Dredd 2 - Will It Ever Happen?

Though it's been years of trying to get a "Dredd" sequel off the ground with little to show for it, it might be surprising to learn that there's already been some work done on a potential story. Before Alex Garland had sworn off returning, he'd spent some time developing ideas for not just one but two additional "Dredd" films. That comes to us from the writer and director himself, who appeared at the London Film and Comic Con in 2012 ahead of the first movie's premiere and told fans about what he had in store.

"If they want to make sequels, I've got a story that goes from this one into the origins of Dredd and the city," he told the audience. "Then the third one would have a strange, existential attack from the Dark Judges." For those who don't know, the Dark Judges are villains from an alternate dimension. Led by Judge Death, they believe the very act of living is a crime — so everyone is on their hit list. But actor Karl Urban has his own ideas.

"Look, there's many places that I'd like to see that character go," he told IGN in 2013. "I personally would like to see almost an origin story. To see how that world got the way it got. ... In the world of 'Dredd,' humanity has given up. There's a dystopian vision of the future. I'd really like to see how it got that way, how the Judges came to be. To me that's interesting. ... Go out into the desert and try and search for the origins of the Judges, then to introduce Judge Death." 

No matter what ideas have been put forth so far, though, there's no telling what way a sequel could go, considering the more than 40 years of comic book stories to mine from.