Mad Max: Fury Road

[Brian Braddock]

Maybe I missed something, but I thought WETA was just working on the conceptual design, specialty makeup effects, costuming and dummies for the film?

[dark_b]

i would do 80% of MM with practical effects and real stunts.

it needs to feel like D9 . gritty and real.

[biolumen]

Maybe I missed something, but I thought WETA was just working on the conceptual design, specialty makeup effects, costuming and dummies for the film?

You are correct. WETA has only been contracted for practical effects like those you've listed. My understanding is that whatever visual effects there are in the film will be produced in-house at Miller's own Dr. D Studio.

[Paroxysm]

Tom Hardy says production has been delayed, but that he expects things will start up again soon. He also mentioned that he won't be bulking up for the part, and instead he'll be "shredding", which basically involves getting insanely ripped while still retaining a vaguely normal frame.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/07/15/exclusive-mad-max-fury-road-production-delayed-says-tom-hardy/

"shredding" sounds nuts.

[Brian Braddock]

To be fair, it's no more radical than what bodybuilders do before a competition.

[Paroxysm]

To be fair, it's no more radical than what bodybuilders do before a competition.

I don't care, it's still awesome.

[Hunter Rider]

Having seen Hardy in Inception I am now more interested in this.

[Brian Braddock]

I don't care, it's still awesome.

Of course, it is. I was responding to the 'sounds nuts' comment.

[biolumen]

Elvis' granddaughter eyeing role in fourth 'Mad Max' film (exclusive)

Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, is in talks to nab a role in "Fury Road," the fourth installment of the "Mad Max" movies from writer-director George Miller.

Miller also is producing with Doug Mitchell.

The movie's plot is being kept secret, but things take place a short while after the story detailed in 1985's "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," the third in the series. That keeps Mad Max relatively young and allows him to be played by Tom Hardy ("Inception").

Keough will play one of the "Five Wives," a group of women that Hardy must protect from the bad guys. Zoe Kravitz, Teresa Palmer and Adelaide Clemens are three of other wives.

Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult round out the cast.

The movie is eyeing a start date for early next year.

Keough, repped by WME, started modeling at age 14 but made her film debut in this year's "Runways," the biopic of 1970s girl rock band. She played Marie Currie, the sister of bandmember Cherie Currie.

This year, Keough -- the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and musician-actor Danny Keough -- shot "The Good Doctor" with Orlando Bloom and replaced Olivia Thirlby as Jack in "Jack and Diane," the indie werewolf romancer with lesbian overtones that also stars Juno Temple and Kylie Minogue. Both pics are due to be released next year.

http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/riley-keough-elvis-presley-fury-road-mad-max-george-miller-charlize-theron-nicholas-hoult.html

Four of the Five Wives

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Fury%20Road/AdelaideClemens.jpg
Adelaide Clemens

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Fury%20Road/TeresaPalmer.jpg
Teresa Palmer

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Fury%20Road/ZoeKravitz.jpg
Zoe Kravitz

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Fury%20Road/RileyKeough.jpg
Riley Keough


I'm assuming Theron isn't the fifth.

[Octoberist]

hot hot hot.

I hope that they all wear assless chaps :)

[Figs]

I'm wondering if the bad guys in this are going to look like the ones in The Road Warrior or a completely different style.

[dark_b]

way to many young hot girls. this is a f.... mad max movie. its the f.... desert.

[dark_b]

I'm wondering if the bad guys in this are going to look like the ones in The Road Warrior or a completely different style.since they are focusing on so atractive females god help us how will the bad guys look. :csad:

[JP]

way to many young hot girls. this is a f.... mad max movie. its the f.... desert.

Yeah, they should be barefoot in the kitchen instead.

[Monsieur Xavier]

since they are focusing on so atractive females god help us how will the bad guys look. :csad:

Relax, they are things call make up and costumes you know :)
Anyway, I slightly agree with you, fashion models should stay in the fashion ( Elvis granddaughter )

[Brian Braddock]

way to many young hot girls. this is a f.... mad max movie. its the f.... desert.

I think that your'e over-reacting a tad there.

[Hunter Rider]

If you're gonna have the high maintenance of 5 wives you don't want any heifer's do you?

I'm assuming Theron isn't the fifth.

Yeah, she will have a more substantial role I imagine, judging by who they have cast as the wives they will not have many lines and are mostly eye candy.

hot hot hot.

I hope that they all wear assless chaps :)

:funny:

I'm wondering if the bad guys in this are going to look like the ones in The Road Warrior or a completely different style.

I think it'll be a new look, I'm not sure the Lord Humongous style of villainy will play so well today.

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9281/humungous.jpg (http://img641.imageshack.us/i/humungous.jpg/)

[Monsieur Xavier]

If you're gonna have the high maintenance of 5 wives you don't want any heifer's do you?



Yeah, she will have a more substantial role I imagine, judging by who they have cast as the wives they will not have many lines and are mostly eye candy.



:funny:



I think it'll be a new look, I'm not sure the Lord Humongous style of villainy will play so well today.

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9281/humungous.jpg (http://img641.imageshack.us/i/humungous.jpg/)

"I am gravely disappointed. Again you have made me unleash my dogs of war."

Geekgasmic !

[Doctor Jones]

I really hope they don't use more bondage clad villains. I man I really hope they don't.

[Nivek]

Daym, Elvis grand-daughter looks pretty hawt!

[Dr. Evil]

her grandfather and grandmother were actors, so it was only a matter of time before the Grand-daughter of Elvis acted.

[Figs]

If you're gonna have the high maintenance of 5 wives you don't want any heifer's do you?

Not to mention that it's a post apocalyptic future. I'm sure food isn't in abundance.

I think it'll be a new look, I'm not sure the Lord Humongous style of villainy will play so well today.

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9281/humungous.jpg (http://img641.imageshack.us/i/humungous.jpg/)

Lord Hummus would look pretty godawful now days.

[Monsieur Xavier]

Lord Hummus would look pretty godawful now days.

Heresy ! Ok I conced that the metal pantie is maybe too much for today standard but the rest of the costume is good IMO, especially the helmet.

Anyway, since Tom Hardy have been casted as Max my faith in the project have increased.

[Nivek]

I'm surprised more are not making a stink about Hardys bisexuality like they did with Craigs.

[Monsieur Xavier]

I'm surprised more are not making a stink about Hardys bisexuality like they did with Craigs.

What ?

[Hunter Rider]

What ?

Hardy did an interview the other week saying he slept with guys in college.

[Monsieur Xavier]

Oh I see.
It is of no importance, the guy is a good actor that's all that matter.

[Figs]

Hardy did an interview the other week saying he slept with guys in college.

Not that it matters, has it been said if he's currently bisexual?

