Here is a hot package heating up the market from two high-profile talents and an infamous crime-stopper. Sources have confirmed to Deadline that Taika Waititi is attached to direct a new Judge Dredd movie from a script by Drew Pearce. Insiders say the package just went to market and no offers are out yet, but given the parties involved it should certainly get some looks.
Chris Kingsley, Jason Kingsley and Ben Smith of Rebellion Developments, Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, Jeremy Platt, Natalie Viscuso and Pearce are among the producers involved in the package.
Created by John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, Dredd is a police officer stationed in the metropolis of Mega-City One, where officers are empowered to be judge, jury and executioner. Hollywood has adapted the property multiple times including a 1995 film starring Sylvester Stallone as well as a 2012 version starring Karl Urban.
Details behind the new project are unknown other then it featuring some of more lighter comedic touches to the property for which Waititi films are known.
More to come as this story unfolds.
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