Mama dredd comic book characters

A tantalising taste of this new mega city one has been released online in the form of this tiein comic book. He is a street judge, empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and. See more ideas about dredd movie, karl urban and judge dredd. Apr 3, 2018 explore skenton35s board dredd movie brilliant. The director did a great job on the city and you really feel like it is a corrupt and decadent city where law enforcement officers can judge, jury and execute criminals on the spot. Thanks to rebellion, best known for their work on sniper elite, owning the writes to the comic series 2000ad, it looks like will. Judge joe dredd is a fictional character whose comic strip in the british. Fans of the comic book series will likely enjoy the action and the mayhem but the characters are anything except 3d, excepting lena headey as scarfaced and scary mama. Lena headey is excellent as the ruthless villainess mama and olivia trilby is just as good as the not quite as vulnerable as she appears rookie psychic judge. Dredd 3d motion comic lionsgate has created a sweet new motion comic to get us pumped up for the impending release of dredd 3d. It is based on the 2000 ad comic strip judge dredd and its eponymous character created by john wagner and carlos ezquerra.

The last few years have seen comic books become the goto source material for. I knew that the makers of dredd got the feel of the comic book, 2000 ad, right when its squarejawed authority, judge dredd, pulled out his lawgiver gun. Judge dredd comics, rare and classic judge dredd comic. Some of mamas tattoos are lena headeys actual tattoos, most notably the flower on.

Because while the avengers worldwide box office was over 1. If you havent seen it yet, there isnt anything major here that spoils the film, but still. Why dredd is one of the decades great films bleeding fool. Mama appears in the dredd 3d movie, portrayed by lena headey, and in a special prologue story in the judge dredd megazine issue 328 by matt smith and. It is based on the 2000 ad comic strip judge dredd and its eponymous character. The dark knight rises was just over 1 billion, and even spidey cracked an impressive 756 million, poor dredd with its r.

Garland eschewed all of that, focused almost solely on the central character, judge dredd. So, when i heard through the internet that there was going to be a best of book i. See more ideas about dredd 2012, dredd movie, judge dredd. Karl urban stars as judge dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury and executioner in a vast, dystopic metropolis called megacity. In the 22nd century, crime runs rampant in megacity one, home. Judge dredd doesnt exactly have a huge abundance of villains going up against him in the comic books the dark judges. Lena headey as mama in judge dredd comic book superheroes, comic books. Dredd can mentally alter his shape and generally takes the form of a human, however, when he is under attack he morphs into a. He is a street judge, empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals.

In top of the world, mama, dredd himself isnt the focus its the films villain, mama madrigal. Madeline madrigal, aka mama is the main antagonist of the 2012 film dredd, a scarred, sociopathic prostitute turned drug kingpin with a trademark for excessive violence. Dredd 2012 is one of the best science fiction action film adapted by comic book 2000 ad. The best of judge dredd i write this as someone who, even in middle age, still buys what he brought as a child. A brilliant portrayal of women in comics comicbookgrrrl. The 2000 ad antiheros 10 best comicbook story arcs, starring john wagner, alan grant, brian bolland, simon bisley and more. Follow me on twitter to find out about how im getting on with my latest video. I grew up with 2000ad and judge dredd in particular. Great news for fans of judge dredd from the 2000 ad comic series. Cry of the werewolf is written by john wagner and alan grant, with art by steve dillon. See more ideas about judge dredd, dredd comic and comics.

Ushering in a brave new era, judge dredd awakens to find that megacity one has been sent back to the stone age, with city blocks overgrown and nary a citizen to be found. The women characters are excellent characters who happen to be women. The powerful warlock known as doctor dredd is a member of the dire wraith race. The comic has been around since the 80s and, like most comic books, has developed a rather large bevy of characters to go along with the intricate history of the universe. With karl urban, olivia thirlby, lena headey, rachel wood. This movie is so much better than original stallone film. The franchise is centered around judge dredd, a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of megacity one, which covers most of the east coast of north america. Rebellion most fans would rather forget sylvester stallones 1995 movie judge dredd. Top of the world is the official prequel story of the the 2012 film dredd. Learn more about the character of mama, the ruthless drug peddler on. First, and let me just get this out of the way right now. Xmen movie director bryan singer banned comics on set. Over the years judge dredd has been hailed as one of the best satires of american and british.

Contentsshow description it was released both as a readable comic and a. Guilty of the manufacture and distribution of the narcotic known as slomo. In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the realityaltering drug, slomo. Ranking the 40 coolest women in superhero comic book. Comic geek, film addict, pug owner, book worm, gamer. Underbelly will be available january 2014 through kindle fire, nook and the 2000ad ipad app, as well as a physical comic book. Olivia thirlby at an event for dredd 2012 lena headey in dredd 2012. Judge dredd is a comic book franchise based on the longestrunning comic strip in 2000 ad 1977, a british weekly anthology comic the franchise is centered around judge dredd, a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of megacity one, which covers most of the east coast of north america. When the comic concludes there are still several events that need to play out before the scene is properly set for dredd namely mama setting up shop in the 200story residence featured as the films centerpiece but as a prologue it sufficiently develops the character of mama from a cowardly prostitute into the woman who will become a ruthless drug peddler. A fter two attempts to bring classic british comic character judge dredd to the big screen, the publishers of 2000ad have decided that the only way to properly adapt the leatherclad lawman of a. Madeline madrigal, aka mama is the main antagonist of the 2012 film dredd, a scarred. Karl urban stars as judge dredd, a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury and executioner in a vast, dystopic metropolis called megacity one that lies in a. Mama orders dredd and anderson killed, forcing the judges to fight their way through dozens of armed thugs. This isnt a negotiation the sentence is death dredds.

