In 1980, an option was taken out on Judge Dredd with a view of getting a movie of Mega City One's legendary law enforcer to the big screen. In the years that followed, it looked like Tony Scott might direct a film based on 2000AD comics' most famous character, with Arnold Schwarzenegger sniffing around. In the end, 1995 saw a seasoned movie star in Sylvester Stallone and a twentysomething British film director called Danny Cannon realising the film. Turned out to be quite a story... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Cape Fear (1991), and when Martin Scorsese read it three times and hated it
Dick Tracy (1990), along with the strange trick to hold onto its rights
Wild Wild West (1999), plus how it affected The Matrix and The Iron Giant
In conversation with Paul Feig - The Housemaid, Bridesmaids at the Oscars, Ghostbusters and more
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