I ask because when it comes to fooling around like that in College...it's called "experimenting".

[Hunter Rider]

Not that it matters, has it been said if he's currently bisexual?

I ask because when it comes to fooling around like that in College...it's called "experimenting".

Haha! So they say. ;)

Well his publicist was quick to point out he's now in a relationship with a woman so I guess they are saying he's not bisexual now.

[Brian Braddock]

Yeah, he said it was just a 'phase' that the went through while he was at acting school or something.

[Figs]

Either way, after seeing him in Bronson a few days ago, he's a badass and I can't wait to see how he's going to be in this new Mad Max film.

[That-Guy]

Yeah, seriously, who cares? The guy is a better actor than 90% of the celebrities out there today, and can BELIEVABLY play action star roles, unlike some scrawny douchebags (**cough** Worthington **cough**).

[Jow Strummer]

I agree, Tom Hardy is an immense actor. One of the best out there i think. Bronson was pretty much a one man show... and he was amazing.

Looking forward to this film.

[That-Guy]

Yeah, I was amazed by how much of a transformation he went through to play Brosnan. I literally didn't recognize him.

I think Hardy is going to be the next Daniel Day Lewis.

[L.A.]

I think Hardy is going to be the next Daniel Day Lewis.
:wow::doh::whatever::dry:

[Figs]

Bronson was a pretty interesting film but not one I would watch often if at all again. It was one of those films were it was entirely about the performance, unless you are obsessed with Michael Petersen.

[That-Guy]

:wow::doh::whatever::dry:

Why not? I've seen several of his films, and the guy is a BRILLIANT performer. Just because he's not opposed to taking mainstream roles doesn't mean that he's not incredibly talented.

I swear, some of you guys act like no actor in the history of the world could ever come close to DDL. Well, hey, maybe you're right! In fact, you're SO right that DDL shouldn't even bother starring in movies with other actors. Since, after all, their pathetic abilities pale in comparison to his presence, they don't even DESERVE to share the screen with him. From now on, when DDL signs onto a movie, there should be NO ONE ELSE cast in it since I don't want any of these hacks taking any screen time away from the MOST BRILLIANT ACTOR WHO HAS EVER WALKED THIS EARTH AND PISSES SOLID GOLD LIGHTNING BOLTS.

[Jow Strummer]

I agree That-Guy.

Hardy is one of THE top young actors out there right now. Every single performance of his is at least "great" i think. He really knows his craft and is passionate about it.

I think the comparison to DDL is a valid one. They are both chameleons, both take their work very seriously, both shun the limelight.

Difference is, Hardy takes fun, mainstream roles too... instead of simply award hunting like DDL does.

[That-Guy]

Yeah, exactly. Hardy has the presence of a young DDL or other actor of his caliber (yes, there are others, though some people don't seem to want to acknowledge that) and I think that as people become more familiar with him, they will acknowledge that he's one of the best ones out there. But all you have to do is watch Brosnan and see that he's an electrifying performer. I can't think of many other actors out there who could have pulled off a performance that complete and flawless. He should have scored an Oscar nom for that film, but the Academy (for the most part) sucks.

[Doctor Jones]

I agree That-Guy.

Hardy is one of THE top young actors out there right now. Every single performance of his is at least "great" i think. He really knows his craft and is passionate about it.

I think the comparison to DDL is a valid one. They are both chameleons, both take their work very seriously, both shun the limelight.

Difference is, Hardy takes fun, mainstream roles too... instead of simply award hunting like DDL does.

For the love of God can we please stop it with this "Daniel Day Lewis only does movies to get nominated for Oscars" crap? Lewis picks roles that he can sinnk his teeth into as an actor. He is an incredible actor who is very choosey about this roles and will only do something he feels passionate about and can throw himself in it completely and be committed. With that, like I said, he's an incredible actor. You get those two, it will spell out Oscar.

[Octoberist]

"Daniel Day Lewis only does movies to get nominated for Oscarshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif (http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=268015&page=12#)" crap"

Yeah, that's pretty stupid if people here believe that.

[Figs]

"Daniel Day Lewis only does movies to get nominated for Oscarshttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif (http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=268015&page=12#)" crap"

Yeah, that's pretty stupid if people here believe that.

I believe it

to be horse ****. :woot:

[flickchick85]

I actually think the DDL comparison is a pretty good one, because they're the only two actors I can think of working today that seem more like character actors in leading men's bodies (granted, DDL isn't aging too well, but back in the day, oh yes). That is an extremely rare and powerful combo. So if Hardy plays his cards right, I could definitely see him becoming the next DDL.

[daywalker2007]

well you never know with these method actors,

Hardy may have done some gay roles and the method acting may have continued off set.

Daniel Day Lewis did a gay role too in the early 80s, he went all out method for that. Didn't get him an Oscar though.

[Hunter Rider]

First Look at the Vehicles of Mad Max: Fury Road (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=68860)

[Figs]

First Look at the Vehicles of Mad Max: Fury Road (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=68860)

Nice! Can't wait to see some pics of showing the entire vehicles. Love the front end on that first pic.

[Doctor Jones]

Those are pretty badass pics. Even though we can only see the bottom.

I just want to see Hardy as Max and I'm good. But that won't be for a while. So will he have the Gibson hair from the previous films or his own?

[Catman]

First Look at the Vehicles of Mad Max: Fury Road (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=68860)

Now that the cars have been built it's safe to assume that production won't be cancelled like it happened in the past.

[biolumen]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Fury%20Road/Pic2.jpg


This vehicle appears to be a Ripsaw. The undercarriage is the same.

Here's what a Ripsaw looks like.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Fury%20Road/Ripsaw.jpg

Check this video out to see this mean machine in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_iup2jXQqI

[Figs]

I've seen that clip from that show when it was on TV and I really do hope that vehicle is in this movie. That thing kicks some ass and I can't wait to see what they'll do with it...if it is in fact in the movie.

[dark_b]

is that a huge gun?

[matrix_ghost]

Fury Road has "138 cars and bikes and 298 stunts!" (http://www.moviehole.net/201026196-mad-max-fury-road-has-138-cars-and-bikes-and-298-stunts)

[Hunter Rider]

Fury Road has "138 cars and bikes and 298 stunts!" (http://www.moviehole.net/201026196-mad-max-fury-road-has-138-cars-and-bikes-and-298-stunts)

Can't wait! :D The chase sequence at the end of The Road Warrior is one of the best ever.

[matrix_ghost]

It would be nice to see some old fashioned real car chase with no computer trickery as well as no shakey cam.
It's been years since i watched Road Warrior but i did love the car chase at the end.

