You're Gonna Have to Wait 2 More Years For JUDGE DREDD: MEGA-CITY ONE

We found out a few months ago that Judge Dredd is coming to TV, in a new project currently in development called Judge Dredd: Mega City One. But it sounds like we're going to have to put a muffle on our excitement because we're going to have to wait awhile.

One of the show's producers, Jason Kingsley recently told SFX Magazine:

"Long-form storytelling makes showing Mega-City One and its inhabitants much easier. Trying to fit all of that into a two-hour movie is very hard. My best guess is that it’s at least two years away. But we’re so early in the process that things could happen a bit faster, or much more slowly."

As far as the show's tone is concerned, Kingsley revealed:

"Dark fantasy elements are one area that would be great to explore." He added, "The show will combine the macabre with the insane and the light-hearted. It's a big place, after all, with 400 million stories to tell."

Another producer from the series, Brian Jenkins, previously told the 2000 AD Thrill-cast that Karl Urban returning to the franchise isn't out of the question.

"We have had many conversations prior to this, about all sorts of things. He’s also very busy, a full-time professional actor. So we’re going to have some long and complicated conversations I would imagine, and we’ll see where we go. It’s too early to tell yet, but if we can use him and he’s available to us, then I think that would be absolutely brilliant. There’s always a possibility he will be busy, or that his schedule for other movies won’t allow- Basically, we don’t know at this stage."

Kingsley told the magazine that even though they haven't officially started talking about who will star in the show, he knows Urban "well enough to have a chat with him" about reprising the role.