The Full Trailer for the 'Dredd' Animated Spinoff, 'Superfiend'

Judge Dredd is back, albeit in a different way than fans of Dredd were hoping for. This week we've seen images and a teaser for Adi Shankar's unofficial follow-up, Superfiend, an animated web series based on the "Dark Judges" storyline. Like Shankar's Punisher and Venom short films, Superfiend isn't connected to the prior film and is basically just a labor of love from Shankar, who makes that clear in a brief introduction to the newly-released trailer.You won't hear Karl Urban's voice, and the violent tone has been stripped down for the kids which is a little weird since the Dark Judges storyline is bleak even by Judge Dredd standards.

Look for the first episode of Superfiend to debut on October 27th.

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*UPDATE* First Teaser for the Unofficial 'Dredd' Spinoff Series, 'Superfiend'

*UPDATE* A brief teaser has been released ahead of Thursday's full trailer.

Ever since Dredd opened a couple of years ago fans of the brutal lawman have been begging for a sequel. While Karl Urban has expressed some hope it may happen at some point, it was producer Adi Shankar who revealed a couple of weeks ago that he was developing an "unofficial" sequel miniseries for the web.  He's dropped other such projects in the past for The Punisher and one for Venom, but chances are nobody was expecting what his Dredd follow-up has turned out to be.

EW has released the first photos and poster for what is being called Superfiend, and as you can see it's going to be an animated web series, not live-action. One look at the poster also tells you that Urban isn't involved at all, which has to be a disappointment to fans hoping he'd be a part of everything Dredd. The story is based on the "Dark Judges", a group of undead law enforcers from another dimension. It isn't technically a sequel, either, but a part of Shankar's little stable of bootleg flicks.

Basically this looks like something Cartoon Network would have cast aside, and certainly doesn't resemble dark spinoffs we're used to seeing from Shankar. But then again the Dark Judges are pretty cool and it's a great storyline, so maybe it will turn out better than these images suggest. Superfiend should arrive later this month.

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