2010
09.03

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Indie starlet Olivia Thirlby has been booked to star in director Pete Travis’ (Vantage Point) adaptation of the U.K.’s Judge Dredd comic series. Thirlby will play Dredd’s telepathic rookie partner Judge Cassandra Anderson.

The film—entitled Dredd—stars Karl Urban in the titular role and is written by Alex Garland (28 Days Later). Unlike the 1995 Sly Stallone vehicle, Dredd aims to be grittier and more faithful to the source material.

The official synopsis reads:

DREDD takes us to the wild streets of Mega City One, the lone oasis of quasi-civilization on Cursed Earth. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is the most feared of elite Street Judges, with the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot – if necessary.

The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and the frenetic vision of director Pete Travis bring DREDD to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film that returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra’s revered comic strip.

Dredd is budgeted at $45 million and will be shot in 3D. Cameras are set to roll later this year in South Africa.

Thirlby also stars in producer Timur Bekmambetov sci-fi thriller The Darkest Hour.

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