Ron Pearlman and Clancy Brown are two of the fan favourites for the title of Ol Stoney Face, and both are excellent actors in their own rights. I don't know about Lawrence Fishbourne though as although he is an excellent actor (perhaps with the exception of the last two Matrix movies, in which he is very wooden), I dont think that he could carry it off.
I know that some will say 'but hes black!' Well that didnt make a bit of difference when Michael Clark Duncan played Kingpin in the Daredevil movie and he was excellent. But if any black actor was to be cast it would have to be Chris Judge who plays the rebel Jafa T'eac in Stargate SG1, and beleive it or not he was actually in the running last year for the new movie.
Clint Eastwood is old enough to play Dredd as he is right now but I dont think that he would be in good enough health these days.
As for director? Well lots of names have been thrown around, from Paul Verhoven (Robocop, Starship Troopers; yes that one!), Tony Scott (Top Gun), Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), Guimo Del Torro (Blade 2, Chronos and Hellboy) and many others. Personally I think that it would be best handed to someone with the right experience of action movies made from licenses, even Paul WS Anderson (Resident Evil) has his merits that would be of value to a Dredd movie.
So anyone have a dream cast?
Marc