{"id":27985,"date":"2012-08-31T12:25:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T11:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=27985"},"modified":"2012-09-03T09:36:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T08:36:12","slug":"judge-dredd-tv-series-alex-garland-hopes-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/judge-dredd-tv-series-alex-garland-hopes-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Dredd TV series? Alex Garland hopes so&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27990\" style=\"width: 616px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dredd-image-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27990\" title=\"Dredd 3D\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dredd-image-3-616x346.jpg\" alt=\"Dredd 3D\" width=\"616\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dredd 3D is in cinemas from 7 September 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.2000adonline.com\/index.php\/topic,36741.0.html\">Answering fan questions on the <em>2000 AD Online<\/em> forum<\/a>, <em>Dredd 3D<\/em> writer\/producer Alex Garland (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/top-tens\/top-20-best-zombie-movies\/\"><em>28 Days Later<\/em><\/a>, <em>Sunshine<\/em>) revealed that his hopes for the live action <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/top-tens\/top-10-best-judge-dredd-comic-book-stories\/\"><em>Judge<\/em>\u00a0<em>Dredd<\/em><\/a> universe go well beyond sequels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just so it has been said,&#8221; mused Garland, &#8220;I actually think that maybe the best way forward for <em>Dredd<\/em> is television. American TV has completely rewritten the rulebook where filmed drama is concerned. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/game-of-thrones-season-3-is-great-for-jaime-lannister\/\"><em>Game Of Thrones<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><em>The Wire<\/em>, <em>Breaking Bad<\/em>\u2026 an equivalent version of <em>Dredd<\/em> would be fucking great.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine the epics\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Dredd 3D<\/em> is in cinemas from 7 September 2012, and <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.2000adonline.com\/index.php\/topic,36741.0.html\">you should definitely read the entire Q&amp;A this is lifted from<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-27985-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqqgrUna28w&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqqgrUna28w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JqqgrUna28w<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game Of Thrones holds the key to Dredd&#8217;s future, reckons writer Alex Garland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":27990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[2156,1040],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dredd-image-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}