[biolumen]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Fury%20Road/Picture2.jpg



http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Fury%20Road/Picture1.jpg



http://www.discover7.com.au/watch/2010/episode-19/

Edit: The video doesn't load for me, but these are suppose to be a couple of screen grabs from a video on the new Mad Max museum in Silverton. The pics show what appear to be some pre-production work that's currently being done up there for the new movie.

[biolumen]

Someone upped the video to Youtube. Check the 4:20 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RNEiIS7e00

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I'm surprised more are not making a stink about Hardys bisexuality like they did with Craigs.


Craigs?

I suspect the closer we get to Mad Max releasing, it will become a topic of discussion. Especially since Mad Max was the mantle once held by (now, quite Mad) Mel Gibson...I think his quote will be thrown out so often, Hardy will probably be sick of the repeated questions based on it.

I do think Mad Max will be a big deal when it's released, so that'll probably fuel the talks about it.

The look shouldn't be too different. The bondage-type stuff should go, because it'll be way too funny. Mad Max's outfit better go relatively untouched, though...

I just want to see Hardy as Max and I'm good. But that won't be for a while. So will he have the Gibson hair from the previous films or his own?

I'm hoping for The Road Warrior look. Spiky hair, with the white streak. And heavy stubble. I don't really think Max's look needs to be changed much, if at all. No real need to. I'm kinda hoping he even has another loyal dog, too.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=70371

Details on Charlize Theron's Character in Mad Max

Source: Chris
October 5, 2010


Aussie's ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/05/3029422.htm?site=commonwealthgames/2010) (via Moviehole (http://www.moviehole.net/201026815-charlize-theron-to-play-an-amputee-in-fury-road)) reports that 22-year-old Gold Coast freestyler will be a stunt double for Charlize Theron's character in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=59349). Here are several excerpts from the article:

In December last year, the producers of the yet-to-be-completed film were looking for an athletic, blonde woman with half an arm to be the stunt double for one of Hollywood's most glamorous women.

It was a perfect match for Williams, whose left arm ends just below the elbow.

In the film, Theron's character will have part of one arm missing. Williams will fill in for the Academy Award-winner during a fight scene.

"They are going to film me from a very long distance for the fighting so that they don't have to CGI out her arm.

"I will be her, but just not [in] the face."

Mad Max: Fury Road (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=59349) also stars Tom Hardy, Nicholas Hoult, Zoe Kravitz, Adelaide Clemens and Riley Keough.

[Rac]

SCOOP: Mad Max Story Number Two – Noel Clarke On The Fury Road

Submitted by Brendon Connelly (http://www.bleedingcool.com/author/brendon-connelly/) on October 5, 2010 – 3:46 pm (1) comments (http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27141)


I’ve checked this out with a couple of sources now, and they agree: Mad Max director George Miller has put Noel Clarke in line for a trip down his Fury Road.

The 3D Mad Max sequels – there’s going to be two, likely to be filmed less back-to-back, more higgled-and-piggled-up – will be finally going into production next year. All things being well, Noel Clarke will be along for the ride.

Clarke, if you don’t know him, came to mainstream popularity in the UK after playing a sidekick role on Doctor Who then became a multi-hyphenate one man brand on the British film scene. Just this week, Bleeding Cool spoke to him about his recent exploitation picture 4.3.2.1 and his upcoming comic book project.

The rest of the Fury Road cast include:


Tom Hardy as Max
Charlize Theron (and Annabelle Williams) as Furiosa*
Zoe Kravitz as Five Wives or as one of five wives
Adelaide Clemens as, perhaps, one of five wives
Nicholas Hoult as… someone?


After being linked to the project for some time, Teresa Palmer never finally signed on. It looks like slipping and sliding schedules were to blame. And Riley Keough may have signed on by now, but she hadn’t, quite, the last time this was a buzz topic.

What will Clarke do in the movie? No idea. If you do, please let us know.

*According to reports. I don’t think the name is officially confirmed, yet.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/10/05/scoop-mad-max-story-number-two-noel-clarke-on-the-fury-road/

[Lone]

well you never know with these method actors,

Hardy may have done some gay roles and the method acting may have continued off set.

Daniel Day Lewis did a gay role too in the early 80s, he went all out method for that. Didn't get him an Oscar though.

Handsome Bob FTW.:awesome:

I'm not a fan of Mad Max but I'll be checking this out because Hardy is in it.

[King K]

Really excited for this movie due to Hardy.

All this movie needs is some Zoe Bell:hrt:. She's from New Zealand I think. She could have done some great stunt work like she did in Death Proof.

[biolumen]

Despite what Bleeding Cools "couple of sources" may have told them, Noel Clarke says he ain't in Fury Road.

http://twitter.com/NoelClarke/status/26534534472

[biolumen]

Fury Road delayed yet again. Filming won't start until Feb 2012 at the earliest.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/mad-max-sequel-delayed-again/story-e6frg8pf-1225936195121

[dark_b]

i am reading it and i dont get it.

why is it delayed?

[Metallo]

Man that annoys me. I was just starting to get interested in this movie again and it keeps getting delayed and every time that happens my interest drifts off.

[redhawk23]

not filming until 2012? for cereal? consider this off of my radar for a while, but hey opens up a greater possibility of Hardy being available for any possible roles in the batman sequel. but still...

Also I totally forgot that Australian seasons are the opposite of ours for a second.

[biolumen]

Reason for the latest delay is the same as the first delay. The area is still too lush and green, and likely will be come next February.

http://www.bdtruth.com.au/index.php?stub&id=952

[green]

Poor George Miller. All that prep work on another movie that he just can't get made.

[biolumen]

According to Miller,

* The movie will "definitely" still be made
* Filming will likely begin a year from new (Sept-Oct, 2011)
* Warner Bros. is still "very, very committed to the film"
* The reasons for the delay have nothing to do with the financials of the project
* Hugh Keays-Byrne has been cast in it. This is the actor that played the villain 'Toecutter' in the first film, and was also cast as Martian Manhunter in Miller's shelved 'Justice League: Mortal'.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/blooming-desert-puts-brakes-on-mad-max-20101011-16g09.html

[dark_b]

Miller also said that JL will be made.

the question is if Theron and Hardy will do the movie in 2011 or 2012. those actors have other movies to do. they are not infront of the TV waiting for Miller.

[echostation]

JL will not get made... there's no way

[dark_b]

i meant that Miller was talking for months how JL will be made when everyone knew that it was not goin g to happen.


look i am not saying that they should use greenscreen. i agree with everyone that they should use a real location. but is there really only one location to make this movie? this is just BS

[Octoberist]

Greenscreen isn't there yet when it feels organic.

[biolumen]

Word is that the real reason Fury Road is delayed is because Warner Bros thinks the poor performance of Zack Snyder's 'Guradians' pic is partly due to the fact that he split his attention between it and Suckerpunch. Thus, WB doesn't want Miller to make Fury Road until Happy Feet 2 is in the can.

