Karl Urban is the New Judge Dredd

Empire Online reports that it is official, Karl Urban will play the title role in the new “Judge Dredd” movie. The film will begin shooting soon in Johannesburg, South Africa, with Pete Travis (“Vantage Point”) at the controls. Producer Andrew Macdonald  told a Movie-Con Q&A panel The main thing about Dredd is that it’s a fantastic comic that was completely messed up 20 years ago. . . Our idea is to make a very hard, R-rated, gritty, realistic movie of Dredd in Megacity, so we’ve got to get the tone right. He’s not going to take off his helmet. His bike is going to feel real. He’s going to hit people and it’s going to feel real.