Olivia Thirlby (Juno, The Wackness) has been cast as Cassandra Anderson in DNA Films’ 3D adaptation of Judge Dredd, Empire have confirmed.
Thirlby will join Karl Urban (Red, Star Trek), who was announced as the futuristic lawman Judge Dredd at San Diego’s Comic-Con event earlier this year.
Pete Travis (Vantage Point, Omagh) will direct from a script by Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Never Let Me Go).
Judge Dredd, which has been called a “very hard, R-rated, gritty, realistic movie”, will be a co-production between DNA Films, Reliance Big Entertainment and IM Global and be shot on a $45M budget.
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