George Miller: facing off with Elmer Fudd
by: David Tiley

Screen Hub
Wednesday 13 October, 2010

George Miller is waxing lyrical about the desert blooms around Broken Hill to explain the delays on Mad Max 4, in his totally exclusive one off nobody else gets close interview with Gary Maddox. But what if there is more to the story than some impudent vegetation?

The cafe gossip around Sydney is pretty clear. Warners want Miller to finish Happy Feet before going into pre-production on Mad Max 4, in order to keep him focused on the one production. Darker voices, fuelled by triple shots, claim that Warners believes Legend of the Guardians suffered from an absentee director, and don't want to repeat the experience.

In tough times, Warners may be nervous about the budget too, though they will want to squeeze it just as a matter of principle. They already carry significant costs - the pic has been developed and frozen twice before, and those outgoings will still be on the ledger. Besides, a lot of work has already been done on the film - cars, for instance, are built and in storage. We've been told that the budget Fox concocted reached $240m before they folded their tents and crept away.

The budget can cut two ways. If Miller makes a masterpiece out of Happy Feet 2, the Warner Fudds will have to wear more of his dream budget. And if Jackson can get $500m or so for two films from a slim book about short, hairy people chased by a large spider, then Miller should be able to fund his homage to the real god of human affairs - the car.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Kennedy Miller is up against La Niña, which is pushing rain across Eastern Australia and away from the parched coasts of Peru. A spokesperson for BOM confirmed that the presence of grass depends both on the amount of rain, and the average temperature which browns it off as it dies. He agreed that it is entirely possible that the rain will continue at least until March, and that western NSW will have very few hot days during that period.

While this is not good news for Film Broken Hill, it is also unpleasant for the Queensland industry. Already sodden and axle deep in mud, it expects another burst through the rest of the week, and then stay wet across the summer.

Is it true that Kennedy Miller has prudently decided the weather is against a summer shoot in Broken Hill? Is that all the story?

The triple shot money is still on Miller being the wascally wabbit up against the Elmer Fudds at Warners, who have no faith in his ability to multi-task.
http://www.screenhub.com.au/news/shownewsarticle.asp?newsID=34904

[Octoberist]

kinda makes sense.

[dark_b]

i hope mad max fans will accept it faster then the Hobbit fans.

the movie will not get made hehehehe ;)

[Yenjer]

According to Miller,

* The movie will "definitely" still be made
* Filming will likely begin a year from new (Sept-Oct, 2011)
* Warner Bros. is still "very, very committed to the film"
* The reasons for the delay have nothing to do with the financials of the project
* Hugh Keays-Byrne has been cast in it. This is the actor that played the villain 'Toecutter' in the first film, and was also cast as Martian Manhunter in Miller's shelved 'Justice League: Mortal'.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/blooming-desert-puts-brakes-on-mad-max-20101011-16g09.html

Do you believe everything a film industry person doing damage control says? You know that parts were filmed in a sound stage through Warner Australia and even that Dr. D Studios, which makes me think major CGI. I suspect the main car chases will be filmed outside, everything else can be filmed in a sound stage. The were planning on making it CG for awhile, I doubt all was abandoned in that area because they are still of the Dr. D Studio website. It is live action from what I hear.

I agree with your first point in one way. There will be another Mad Max film made maybe February 2012, maybe five years later, but it will not star Tom Hardy and probably Charlize Theron.

If the filming does indeed begin in September to October of 2011 it would conflict with BOTH Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in Dark Knight Rises. They are also in another film together called Snow White and the Huntsmen or something. When films have massive delays the cast members can't wait especially if it is that long. There are also several websites that say it might be recast. I will try to find them.

Warner Brothers is committed to a film that is not in preproduction Hell. Someone said "This film isn't happening." I disagree, it will happen, but when and with a different cast.

It absolutely has to do with financial problems. The director, George Miller, has blasted through so much money trying to make up his mind if it is CG or live action, ect. Also, not that I care but Hardy's announcement that he had been with men, meaning multiple, definately made investors pull. People like Rupert Murdock are the money behind the studio. They have nothing to do with the creative process, unless they think they are going to lose money. Do you honestly think George Miller is completely in charge of that movie lol?

This next thing is just a rumor, but it was on several websites. There is a rumored recast for Max. At least it would still come out.

[AgentRed]

this movie needs Worthington ffs

[biolumen]

From Street Machine magazine.





http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Street%20Machine%20Mag/FRtruck.jpg

[Yenjer]

From Street Machine magazine.





http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Street%20Machine%20Mag/FRtruck.jpg


That only proves that it is not "too green" to shoot Mad Max Fury Road. A delay like that means it is not going to be made or is in serious trouble.

If you say so though, it is hard to argue with someone who has set pictures readily available who probably has nothing to do with the film.

Yikes dude, when I quote your answer your photo bucket is visible and there are pictures of mall the female cast members. That is slightly too fixated on the cast.

[corby]

Yikes dude, when I quote your answer your photo bucket is visible and there are pictures of mall the female cast members. That is slightly too fixated on the cast.

Um...he has pictures of the female cast on his photobucket because he posted pics of them a few pages back when people were discussing which women were cast in it. There's nothing "Yikes"-y about that :doh:

[biolumen]

Here's some video of the Ripsaw built earlier last year for Mad Max: Fury Road by Howe & Howe Tech. It's seen here being put through some tests before being shipped to Australia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNrkDuPfjjw

The build was filmed for a segment of Discovery Network's "Black Ops Brothers: Howe & Howe Tech" TV show (episode 4 - Hollywood Howes), broadcast last week.

It was said that the ability to climb 45 degree sandy inclines and travel at speeds of 70 mph were key requirements for the vehicle. They also said they dropped a 1000 horsepower engine into it, the most powerfull they've ever put into one of their builds.

[echostation]

some people just don't know how to chill

Soniya Dil se mila le dil JUST CHILL CHILL JUST CHILL SUbhaan Allah

[biolumen]

Miller says Fury Road is still a go next year with Hardy as Max. Also says huge backstory will be filled in with anime, video games and whatnot.

Fury Road is on a slow simmer

Vicky Roach From: The Daily Telegraph March 03, 2011 12:00AM

Not even a flood of biblical proportions is enough to halt Mad Max's relentless quest for vengeance.

Director George Miller said that Fury Road, the fourth instalment in his groundbreaking Australian franchise, had not been jeopardised by extended delays caused by extreme weather patterns.

"We've built the vehicles. We've designed the movie. The principal cast is locked in. The film is funded. It's all ready to go. We just wait," Miller said yesterday in Sydney, where he is currently in production on Happy Feet 2.

The filmmaker was to have started filming Mad Max: Fury Road in Broken Hill in January -- until heavy rain broke a decade-long drought, turning the apocalyptic landscape into a flower garden.

