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Lena Headey Cares Not For The Law

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (11)

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I’m placing a lot of faith in the new production of Dredd, the second adaptation of the classic comic book Judge Dredd. It’s shown promise — Karl Urban cast as Judge Dredd, Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson, the director, writer (Alex Garland of 28 Days Later) and producers all swearing that the helmet won’t come off, and what appears to be a dedication to the source material. Pete Travis (Vantage Point), the director, is a bit of an x-factor, but still, the early signs are relatively positive.

Plus, no Rob Schneider, that shit brained movie-raping ball-gargler. DIE.

Anyway, the latest news is that Lena Headey (300, “The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) has been cast as Madeline Madrigal, aka Ma-Ma, the leader of one of Mega City One’s vicious gangs. Frankly, I’m thrilled, and not just because Headey is lovely to look at. She seems to be an excellent actress who hasn’t really gotten many truly great parts, so anything that gets her more attention is a good thing.

Here’s a little official info for those who are curious:

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 Peter 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.

Whether Headey’s part is the main villain or not remains to be seen, but either way, it’s good news.

Anything’s better than this, right?

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(source: Slashfilm)









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Comments

Ok. So what exactly is it with action heroes and thongs?
I'm starting to get worried here...

Posted by: ada at January 12, 2011 9:07 AM

If this get's anything but a hard R rating I'm cutting some bitches. While slurring, "I am the law!"

Posted by: admin at January 12, 2011 9:24 AM

Seems to be an excellent actress? Oh really? More like serviceable in a ABC movie of the week kinda way. Love to see her do some 3am TMC softcore porn though.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at January 12, 2011 9:26 AM

I hope it's in 3D and they still use the ridiculous codpiece.

Posted by: Paultera at January 12, 2011 10:02 AM

I'm glad that the helmet is being addressed, but we're going go to need an official position on the codpiece issue as well.

Posted by: branded at January 12, 2011 10:05 AM

From earlier pics, I'm fairly certain Dredd will have more of a full body armor type look. It seemed to be a toned-down, realistic version of the Gears of War style, with some leather daddy thrown in.

Lena Headey is pretty damn good actress. This may be verboeten to say, but she kicked Linda Hamilton's ass as Sarah Connor. (And, @BSlim, you have seen 300, right?)

Posted by: RobP at January 12, 2011 11:04 AM

Her part is the main villian. Ma Ma is the "queen" of the high-rise slum called Peach Trees. She locks it down with Judge Dredd inside and orders the hundred thousand residents to take him out. To quote someone else, it's like Batman in Die Hard.

Posted by: Sean at January 12, 2011 3:30 PM

it's like Batman in Die Hard.

Posted by: Sean at January 12, 2011 3:30 PM

They ought to go ahead and make that the tag line.

On a related note, any chance someone knows someone who knows Christopher Nolan and could convince him to make that concept a short film that would be in the trilogy boxed set? Because, now I must see that.

Posted by: RobP at January 12, 2011 5:06 PM

Lena Headey is gorgeous.

I'll never forgive fox for canceling the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Never!

Posted by: John W at January 12, 2011 9:35 PM

Nice header pic. Can't seem to get an old Skynyrd song out of my my head now: "Gimme back my Bullets!" Yeah! (air guitar solo)

Posted by: Mark M at January 13, 2011 12:59 AM

Rob Schneider: Shit brained movie-raping ball-gargler. Sums it up.

Posted by: Mark M at January 13, 2011 1:01 AM