"The stuff surrounding 'Dredd' is all to do with realpolitik and the hard realities of filmmaking, and it’s very difficult making a case for 'Dredd' in reality because the first film didn’t work, right? And then the second film didn’t work, but didn’t work in, I would say, in different ways than the first film didn’t work [laughs]. But it manifestly didn’t work as a theatrical release, particularly in America, or in fact anywhere outside of the UK," screenwriter Alex Garland told SciFiNow in December, discussing the possibility of a "Dredd" sequel. "And that makes it a hard argument."
"DVD sales are all very well but you are still talking to people about them handing over a lot of money for a film that’s happened twice and has not worked in their terms either time," he continued. "What I suspect about 'Dredd,' which is obviously no more meaningful than what the next guy thinks about Dredd, is that the character has too many positives to be...
