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For anyone hoping for that Dredd sequel to happen, producer Adi Shankar thinks that one day it will happen. He's going to make sure that it happens, but he makes a point of saying that it may not be a live-action project.

It's kind of a bummer that Dredd bombed at the box office and that it's been impossible to get a sequel rolling. It was such a great movie that was an awesome adaptation of the character. It sucks when great movies like this, with totally committed actors like Karl Urban, bomb.

When talking with Collider recently, Shankar offers the following statement regarding Dredd 2:

"If anyone is still wondering, there’s no update on a Dredd sequel, but I’m gonna make it happen at some point. It may not be live-action, but it’s going to happen at some point. There will be more Judge Dredd at some point.

Dredd 2 as an animated feature? It’s certainly not outside the realm of possibility, according to Adi Shankar.

Collider caught up with the prolific producer to discuss Netflix’s planned Castlevania series, and it was here that Shankar addressed the status of the long-rumored sequel. Unsurprisingly, it’s still very much a dormant property, and given Dredd 2 has spent almost five years languishing on the brink of development, news that Karl Urban’s judge, jury, and executioner is still stranded on the sidelines is more predictable than anything else. Even still, there’s one exciting morsel to be mined from Adi Shankar’s latest status report, and it involves a different approach to the live-action cult actioner that lit up theaters back in 2012.

Per Collider:

If anyone is still wondering, there’s no update on a Dredd sequel, but I’m gonna make it happen at some point. It may not be live-action,...

Adi Shankar is a bona fide, successful Hollywood film producer with movies such as The Grey, Dredd and Lone Survivor to his credit.  However, he also has a passion for self-expression, which he exhibits through his personal Bootleg Universe.  To date, his personal, creative outlet has tackled the Punisher (Dirty Laundry), Venom (Truth in Journalism), Judge Dredd (Judge Dredd: Superfiend)  and James Bond (James Bond: In Service of Nothing).   With no plans to stop, what other property could Shankar look to explore next?  Shankar told Comic Book Resources, "Captain Planet was my other favorite TV show growing up. The truth is, if you look at our world today, the world we live in right now, that is the world Captain Planet was fighting against. Literally, Captain Planet and the Planeteers lost. If they existed in our world today, they would be labelled eco-terrorists.  I had this whole idea for a...

Fans of 2012’s Dredd haven’t yet given up on their quest to get a sequel greenlit for the gritty, dystopian actioner, despite the original’s lackluster box office returns. The noise “Dredd-heads” have been making, including an international Day of Dredd, has been significant enough to draw reactions from stars Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby, both of whom urged fans to keep on fighting. Now, executive producer Adi Shankar has taken a break from making bootleg riffs on other properties to provide an update on the situation.

Giving viewers a crash course in movie financing, Shankar explains the road to Dredd 2 would be paved with some huge obstacles. What it really boils down to is convincing distributors around the world to get on board (despite the fact that they lost money on the first movie) by slashing the budget, recruiting a big name director who can fill seats...

In 2012, Adi Shankar served as the executive producer for Dredd, a stylish adaptation of the long-running comic series of the same name. Despite positive reviews, Dredd struggled at the box office, therefore dashing hopes for any potential sequels. Even so, Dredd has picked up a significant cult following and has sold extremely well on home video. Clearly, there are many fans of the film who are clamoring for more, and Shankar is giving them what they want with a new web series based off the Dredd franchise. Shankar, in addition to his day job as a Hollywood producer, is also an independent filmmaker who creates "bootleg" fan films based off popular franchises. In 2012, he scored a hit with "Dirty Laundry", a Punisher fan film starring Thomas Jane. A year later, he released "Truth In Journalism", which imagined Venom through a lo-fi, black-and-white lens. "The concept of the “Bootleg Universe” is...

After two straight years of call-to-arms, online petitions and continual coy “maybe there’ll be a sequel” talk from Karl Urban, Dredd finally earned itself a follow-up. Not a real sequel, of course. Actually, it might be less of a sequel than last year’s official comic book follow-up, “Dredd: Underbelly,” but it’s new Dredd nonetheless. Judge Dredd: Superfiend, an animated Judge Dredd webseries from Dredd producer Adi Shankar is viewable online right now! But again, not a real sequel. Because while Superfiend may be Shankar’s baby, it’s a “bootleg”- as in, not licensed by 2000 Ad (the comic magazine that puts out new “Judge Dredd” stories every week) or anyone else non-Shankar who would have had a hand in a “real” Dredd Part II. It’s more or less a pro-quality fan film, in the style of Shankar’s other shorts, The Punisher: Dirty Laundry or Venom: Truth in Journalism. Still...

