The last bit of casting news from the Judge Dredd reboot that we brought you was way back in September. That was the addition of Olivia Thirlby (Juno, The Darkest Hour) who is playing Cassandra Anderson, a telepathic rookie cop who gets mentored by Karl Urban’s title character.

Now, it has been confirmed that Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, 300) has joined the cast of DREDD. The actress has scored the role of Madeline Madrigal, a.k.a. Ma-Ma. The script, written by Alex Garland (28 Days Later), describes Ma-Ma as a woman in her late 50s or early 60s with a scar through her cheek and lip. Ma-Ma is the leader of a gang and will be the project’s primary villain, though with Headey’s casting, I would assume that they have decided to change the age of the character, if nothing else.

“DREDD takes us to the wild streets of Mega City One, the lone oasis of quasi-civilization on Cursed Earth. Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) is the most feared of elite Street Judges, with the power to enforce the law, sentence offenders and execute them on the spot – if necessary. The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and the frenetic vision of director Pete Travis bring DREDD to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film that returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra’s revered comic strip.”

DREDD is slated to hit theaters in 2012.

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