequel, I don't think is going to happen."
"I think it will happen (let me rephrase that) I don't think it's happening with me and the people who made the last one," Garland clarified.