Since then, the weather conditions have become even less film friendly.

"Ironically, had we been shooting in Broken Hill in January and February -- when we were meant to -- we would have been flooded out," Miller said.

There has been plenty of industry and online speculation that the continuing delays might eventually cripple the big-budget production, especially in light of the strong Australian dollar, which has already killed off Australia as a location for some other major US-financed productions such as The Green Lantern.

An earlier attempt at a fourth Mad Max film -- which was to have been shot overseas -- also fell over at the 11th hour.

But while the man who will play Mad Max -- British actor Tom Hardy -- has signed up for the new Batman film in the interim, his production schedule still leaves room for a trip to Australia next year.

Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer are also attached to the project.

"All the contracts are signed. It's a locked-in film. It has been for 18 months now," Miller said.

The NSW filmmaker said he and Warner Bros, the studio with which he is also working on Happy Feet 2, had agreed to a 12-month delay.

"We will restart pre-production later this year and begin early next year -- weather permitting," he said.

"It also gives me a chance to get Happy Feet really going well -- so there were a lot of factors in the decision. But the big one was that we really had nowhere to shoot."

Miller said a similarly unexpected deluge interrupted production on the second Mad Max film -- the first to be shot in Broken Hill.

"The week we were to start, it rained the heaviest it had in 10 years. I'll never forget the first day -- we were holed up in a big sort of shed watching the rain. We couldn't shoot. If you want the rain to come, just send a film crew there."
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/fury-road-is-on-a-slow-simmer/story-fn6b3v4f-1226014922147

Maxed out on bad weather

Sacha Molitorisz and Garry Maddox
March 2, 2011

The black leather, the V8 Interceptor, the dog. Movie fans will know that can only mean Mad Max. While rain in the outback continues to delay filming on the fourth instalment at Broken Hill, plans are under way for Mad Max 3.5. The Oscar-winning director George Miller is taking advantage of the postponement by putting Max into Japanese-style short films and videogames. ''Because we've been working on Mad Max so long, we've written lots and lots of back stories,'' Miller tells The Diary. ''Some of those will be applied to games, others to anime and so on.'' All the rain in rural NSW in recent months - great for farmers but bad news for a filmmaker wanting a post-apocalyptic landscape - delayed plans to shoot Fury Road around Broken Hill last year. It now looks like pre-production will get under way late this year at the earliest, with filming early next year. ''If we can't get our locations, we're going to have to go elsewhere but there's still a year to go,'' Miller says. Despite the delays, the director says the movie is a definite goer, with backing from Warner Bros and Tom Hardy from Inception as Max. The same Hollywood studio is also backing Miller's Happy Feet 2, currently in production in Sydney, and Baz Luhrmann'sThe Great Gatsby, which will bring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan here soon. Says Miller: ''Had we started shooting - it did actually flood in Broken Hill around the time we would have been shooting - it would have been a real disaster for the movie.''
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/the-diary/maxed-out-on-bad-weather-20110302-1beve.html

[LOBO3315a]

Meh, without Mel this will be a flop. I won't see it.

[Hurm...]

Just because you won't see it doesn't mean it will be a flop.

[LOBO3315a]

That's exactly what it means! :-P

[Doctor Jones]

Im open to it. Hardy is awesome and the cast sounds good. They can certainly do better. The Road Warrior was about the only good one, but even that can be topped.

[biolumen]

Looks like the anime(s) are still a go.

Weather delays next Mad Max instalment

Sacha Molitorisz and Garry Maddox
March 7, 2011 - 10:16AM

The black leather, the V8 Interceptor, the dog. Movie fans will know that can only mean Mad Max. While rain in the outback continues to delay filming on the fourth instalment at Broken Hill, plans are under way for Mad Max 3.5.

The Oscar-winning director George Miller is taking advantage of the postponement by putting Max into Japanese-style short films and videogames.

''Because we've been working on Mad Max so long, we've written lots and lots of back stories,'' Miller tells Fairfax Media.

''Some of those will be applied to games, others to anime and so on.''

All the rain in rural NSW in recent months - great for farmers but bad news for a filmmaker wanting a post-apocalyptic landscape - delayed plans to shoot Fury Road around Broken Hill last year. It now looks like pre-production will get under way late this year at the earliest, with filming early next year.

''If we can't get our locations, we're going to have to go elsewhere but there's still a year to go,'' Miller says.

Despite the delays, the director says the movie is a definite goer, with backing from Warner Bros and Tom Hardy from Inception as Max. The same Hollywood studio is also backing Miller's Happy Feet 2, currently in production in Sydney, and Baz Luhrmann'sThe Great Gatsby, which will bring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan here soon.

Says Miller: ''Had we started shooting - it did actually flood in Broken Hill around the time we would have been shooting - it would have been a real disaster for the movie.''
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/weather-delays-next-mad-max-instalment-20110307-1bk19.html

[Sgt.Pepper]

Happy to know that WB still wants to make the movies despite the delays. :up:

[biolumen]

Pic of two movie vehicles (and one pissed off production employee) taken last July during a delivery to the studio warehouses in Sydney.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/FRcars.jpg

[corby]

Watched Beyond Thunderdom on Netflix Instant the other day and it got me craving another Max movie. I seriously can't wait for this to start production.

[biolumen]

Mad Max 4 is moving out of Broken Hill......and possibly Australia.

Mad Max: Fury Road' not filming in Broken Hill

4 August, 2011 1:14PM ACST

The filming of the highly anticipated fourth movie in the 'Mad Max' series will no longer be taking place in Broken Hill, after years of preperation.

The decision, described by the Mayor of Broken Hill as a "tragedy", has stripped the outback city of the $10-12 million in investments it was expecting to receive as a result of the production.

Local council announced the decision today saying the production company behind the movie, Kennedy Miller Mitchell (KMM), felt recent heavy rains had ruined the arid landscape the film required.

The now cancelled production would have seen acclaimed director George Miller, as well as Hollywood celebrities Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy, working in the western New South Wales city.

Local business people, such as hotel owners who were banking on the influx of people and money, will be hit hard by the decision to cancel filming.

The Mayor of the Broken Hill City Council, Wincen Cuy, told ABC Broken Hill he is disappointed by the decision, but concedes nothing can be done to change the outcome.

"This decision hasn't been taken lightly by KMM... but nature's caused it, nothing else has caused it apart from nature."

Mayor Cuy says the money KMM has already paid to use the film studio is "signed, sealed and delivered", but other parts of the Broken Hill community will suffer from the decision.

"What we're saying is that... from a community's point of view, and from trying to take Broken Hill into the future, yeah it is disappointing."

Despite the disappointment, Mayor Cuy says the City Council understands the decision and respects KMM's right to make it.

