DREDD (2012) Research

Dredd (2012) Research

The film Dredd was directed by Pete Travis, Pete has also directed the films: Vantage Point, Omagh and Endgame.

The cast included the stars: Karl Urban (Star trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness, The Bourne Supremacy), Olivia Thirlby (Juno, No Strings Attached and The Darkest Hour) and Lena Headley (300, The Purge and The Game of Thrones)

The Producer(s) of the film Dredd was the producing company DNA Films (28 Days Later & The History Boys + many others) and IM Global (Safe, Insidious and many upcoming films in 2014 such as Sleeping With Other People)

The Distributors of the film Dredd was Entertainment Film Distributors who have also distributed the films Saw ll and Wedding crashers. The other Distributor of Dredd was Lions Gate Entertainment who have also distributed the films The Expendables 1 + 2 and Keith Lemon: The Film.

The film Dredd had an estimated budget of $35,000,000 before production but there were reports that an extra $25 million was spent by Lionsgate on marketing. They then only managed to receive a gross profit of $13,401,683 and below half of this being in the opening weekend $6,278,491.

The writer of Dredd (2012) was Alex Garland. Garland began writing Dredd in 2006 during post-production of Sunshine and completed his first draft during filming of 28 Weeks Later. Alex Garland has also written the film scripts: 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Never Let Me Go. Alex Garland has also taken part in the writing of video games for PS3 and Xbox like: Enslaved, Odyssey to the West and the writing of novels such as The Beach and The Coma.

In August 2012, the viral advertising site "Dredd Report" was launched, satirizing the Drudge Report. The site featured a video condemning the use of Slo-Mo, and links to news about the film. A tie-in comic book was published; its plot serves as a prequel to the film's narrative and follows Ma-Ma's life as a prostitute, controlled by her pimp Lester Grimes. An exclusive film poster featuring artwork by Jock was released by Mondo to promote the film's appearance at the 2012. The film Dredd was awarded the Golden Trailer Award for the Best Thriller TV Spot. There were reports the indicated that Lionsgate contributed an extra $25 million to advertising & printing costs. 

The film Dredd received the Green Light for production on December 20^th 2008. DNA Films, the movie production company behind such films as Danny Boyle's Sunshine and 28 Weeks Later, announced Judge Dredd will go into production in 2009 and Jason Kingsley, CEO and Creative Director said, "We can't give away too many details at this point, but we're looking forward to working with DNA Films to bring Judge Dredd back to the big screen."

Many people suggest the reason why Dredd was not as successful as other ‘Hero’ films is due to the being a Mid-Budget production. Others believe that the marketing via Lionsgate was only on the hook for the cost of prints and marketing for Dredd, so they may not have had the financial incentive to push the film hard enough. Others seem to believe that is wasn’t much of a remake of Sylvester Stallone Judge Dredd movie. Another reason spoke about is the lack of mainstream appeal. This may be proof, once again, that a movie needs to do more than appeal to the Comic Con crowd, to make money. Dredd was a love letter to fans of the comic, but never quite spoke to fans of generic action movies or Nolan's Batman films. Finally the R rating, this was the over-the-top violence in Dredd that was one of the best parts of the film according to some audience, but the comic has always been aimed at the smart 13-year-old. You could easily imagine a PG-13 Judge Dredd movie that would convey the violence and lunacy without quite so much gore and aiming it again at this market for example using Marvel would have made more ‘gross’ as a result.

The film was filmed in 3D using RED MX, SI2K and Phantom Flex high-speed cameras. Multiple camera rigs were used for this. Some 2D elements were converted to 3D in the post production of Dredd. The filmmakers wanted Dredd to have a realistic, visceral look and drew inspiration from crime and gangster films. For scenes conveying the time and space altering effects of Slo-Mo, Mantle aimed to create images that would be beautiful but disorienting. The film was then later released on the 14^th January in the UK; it was released in 2D and 3D versions on DVD and Blu-ray and a 2D version on Digital Download.

There were many tie-ins to the film released, the soundtracks by Jubilee (Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around) which was written by Bobby Womack was released by ABKCO Music, Incorporated. There have also been the original Judge Dredd comics/magazines which have been released since 1977, and then a new edition was released in 2012 giving a brief of the 2012 Dredd film which was being released.  There has also many toys and other merchandise released such as: clothing, tattoos, and toys of the vehicles & characters. These pieces of merchandise have been released since the original Judge Dredd.