Episode
Judge Dredd (1995), and the long battle to get it made
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- Film Stories with Simon Brew
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- Mar 30, 2026
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- 3632
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Summary
In 1980, an option was taken out on Judge Dredd with a view of getting a movie of Mega City One's legendary law enforcer to the big screen. In the years that followed, it looked like Tony Scott might direct a film based on 2000AD comics' most famous character, with Arnold Schwarzenegger sniffing around. In the end, 1995 saw a seasoned movie star in Sylvester Stallone and a twentysomething British film director called Danny Cannon realising the film. Turned out to be quite a story... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices