"Judge Dredd" won't return in theaters, but it will be back as "Superfiend."
Last 2012, "Judge Dredd" live-action film was released. The estimated budget of the film was $45 million, however, its box office only got $41 million. The overall result of the box office made the sequel to be cancelled.
Due to the fans' demand, the comic book hero returned as a web series just like "Nightwing" and "Mortal Kombat Legacy."
The executive producer of "Judge Dredd Superfiend" is Adi Shankar. He's already an independent filmmaker who creates "bootleg" fan films based off popular franchises. In 2012, he scored a hit with "Dirty Laundry." This film is described as a Punisher fan film.
This web series is not a live-action, but an animated one. The 2012 live-action movie got some positive reviews but struggled at the box office. Even the box office flop, the movie has sold extremely well on home video.
The episode 1 of "Judge Dredd: Superfiend" was already uploaded on Youtube last October 27, 2014. You can watch the video below.
The video already garnered 82,444 views. In exclusive interview of Tubefilter with Shankar, the producer discussed about what he hoped to achieve from Superfiend:
"This is work that hasn't been produced and I think it should be. Other than that, I refuse to measure myself by the same metrics or by the imaginary ladder our society has ingrained in us. Here's what I do know: Money is finite, while having a genuine impact on culture is infinite, as the ripple effect of that impact will permeate through our species from one generation to the next. The generation that is coming of age now is in a place where they have the power to shape the direction and the narrative of the language of the Internet. It is this generation that must be weary of the faulty metrics of success that will be a detriment to creativity and innovation, as third parties attempt to define what success in the digital world means. View count, by way of example, is a silly metric. If it were legitimate then we should all opt to replicate "Gangnam Style" because it is untouchable sitting at well over two billion views. In the film world, Paul Blart: Mall Cop made almost $150 million domestically while The Hurt Locker made $17 [million]. Yet is there even a question as to which movie made the greater cultural impact? I feel compelled to make this long winded point because the audience that reads your site needs to understand that they and they alone not only hold the key to unlocking the visual narrative of the future, but they also have the power to define what "achievement" in the digital age means.