Producer Adi Shankar really wants to make a sequel to Dredd, the 2012 film with Karl Urban as the titular judge. Unfortunately for Shankar and fans, Dredd pretty much bombed at the box office – but has found an appreciative cult audience (including yours truly) on DVD and Blu-ray. There’s actually been talk of continuing the series, but Shankar’s launched a very strange alternative for fans tired of waiting. Dubbed Judge Dredd: Superfiend, Shankar’s new project is a bootleg animated series that looks like something crafted by John Kricfalusi during the height of the Ren & Stimpy era. Animators have given this new interpretation of Dredd a very Saturday-morning look (well, at least the old Saturday morning, when cartoons were actually on), yet the...

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Adi Shankar's full Judge Dredd: Superfiend animated series has arrived online.

The Dredd producer has developed the six-part tale of the origin and rise of Judge Death.

Watch the first episode below (Warning: Contains explicit content):

All six episodes of the unofficial animation have been released simultaneously.

There has been vocal fan demand for a sequel to 2012's 2000 Ad adaptation Dredd, which flopped in Us cinemas but has been a surprise home release hit.

Superfiend is part of Shankar's 'Bootleg Universe', which also includes the Venom short Truth in Journalism and Punisher short Dirty Laundry.

Tonight sees the UK premiere of the 2000 Ad documentary Future Shock! at the BFI.

Following the first teases last week, producer Adi Shankar has premiered the entire six-episode animated web series "Judge Dredd: Superfiend" on his YouTube page.

The mini-series also includes an introductory video in which he says the series is a self-contained work and Not a sequel to 2012's "Dredd 3D" as such:

"This 'Bootleg Universe' mini-series was made in the tradition of Saturday morning cartoons based on our favorite sci-fi comic book characters.

The look was inspired by 90's MTV, Ren & Stimpy, with a dash of ReBoot juxtaposed with the trademark violence found in everything I have done.

Enjoy. This was made as a thank you to you the fans for supporting Dredd and making it a cult hit."

You can see the full web series for yourself over on Shankar's YouTube page.

This has arrived quickly — from surprise announcement to trailer to full release, here’s the 6-episode “bootleg” web series Judge Dredd: Superfiend. The show is from producer Adi Shankar and writing/directing siblings Luis Pelayo Junquera and Enol Junquera. It begins with the youth of the miscreant who grows up to be Judge Snyder, and traces the […]

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Dredd producer Adi Shankar has released all six episodes of his animated miniseries Judge Dredd: Superfiend. Each of the episodes run between three and seven minutes long, and it's absolutely insane. The story and animation are extremely dark and crude, but the style is all part of the personality of the series, so it all works. Shanker explained why he went in this stylistic direction, saying,

This "Bootleg Universe" mini-series was made in the tradition of Saturday morning cartoons based on our favorite sci-fi comic book characters. The look was inspired by 90’s MTV, “Ren & Stimpy,” with a dash of “ReBoot” juxtaposed with the trademark violence found in everything I have done. Enjoy.

This was made as a thank you to you the fans for supporting Dredd and making it a cult hit.

The mini-series tells a solid story that fans of Judge Dredd are sure to enjoy. Make sure...

Adi Shankar has released a full length trailer from his animated Judge Dredd: Superfiend project.

The Dredd producer introduces the trailer, stressing that the animation is a bootleg production inspired by the satirical 2000 Ad strip.

Superfiend focuses on classic Dredd villain Judge Death, the undead being from a reality in which he judged life a crime and eradicated the populace.

The animation will be released in a miniseries that launches online on October 27.

It will consist of six episodes: 'Judge Sydney', 'The Angel Gang', 'Judge Death', 'Rico & Vienna', 'In Death We Trust' and 'Dredd vs Death'.

There has been vocal fan demand for a sequel to 2012's Dredd, which flopped in Us cinemas but has been a surprise home release hit.

Superfiend is part of Shankar's 'Bootleg Universe', which also includes the Venom short Truth in Journalism and Punisher short Dirty Laundry.

Judge Death was created by John Wagner...

The full trailer for producer Adi Shankar's animated miniseries Judge Dredd: Superfiend has been released, and I'm completely sold. This thing looks strange, dark, funny, a little messed up, and completely insane… I love it. The trailer comes from Collider, who also got a statement from Shankar on how this miniseries fits in with the previously made "bootleg" short films that he's produced. Those films include "Dirty Laundry," which is based on The Punisher, and "Truth in Journalism," which is based on Venom. He also talks about the reason he decided to develop this project, and why he went with this style of animation. Judge Dredd: Superfiend was inspired by the “Dark Judges” comic book story arc. Here's what the producer revealed about it:

1. The “Bootleg Universe” is about viewing things through a fresh lens. I wanted to do something that played up the satirical tone of the Judge Dredd comics,...