Mayor Cuy feels that, although having missed this opportunity, Broken Hill could stand to gain from future opportunities with KMM.

"Let's look at the long term future; if there's going to be a Mad Max Four, it's better to be made (so) then we possibly can get some input into Mad Max 5, or have Mad Max 5 (filmed) here."

Kennedy Miller Mitchell has made no comment as to where the filming of Mad Max: Fury Road will now take place.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/08/04/3285470.htm

I hear they're scouting locations in the United Arab Emirates and Namibia.

[biolumen]

Miller says Fury Road will be the first of a trilogy of films. They're also scouting locations in Morocco, Chile and China.

News broken in Broken Hill

Matt Buchanan and Scott Ellis
August 5, 2011

The next Mad Max movie, Fury Road, will no longer be shooting in the outback city of Broken Hill. Director George Miller says the desert remains too green for filming after extended rain that forced the shoot to be postponed for 12 months. Currently finishing Happy Feet 2 and looking to start pre-production on the fourth Mad Max in October, Miller was hoping the desert would dry out to resemble the required post-apocalyptic landscape. The film crew had built a road in the desert and had stored 150 vehicles for the film, which will star Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Hugh Keays-Byrne. "The Mad Max landscape looked like Wales," Miller told Garry Maddox. "There was a carpet of flowers on the location we were shooting on. There's no way it's going to brown off. Not only that, we wanted to shoot some of the shots on Lake Eyre but now it's full of pelicans.'' With pre-production scheduled to begin in October, the search is on for a new filming location both within Australia and internationally, possibly in Morocco, Chile or China. Miller revealed that Fury Road will be the first part of a new Mad Max trilogy, with scripts being written for fifth and sixth movies. Scrapping filming will hurt Broken Hill, said the city's mayor, Wincen Cuy. ''It's going to affect the community as a whole,'' he said. ''What we've lost is to associate our name to it and any marketing.'' However, he saw the irony in the fact that the rain the town had prayed for is what did them in. ''One man's medicine is another man's poison,'' Cuy said. ''But Broken Hill's had a film industry for 30 years and it will continue.''

http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/news-broken-in-broken-hill-20110804-1idin.html

[biolumen]

Rumor I heard from a fairly reliable source.

George Miller is planning on filming 3 Mad Max movies simultaneously. That's why there's a 30 week shoot. They want to start pre-production in Oct with principle photography starting Jan/Feb of next year. It also appears that it will not be made in Australia. Rather, desert locations in Namibia and Morocco are being looked at, with Namibia being the frontrunner. First movie is to be released in 2013.

[Rowsdower!]

Three films?

How much do you want to bet Beyonce will play that Tina Turner character if they decide to write her into the story.

[dark_b]

filming 3 movies before you know if the first one will be popular is stupid.

[LOBO3315a]

Well, unless your name is Peter Jackson.

[LuisTX85]

I haven't kept up with this once since last year,I loved both Mad Max's But I thought this one was just a possibility and had no idea it was filming!!,So.....Is this a sequel with Gibson(I sure hope so)/new actor replacing him/spin-off or re-imagining(could have potential)????

[Lord]

i hope mad max fans will accept it faster then the Hobbit fans.

the movie will not get made hehehehe ;)
It seem like you know nothing about movies that get made:cwink:

[dark_b]

will it be realesed 2011?

[biolumen]

I haven't kept up with this once since last year,I loved both Mad Max's But I thought this one was just a possibility and had no idea it was filming!!,So.....Is this a sequel with Gibson(I sure hope so)/new actor replacing him/spin-off or re-imagining(could have potential)????As it stands, it's a reimagining of the Mad Max universe with Tom Hardy playing Max. There are rumors that Mel might be involved in some way, but beyond that, one can only speculate.

The original interceptor will return. This is a picture of the one that was actually built for the movie they were going to make with Mel back in 2003. They're still using this same car, apparently.


http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/LastoftheInterceptors1.jpg



But I've heard the so-called 'hero car' is actually a highly modified '59 Cadillac. A sketch of the vehicle was put together based on what someone saw of it.



http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/GigahorseHeroCar.jpg



And someone actually got a picture of this beast as it sat on a flatbed truck at a truck stop on its way to Broken Hill last year.



http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/GigahorseHeroCar2.jpg

[LuisTX85]

Thanx for the info,I appreciate it!!

[biolumen]

Someone grabbed photos of some Fury Road vehicles on their way back to Sydney from Broken Hill. The trucker told the guy who took the pictures that they were destined for South Africa.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/MM4201920Sep20201120766.jpg


http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/MM4201920Sep20201120771.jpg


http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/MM4201920Sep20201120772.jpg


http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/MM4201920Sep20201120773.jpg


Also, Tom Hardy told The Daily Beast a few days ago that...

training for [Fury Road] starts in March, and it will be shot in Namibia.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/09/16/tom-hardy-talks-warrior-dark-knight-rises-michael-fassbender-and-drug-abuse.html

[Hunter Rider]

George Miller Offers Mad Max: Fury Road Update (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=84052)

[Call Me Darkman]

That wasn't much of an update - just the usual stuff he's been saying for almost a decade now. It really is amazing how long it has taken to get this film made.

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Yeah, I get the feeling we will never see this movie the way things are going, and thats not a bad thing to me, seeing someone else playing MM, even if its someone as awesome as Tom, just doesnt feel right to me.

[biolumen]

Exclusive: George Miller Says New ‘Mad Max 4’ Movie Essentially Same Story As Aborted ‘Max’ Film In 2003; Talks Tom Hardy As Rebooted Mel Gibson Character

BY TODD GILCHRIST | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

For the better part of the past two decades, George Miller has made films that veered sharply away from his earliest triumphs, opting for decidedly more family-friendly fare like “Babe: Pig in the City” and “Happy Feet” than the unforgiving adventures of the “Mad Max” series. But next year, Miller returns to that franchise with the tentatively titled “Fury Road,” and even though production was aborted back in 2003 and then pushed back several times since the project was first re-announced in 2009, Miller told The Playlist that their completion at Warner Brothers is as inevitable as their conception was in his head.

“When you actually work on a film, they do invade you,” Miller said Thursday morning via a telephone interview about his new film, “Happy Feet 2.” “The characters, they’re like imaginary characters in your head and they’re sort of part of your family in a strange way. So like family, they keep on intruding.”

Miller first attempted to resuscitate the franchise in 2003, and he confirmed the longtime rumor that Heath Ledger was set to star alongside Mel Gibson. That version was to begin shooting in Namibia, but in late February 2003 with the prospect of the impending Iraq invasion ahead 20th Century Fox postponed the production, and it lead to its eventual death.

