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Filmmaker Ben Wheatley joins the podcast to discuss his comic Judge Dee and its connection to Judge Dredd.

With a little help from filmmaker Ben Wheatley, our 2000 AD obsession kicks into high gear this week. The filmmaker behind such brutally banger movies as Kill List, A Field in England, High-Rise, and this year’s Bob Odenkirk actioner, Normal, joins the podcast to discuss his eight-chaptered 2000 AD comic, Judge Dee, which recently wrapped in Prog 2487. Even better, Judge Dee is a sequel to an iconic Judge Dredd story from forty-two years ago, The Haunting of Sector House 9, which encouraged us to dig deep in the franchise’s history. It’s only fitting that Wheatley layers his 2000 AD tale with a classic, 80s-era cinematic sub-genre, the buddy-cop adventure. It’s a little Lethal Weapon, but maybe even more Heart Condition, for those that can recall that complicated (ie problematic) Denzel Washington/Bob Hoskins ghost cop comedy. Ya see, PSI Judge Dee carries a secret. Wherever she travels, she’s got a demonic passenger with her, Klato. However, this is not a case of a filmmaker making their way to comics for a little fun. Wheatley is a lifelong Prog reader. It’s been his dream to finally scrounge around Mega-City One and add a little lore to this massive universe. Given the…

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Hosts: Brad Gullickson, Lisa Gullickson

Guest: Ben Wheatley

Topics covered

• Judge Dredd
• 2000 AD
• comic books
• filmmaking
• buddy cop genre
• dystopian themes

Keywords

• Ben Wheatley
• Judge Dredd
• Judge Dee
• 2000 AD
• comic books
• buddy cop
• dystopian
• filmmaking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 2000 AD

Books & works: Judge Dredd, Judge Dee, The Haunting of Sector House 9, Kill List, A Field in England, High-Rise, Normal, Lethal Weapon, Heart Condition

Places: Mega-City One

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