I've been writing about the Judge Minty short film since 2010, when after seeing the first teaser trailer I made the observation "these days Judge Dredd would be totally do-able on a BBC budget." I still haven't managed to see the bloomin' thing yet, despite it becoming a U.K. comic convention staple since it premiered at the Leeds Film Festival last November.

Well, the wait is nearly over, as the production team has announced that it'll soon be free to view on YouTube and Vimeo, without giving us an actual date yet ("in April/May" they vaguely state, the teasing sods).  They've released a new extended trailer for the project to whet our appetites.

One thing this trailer adds is some great music. I'm no soundtrack expert, so for all I know it might be borrowed from elsewhere, but I do know that it reminds me of Jerry Goldsmith's avant garde score for the original Planet of the Apes. And I still think that with a little ambition and imagination, Judge Dredd could work better on TV than in films.