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Post by The Doctor on May 10, 2017 16:20:04 GMT
Dredd TV show 'announced' as in 'there is a poster and a couple of quotes' with a production company I've never heard of.
Hmmmm. We shall see!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 10, 2017 18:01:13 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 10, 2017 18:04:16 GMT
The latter video there has Molcher (2000AD's PR droid) stating "you have about two years" before the show hits the screens.
-Ralph
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Post by browny87 on May 10, 2017 19:44:01 GMT
BBC are heavily advertising the "massive budget" that's been dedicated to it, fingers crossed
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 10, 2017 20:03:32 GMT
I like that it's going to be an ensemble cast approach.
Dredd on the periphery sometimes makes him more powerful.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 10, 2017 20:33:21 GMT
Indeed. For a TV show to work it couldn't be just about Dredd himself. I hope this goes somewhere and does not turn out to be vapourware. I am always wary when something is announced before it's in production.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 11, 2017 20:40:59 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 12, 2017 7:27:04 GMT
So, having sifted through the various bits of PR related to the Dredd show the status of it appears to be this:
-Rebellion, a video game and comic/book publisher with no TV or film production experience wants to make a TV show with a budget of over a million per episode.
-No broadcaster or production people other than a producer and some writers. They do not have a studio or actors.
-They have a poster and a distributer. It seems they need to raise money.
-That's it.
A somewhat premature announcement! I hope this gets made but at the moment it looks like vapourware.
-Ralph
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Post by browny87 on May 12, 2017 9:31:54 GMT
could be a kickstarter or something similar, i know there was a lot of rumors about doing one to fund future movies. Also it would have to be big budget due to the kind of scenery/locations needed.
On the positive, rebellion are probably the right company to be involved since they do produce good comics on the subject at hand?
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Post by The Doctor on May 12, 2017 11:58:37 GMT
Making video games and comics is very different from making TV.
Frankly, I think it's daft to announce a TV show before financing etc is in place. This puzzles me.
-Ralph
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Post by browny87 on May 12, 2017 12:25:09 GMT
its probably the way to get financing in place.
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Post by The Doctor on May 12, 2017 15:42:36 GMT
This is not usually how folk go about getting financing!
The more I think about it the more this announcement is utterly ludicrous!
'We want to make a TV show! Somehow!'
-Ralph
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Post by browny87 on May 14, 2017 18:26:36 GMT
its how most networks do it nowadays, since a good pilot is so expensive, writers and merch companies/makers announce it to the public, log how many positive social media posts etc they get, then they can convince a network to pay towards the pilot, if not the full amount. not orthodox but its the way most companies work these days.
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