The remake of Judge Dredd was moving along rather quietly with Karl Urban in the lead role. This time the filmmakers intended to closely follow the source material of John Wagner’s comic book.

Wagner recently saw the completed movie and took to Facebook to post his thoughts:

“I went up to London yesterday to see the completed Dredd film. I’ve had reservations about certain aspects of it, and made them plain to the team at DNA. All but one of them—a little quibble at the beginning—have been addressed. And what a lot they’ve added. Music is on the button. SFX are excellent. Filming is impressive. I’ve not seen a modern 3-D movie before but I like it. I found myself reaching out trying to touch things that were dancing before my eyes. Karl is a great Dredd and Olivia gets Anderson completely. This is Dredd as it should be done—true to character, visceral, unrelentingly violent (but not off-puttingly so). It will open, I believe, sometime in September. No doubt you’ll let me know what you think when you’ve seen it, but this has my recommendation.”

The fact that this adaptation has Judge Dredd’s creator’s approval — not to mention it isn’t blind approval — makes me look forward to seeing the movie.