But even then, he’d been turning over the idea of new films in his head for several years beforehand. “14 years ago, I remember the moment when I was walking across a street, a crossing,” he explained. “While I was in the middle of the road, I got this sudden flash of a story, and by the time I got across the street, I realized, oh my God – that’s a ‘Mad Max’ movie! It was the core idea.” Nevertheless, he insisted that he was reluctant at first to revisit that world after making three films about it early in his career. “The last thing I ever wanted to do was a ‘Mad Max’ movie, so I pushed it away.”

Nevertheless, “Mad Max” continued to occupy his thoughts, and before long, a more detailed story emerged. “Four years after that [in 2001], I was catching a long plane ride back from Los Angeles to Sydney, through the night, and I was in that hypnologic state between sleep and wakefulness, and the movie, a version of that movie, played out in my head – not fully formed, but very distinct,” he said. “So I thought, ‘Oh, here we go,’ and of its own bidding really; I didn’t intend to think about it. And then that just kept on happening, and suddenly you realize that you’re going to make another one.”

Of course, Miller isn’t the only well-known auteur to return to the material that helped make his name; Ridley Scott is nearing completion on “Prometheus,” a prequel to his 1979 film, and planning a follow-up to “Blade Runner.” Miller suggested that part of the reason he and others are taking on these projects from their past is that their cache among audiences makes them easier to get produced. “I think the way the business is now, sort of tentpole movies do require an already built-in audience,” he observed. “Films based on well-known properties, whether they’re television, really epically-selling novels or books or remake of old movies or sequels, it’s just become a staple of the business, because it’s a very, very tough business, and hard to get anybody to pay attention because there’s so much out there.”

Simultaneously, he said that it mostly comes down to spending so much time with your own material that it eventually infiltrates how you see other material. “The world and the characters just live with you,” he said. “They’re a prism through which you view the world, so you almost don’t have a choice in the matter – they definitely creep up on you. Certainly that was the case with a new ‘Mad Max’ and ‘Happy Feet’.”

With so many failed starts on a new “Mad Max” installment and filming set to start in early 2012, one would imagine that the narrative has changed dramatically. But Miller said that while it’s grown somewhat, it’s essentially much the same film he wanted to shoot in 2003. “Obviously I’ve worked on [the script] since, and we’ve got the whole movie designed – we’ve got 150 big vehicles built – and the world has evolved. I hope I’ve evolved, and I hope the movie’s evolved. But it’s pretty similar; at its core, it’s not that different.”

One thing that Miller said was absolutely the same was Mad Max, the character who was being rebooted, albeit primarily via Hardy’s performance rather than a ground-up reinvention via screenwriting. “He’s a rebooted Mad Max, but it’s a new interpretation.” Miller revealed. “We made it very clear from the outset that it would be crazy to try to impersonate what Mel had done, but Tom [like] Mel and Heath Ledger; these guys all have very similar kind of maleness, I find. I don’t know, they somehow remind me of big cats – they’re mesmerizing to look and be with, but you don’t know what they’re going to do at any moment.”

“There’s kind of a lot of stuff boiling underneath, and that makes them extremely interesting to watch,” he observed. “And also, Tom is an astonishingly good actor.”

Miller also confirmed that previously announced cast members Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult are still set to appear in the film, despite the production delays. Meanwhile, he said he thinks that the wait has made the film now more relevant than ever: “what’s a little weird is that the world unfortunately is heading in the direction of Mad Max a little bit more rapidly than I would have liked,” he said.

“It’s a rigorously vetted film; I mean, the whole film has been prepared, storyboarded and so on. I’m surprised how little has changed [in the script] in that time. But these films aren’t really speculating about a future, they’re westerns in the same way that westerns would kind of morality plays, figures in the landscape, and you’re able to somehow reduce this human behavior to its most elemental. So now, it’s very clear to see the story in there where perhaps the modern world is a little bit too cluttered – it’s a bit hard to see the signals amongst the noise.”

“Happy Feet 2” arrives in theaters nationwide on November 18, 2011. More from this interview soon.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/exclusive-george-miller-says-new-mad-max-4-movie-essentially-same-story-as-aborted-max-film-in-2003-talks-tom-hardy-as-rebooted-mel-gibson-character

[Octoberist]

I jus want to see Charleze wearing assless chaps. That's all!

[biolumen]

The vehicles shipped to Africa last week.

Road warriors thunder off to African backdrop

Ben Langford
January 10, 2012

Transported in secret and hidden in shipping containers, they are the crash-scene fodder of a much-awaited Australian film sequel - to be shot in Africa.

The collection of off-road buggies and menacing road-trains left Port Kembla near Wollongong last week, bound for a new attempt at shooting George Miller's Mad Max 4: Fury Road in Namibia.

Attempts at filming in Broken Hill in September 2010 were thwarted after rain turned the desert green, ruining the required post-apocalyptic setting.

The film will now be shot against the African backdrop in April with a budget of up to $200 million using an Australian crew, it has been reported.

There was tight security around the vehicles while they were in storage. Those involved in their storage had to sign confidentiality agreements. But the Herald was able to gain a sneak peek at some of the trucks and buggies before they were shipped out.

Also in the collection are several of Max's pursuit vehicles, suspected to closely resemble the ''Interceptor'', a juiced-up Ford XB GT Falcon coupe driven in the original movie.

The number of these vehicles suggests Max's car may again meet a fiery end, as it did in Mad Max 2: Road Warrior.

The Herald understands they left Port Kembla last week bound for South Africa. The departure of the vehicles is confirmation that the film has been lost to Australia.

The star of the first three Mad Max films, Mel Gibson, has been replaced by Tom Hardy for Fury Road, but there is some speculation Gibson may return from Hollywood exile for a cameo role.

Hardy's co-stars are Charlize Theron and Hugh Keays-Byrne.

Mad Max fan sites are prone to describing the Interceptor as Australia's most famous car: it is considered as renowned as famed film conveyances the Batmobile, Bond vehicles, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Thomas Magnum's Ferrari and Herbie.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/FuryRoad.jpg

[echostation]

Will tom BAne Mad Max hardy try to hard in someone? I really hope he muscles in on someone using the new found physique he built on Batman... break batman, break bones in Mad Max... will he survive?

[obin_gam]

those tyres :D

[matrix_ghost]

200 million budget ?
Are we talking US or aussie currency ?
Cause that seems like an awful lot of money . Espcially with the news that WB is lowering the budget of some of their movies .

[obin_gam]

200 million budget ?
Are we talking US or aussie currency ?
Cause that seems like an awful lot of money . Espcially with the news that WB is lowering the budget of some of their movies .
They're lowering the budgets for other movies and giving that money to the Fury Road production :word:

[dark_b]

after Happy Feet bombed they are giving so much money to Miller? interesting

[matrix_ghost]

after Happy Feet bombed they are giving so much money to Miller? interesting

Mad MAx is basically ready to start shooting. Everything is done.
Script , sets...well what needs to be built. Even the actors are ready.The movie was already budgeted before Happy Feet.
WB can't afford any delays anymore.

