Oh, great, 🙄 Taika Waititi, the guy who admitted he only did Thor: Ragnarok because he was broke 🤣 and thought Thor was the lamest superhero, is now going to grace us with his “vision” of Judge Dredd. 🤦♂️ I’m sure this will be another “hilarious” take on a dark and gritty character. Can’t wait to see Dredd cracking jokes and doing improv. 🤡
So, the “visionary” behind such cinematic masterpieces as Thor: Love and Thunder (aka the movie where everyone forgot how to act and the jokes landed flatter than a pancake 🥞) has been chosen to direct a new Judge Dredd movie. Because what Judge Dredd REALLY needs is more childish humor and less actual judging. I mean, who needs a grim, dystopian future when you can have wacky aliens and interdimensional shenanigans? 👽
Drew Pearce, the mastermind behind such action classics as The Fall Guy and Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (wait, he wrote those? 🤔 Did not see that coming), will be penning the script. Apparently, these two overgrown children 👶 grew up reading the comics and have been itching to collaborate on a project. Fantastic. More childhood nostalgia ruining beloved franchises. 😭
For those of you who somehow crawled out from under a rock 🪨, Judge Dredd is a character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra in the late 1970s. He’s basically a super cop in Mega-City One who is judge, jury, and executioner. So, you know, a real barrel of laughs. 😂 But don’t worry, Waititi will probably turn him into a cuddly teddy bear 🧸 with a badge.
Dredd has appeared in numerous comic strips, video games, books, and even postage stamps. Because nothing says “grimdark future” like a postage stamp featuring a guy blowing away perps. ✉️💥
Of course, Hollywood already tried to make a Judge Dredd movie back in 1995 with Sylvester Stallone. And we all know how THAT turned out. 🤦♀️ But hey, maybe Waititi can top that disaster. Challenge accepted? 😈
Then there was that 2012 version with Karl Urban, which was actually pretty good. But apparently, good is not good enough. We need more Waititi-fication! More quips! More awkward dance sequences! 💃🕺
Plot details are scarce, but insiders claim that it will draw inspiration from the comics (shocking, I know) and will focus on world-building and “dark humor.” Because nothing says “world-building” like shoehorning in a bunch of unfunny jokes. 🤡
The goal is to create a “fun sci-fi blockbuster” that will launch a Dredd universe with more movies and shows. Because what the world REALLY needs is more interconnected universes and endless content. 🙄 Can’t wait for the Judge Dredd cinematic universe, where Dredd teams up with the Care Bears to fight crime. 🐻👮♂️
And let’s not forget Waititi’s feelings about the MCU. As he so eloquently put it, he had “no interest” in doing those films and only did them because he was “poor.” 💰 So, basically, he’s doing this for the money too. Honesty is refreshing, isn’t it? 😇
He also admitted that he thought Thor was the “least popular franchise” and that he “never read Thor comics as a kid.” So, naturally, he was the perfect choice to helm two Thor movies. Makes perfect sense. 🤪
Waititi thinks Marvel reached out to him because they had no idea what to do with Thor. Well, if Love and Thunder is anything to go by, he didn’t either. 🔥
“I think there was no place left for them to go with that. I thought, ‘Well, they’ve called me in, this is really the bottom of the barrel.’” So inspiring! 💖 With such passion for the project, I am sure it will turn out great!
Finn McFrame, celebrated satirical mastermind and self-proclaimed “Emperor of Irony,” started his illustrious career as a cinematographer, where his expertise in capturing every single frame of a squirrel stealing a baguette earned him accolades at obscure film festivals.
Born in the glamorous town of Boring, Oregon, Finn grew up with dreams of being a Hollywood director until he realized that satire, not cinema, was his true calling—or at least the one that let him sleep until noon.
Finn McFrame: changing the world, one satirical lens flare at a time.