Based on this Judge Dredd: Superfiend trailer, I’m totally in for this “unofficial” Judge Dredd animated web series. Dredd and The Grey producer Adi Shankar backed this web series as a “thank you” to fans who’ve supported the film Dredd. I hope those fans can look beyond their desires for a hardcore movie sequel to see […]

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Yesterday we got our first look at a poster and some images from an upcoming animated mini web-series called Judge Dredd: Superfiend. Now today we bring you the teaser trailer! The animation is crude, but I like it, and it still looks like this could be a really fun and insane series.

The web series comes from Dredd producer Adi Shankar, and as we said in our report yesterday, it was inspired by the “Dark Judges” comic book story arc. It's intended as to be kind of a sequel to the movie Dredd, but it's also a part of Shankar’s "Bootleg Universe" series that consists of "Dirty Laundry" and "Truth in Journalism," which are two short films that riff on the Punisher and Venom comic book characters.

The full trailer will be released on October 23rd, and the actual series will be released a couple days later on the 27th.

The first photos and poster have arrived for "Dredd: Superfiend," a pseudo sequel web series to "Dredd 3D". That's the good news, the bad news? Sadly it's not live action, it's animated.

EW has premiered the first poster and photos from the project which has been championed by producer Adi Shankar. Inspired by the "Dark Judges' storyline from the comic, several characters from the "Judge Dredd" universe appear in the series which is set to debut later this month.

We may not see a sequel to Pete Travis' Dredd anytime soon, but there's a cool looking animated miniseries that is being released that should tide us over! This seems like somthing that will be really fun to watch, and I'm looking forward to seeing some actual footage.

The web-series comes from Dredd producer Adi Shankar, and it is inspired by the “Dark Judges” comic book story arc. The series is called Judge Dredd: Superfiend, and according to EW "it's intended as a kind of sequel to Dredd, although it’s technically a part of Shankar’s 'Bootleg Universe' series." That series is a line of unofficial short film productions that include 'Dirty Laundry' and 'Truth in Journalism,' which riffs on the Punisher and Venom characters.

You can check out some images from Superfiend, below, which gives us a look at some iconic Dredd characters from the comic series.

Earlier this month, producer Adi Shankar announced, with some overdramatic fanfare, that he's working on a seven-part "Dredd" miniseries, to drop online in October for the low, low price of absolutely free. Claiming he doesn't "give a fuck" about money and just cares about the franchise, the news was greeted with both excitement some question marks from fans. Would Karl Urban return? What shape would the miniseries take? Well, these answers have arrived, and it's probably not what you expected and/or hoped for. EW has the first-look photos, and they reveal that the property is back as "Dredd: Superfiend," an animated take on the Dark Judges storyline. Frankly, the animation looks kinda cheap, but since I haven't read the comics, maybe this look is faithful. Still, there's something distinctly flat and not all that inspiring here, and the poster doesn't help either, looking fan made in all the worst possible ways.

Two weeks ago, it was revealed that Dredd fans would be getting their wish of a follow-up after all (sort of), as Dredd executive producer Adi Shankar revealed that he had secretly been working on an unofficial spin-off that was inspired by the "Dark Judges' storyline.

Now, Entertainment Weekly has our first look at the digital series, which it turns out is actually animated and goes by the name "Superfiend." Check out the images below!

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Two weeks ago, it was revealed that Dredd fans would be getting their wish of a follow-up after all (sort of), as Dredd executive producer Adi Shankar revealed that he had secretly been working on an unofficial spin-off that was inspired by the "Dark Judges' storyline. Now, Entertainment Weekly has our first look at the digital series, which it turns out is actually animated and goes by the name "Superfiend." Check out the images below!

While we all wait and see if anything will come of the chatter surrounding a sequel to Dredd (Spoiler: it probably won't), producer Adi Shankar has a treat for the legions of fans that have stood behind the film, even as it failed to set the box office on fire. Shankar, who also brought us the Punisher: Dirty Laundry and Venom: Truth in Journalism shorts, has secretly been working on a seven-part animated miniseries focusing on the Dark Judges, that will be available to watch online for free later this month. Entertainment Weekly have provided our first look in the form of a poster and some images. More at the link below.

In the two years since the release of Dredd, the bloodsoaked dystopic action has developed a significant cult following, buoyed by the possibility/hope that the film might spawn a sequel that dives deeper into the mythology of 2000 Ad, the British comic that spawned it. You want a sequel! We want a sequel! Karl Urban wants a sequel! But until that happens, Dredd producer Adi Shankar has produced a new animated web series inspired by the beloved "Dark Judges" story arc. Titled "Superfiend," the series is intended as a kind of sequel to Dredd, although it's technically a part of...