He was always one of those characters i knew of on the periphery, but growing up going to comic book. Stallones take on the character its an expansion of the comic book character too. Unlike the 1995 film adaptation, this gang is comprised of humans rather than mutants. Promisingly, its from the same folks who bring us dredd prime in 2000ad. Dredd is a 2012 science fiction action film directed by pete travis and written and produced by alex garland. The complete comicbook sequel to the hit movie dredd. How dredd laid down what should be the new blueprints for.

Mama is not to be mistaken for the character from the judge dredd megazine story kuss hard, mama kuss. This new film of dredd stays truer to the comic book ideal in other words the helmet stays on karl urban or i should say karl urbans chin is suitably inscrutable as dredd. The world of megacity one lends itself to near limitless storytelling possibilities, and while dredd is said to be an important character on the show, he. Having wiped out the other three main gangs in the area, the clan have undisputed control over the building by the time the. When they capture one of the clans inner circle, mama overtakes the compounds. Multiple 2000 ad game announcements coming soon, including. Edith brennan, also known as mama, is a malevolent female ghost with supernatural powers and the titular main antagonist of the 20 horror film of the same name. It was tough to be a comic book movie in 2012 if your name wasnt batman or the avengers. The dredd comic has been running in 2000 ad for over 40years now, and part of the reason is the variety of stories hes gotten himself into. The comic can be a pulpy adventure, a bleak drama, a wacky comedy and so on. Mama appears in the dredd 3d movie, portrayed by lena headey, and in a special prologue story in the judge dredd megazine issue 328 by matt smith and henry flint. A longrunning scifi comic created by john wagner, carlos ezquerra and pat mills, and starring the iconic character from the british anthology comic 2000 ad, judge dredd follows the adventures of brutal knight templar lawman joe dredd, who cleans the streets of the grim, farfuture megapolis megacityone, a gigantic, decaying and crimeridden urban sprawl which. Back when comic book adaptations were on the precipice of being taken seriously, singer worried that bringing comic books on set might get in the way of the threedimensional characters he was trying to portray on screen. Though she also had a gang they were in fact all her own children, from multiple fathers.

Comic book cop judge joe dredd, as played in the 2012 movie by karl urban. You dont really care for much of the characters except for the villain mama and hero dredd. Judge dredd and anderson have fought their way up 200 levels of the megablock peachtrees through gangs, corrupt judges and military grade hardware for their final confrontation with mama. Hugh jackman revealed that director bryan singer banned comics on the set of xmen. Top 10 best judge dredd comicbook stories scifinow. In case you people have forgotten, this block operates under the same rules as the rest of the city. The mama clan are a gang of criminals led by their leader, madeline madrigal and featured in the 2012 dredd film adaptation. The story was written by matt smith with art by henry flint, chris blythe, and simon bowland, and was created in collaboration with 2000 ad,and lionsgate entertainment and presented by comicflix on. Despite a plethora of antagonists from the original comic strip, mama was. Having wiped out the other three main gangs in the area, the clan have undisputed control over the building by the time the events of. Theres a lot more to dredd as a film, as a cast of characters, and as an original comic that was left out by the film, addressed by the film, and left out in this lackluster approach. Dredd prologue comic introduces mama and slomo screen rant.

Mamas back story is told in a prequel ecomic that was released to coincide with the film release. Dredd 2 comic book sequel coming to the us is the film. Starting her life out as a block whore in the sector 9 pleasure district, madeline madrigal was first arrested at age 14 on december 4, 2076 by judge reich for solicitation. A description into the nature of mamas character given by lena headey. In underbelly mamas death has led to a power vacuum and now other criminal gangs in megacity one are trying to fill the gap.

What stallones judge dredd got right and dredd got. She was portrayed by javier botet, who also portrayed the crooked man in the conjuring 2, tristana medeiros in the rec film series, the leper, one of the many forms of it, in the 2017 adaption of it, keyface in insidious. Featuring three actionpacked stories from the critically acclaimed cinematic world of dredd. Fx are explosive and nonstop, with dredd relying on his gun to follow his commands, like ordering a double whammy or armor piercing to accurately subdue the. Dredd 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Judge dredd is a comics character whose strip in the british science fiction anthology 2000 ad is the magazines longest running having been featured there since its second issue in 1977. Joseph dredd is the most famous of the elite corps of street judges that run megacity one, charged with the power not only to enforce the law, but also to instantly convict and sentence.