Word over the past couple of days that some creatives have been meeting over a new 'Judge Dredd' movie, leading to speculation that a director may be announced soon.

Comic book artist Mark Simpson, who draws under the pseudonym Jock, was reported as having Twittered about a meeting regarding the 'Judge Dredd' film this past weekend, according to Superhero Hype!. Andy Diggle, currently one of the higher-profile scribes at Marvel Comics, is also said to have been present.

No word yet as to what Simpson or Diggle’s involvement in the project would be, but Jock had previously drawn Judge Dredd for the sci-fi publication 2000 A.D. He and Diggle have teamed up before on the DC/Vertigo comic book "The Losers", which has been turned into a film directed by Sylvain White, and will be released in theaters in April 2010.

'Judge Dredd' is set in an ultra-violent city in the future. The character, Joe Dredd, is part of an elite, high-tech law enforcement corps called the Street Judges, who are authorized to act as judge, jury, and executioner. The series, created by John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra, and Pat Mills, was previously adapted into a 1995 film starring Sylvester Stallone, which was both a critical and commercial flop.

About two months ago, writer Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Sunshine) was reported as being attached to a new 'Judge Dredd' movie for DNA Films, which one assumes was involved in the aforementioned meeting.