Karl Urban Talks Judge Dredd & Star Trek 2!
Fri, July 23, 2010 
Just yesterday it was reported that Karl Urban was the number one contender to replace Stallone for the new Judge Dredd in the remake. Lucky for us Collider was able to sit down with Urban and ask him about not only his involvement with both Judge Dredd, but also Star Trek 2 in which he'll be reprising his role as Bones McCoy.
In regards to Judge Dredd Urban confirmed he has been offered the part by director Pete Travis and they're working out the deal right now.
“I’ve met with Pete Travis, Andrew McDonald and we’ve had a really wonderful meeting of the minds and long story short, they have offered me the role and we’re in the process of making that happen.”
As well as confirming their plans to start shooting in October or November in South Africa he also said:
“To have the opportunity to play such an iconic and enigmatic character as Joe Dredd is a phenomenal opportunity and I’m really thrilled and looking forward to getting into it.”
And for the fans concerned with the relation to the comic in the new adaption Urban confirmed the plan is to remain very true to the source material and Dredd will wear his helmet for the entire film.
“If anyone is familiar with Dredd, over the years there are many times when Dredd removes his helmet but you never fully see his face and that was construct by the creator, Mr. Wagner. He represents that faceless system of justice and law. I will say this, hypothetically if I went to a movie that was called “Judge Dredd” and the character or the actor who played Judge Dredd took the helmet and I would see his full face and features I would puke in my popcorn because that’s not Dredd. He’s mysterious and enigmatic. We’re going to do it right.”
When asked when Star Trek would start shooting Urban confirmed earlier reports that it wouldn't start until May or June of next year. As far as JJ Abrams returning to the directors chair he seems confident which should come as a huge relief to most trekkies.
“I haven’t heard anything. I certainly hope so. Knowing J.J. I think he will have a pretty tough time handing this baby off to someone off. He was such an instrumental force of nature in delivering that film and creating those characters and ensuring that the Star Trek that was released was not some vacuous special effects extravaganza and that it was a character driven film. My hopes are that he will come back to the director’s char.”
For the full interview including what he had to say about his upcoming film with Bruce Willis RED you can go HERE.
Reader Comments (1)
My hopes just went way up for dredd! The star trek news is kinda obvious though