[dark_b]

how can the actors be ready when they dont have the exact date when they start filming? :)

[biolumen]

It would appear Hardy leaves for Namibia next week.

I'm off to Siberia next week.......for a year

@ 1:10 of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiRlvhjfI_Y

Filming starts in April and Hardy has already said....

Shooting is probably nine months. Training is allocated as two months.

http://collider.com/tom-hardy-interview-mad-max-fury-road-training-look-shooting-schedule-filming-george-miller/34478/

So the timing seems to be right.

[Call Me Darkman]

It's about time.

[biolumen]

@colliderfrosty (http://twitter.com/#!/colliderfrosty)
Steven Weintraub

Just talked to Tom Hardy. He's starting to grow a large beard and he's very thin. It's for MAD MAX. Said he films that next in W. Africa.
http://twitter.com/#!/colliderfrosty/status/165560212839870464

[obin_gam]

I hope Hardys Max will have a long full beard for the entire movie! Not many action people nowadays has that.

[dark_b]

i agree. a full beard would be a good change.

[biolumen]

Article dated Feb 27 from the Afrikaan language Republikein (via Google translation)

02/27/2012

Monster Wheels for Max's racetrack

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Walvis.jpg

"Every day a woman came over with a bucket and a bowl. Got the day a little something in the back pocket to buy it. Or a few of us make a charge, buy wetland waste operations at a nearby slaughter house and the previous day's old Brötchen at major retailers around the corner. So we are waiting."

This sounds like an alternative script for the movie Mad Max 4 until after the winter in the Namib, in particular Dorobpark, will be filmed. The story by dozens of people in line for the old municipal building of Swakopmund sketched. Some of them have been waiting longer than two weeks. It just a temporary lifting for the fliekmakers get.

They tell almost all the job seekers an eye to the transport component of the Mad Max 4. Some of them have their own trucks, minibuses and other vehicles that they want to hire. Others again have licenses for the transport of normal cars, but even heavy cargo carriers. "We have the papers," one claimed.

In the same breath, there is also a favoritism by the employer hinted. So there is no such order in the ranks of hopeful candidates. From inside the building, the voice who stood next word to be. From the people who are called, are way down in the back row, one man said that these days has a turn wait.

About ablutions are claiming a "small cubicle" is for the rystaners on the premises of the old municipal building constructed. Almost across the board is denying that they are waiting as byspelers be taken up. "No, extras turn comes later. Then you see the crowd. What you see here is nothing."

About the woman with the bucket and the bucket was told that she cooked potatoes with a sauce and vetkoek the people in line sale. The bucket is again a traditional cocktail of fruit and milk. "Not Tombo not."

An allegation that Mad Max 4 basically at three locations to be filmed, was greeted with fierce denials. It's not just the environment of Cape Cross, Goanikontes and behind the dune bank between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay not. "It's rather 18 different places," a woman said. "Do you think the film quite a racetrack in the desert to build the scenes filmed?"

Then they wait on.
The gist of the article, I guess, is that the people waiting in line outside the production offices are looking for work behind the scenes, mainly transportation and such. "Extras come later". Also, it's mentioned by someone (who?) that filming will take place in "18 different places". I'm not sure what else to make of the article.

http://www.republikein.com.na/politiek-en-nasionale/algemeen/monsterwiele-vir-max-se-renbaan.143513.php (http://www.republikein.com.na/politiek-en-nasionale/algemeen/monsterwiele-vir-max-se-renbaan.143513.php)

[biolumen]

A couple of movie vehicles were seen in transit on the road up to Cape Cross, Namibia (presumably their destination). These pictures were taken at a railroad crossing by a bystander.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/RYGOED3.jpg


http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/RYGOED2-3.jpg

http://www.republikein.com.na/politiek-en-nasionale/algemeen/mal-rygoed-in-die-woestyn.143786.php (http://www.republikein.com.na/politiek-en-nasionale/algemeen/mal-rygoed-in-die-woestyn.143786.php)

[Punisher Rising]

I've never seen the first or third MM movies, but I did see The Road Warrior a few years back and remember really liking it. A lot of people seem to cite it as the best of the series.

[Octoberist]

I wonder if Hardy is gonna grow out his hair longer or not, because currently his hair is similar to his do in 'THis Means War'.

[dark_b]

i think Hardy's hair in This means war didnt look good. he loosk the best with a little longer hair or full long hair.

Warrior hair was the best.

[biolumen]

The Gigahorse, supposedly the 'hero car' of the movie, has been sighted.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/GigahorseRevealed.jpg

[Paroxysm]

That looks beast.

[dark_b]

so why didnt hey pick this location from start ? it looks good.

[Siby]

Wow, the vehicles in this movie are looking amazing!

[Rowsdower!]

I want me one of those.

[biolumen]

Filming locations.



http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/Filminglocations.jpg

[DarkKnight88]

I wonder if Hardy is gonna grow out his hair longer or not, because currently his hair is similar to his do in 'THis Means War'.

Guess it depends. Right now he has hair like Gibson had in the first film. Gibson had short hair in the first two films but long in the third.

Is this film a complete reboot or a very loose sequel where Max is already Max.

[Octoberist]

Is Charlize still in?

[biolumen]

Mad Max IV producer receives heart surgery

WRITTEN BY FLORIS STEENKAMP
WEDNESDAY, 25 APRIL 2012 22:17

Local movie industry sources, currently involved in preparations for the filming of Mad Max IV at various locations in the central coastal region, confirmed this week that the producer George Miller had to undergo a cardiac procedure in Australia recently.

Crew members consulted said the producer urgently needed the medical procedure for a defective heart valve, but insisted that Miller has made a good recovery and is expected in Namibia as early as next week. Whether the purpose of Miller’s arrival in Namibia is to start filming or whether it is a routine visit to check that preparations for casting later this year are up to standard remains unclear.

South African-born Hollywood sensation, Charlize Theron, will star in Mad Max IV and some coastal residents are hoping to catch a glimpse of her in the streets of Swakopmund or Walvis Bay soon.
http://www.informante.web.na/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9839:mad-max-iv-producer-receives-heart-surgery

[rayc1971]

i think they would be better off doing a complete reboot and origin story and starting the franchise over

[Octoberist]

No. The origins doesn't make Max that interesting. It's his drifter adventuring traveling about that makes him rad.

[dark_b]

a new origin? then they would have to change it. because i would be boring to me to watch the same movie again.

[Van Petrol]

^ You're avvy seems to sum up the general reaction to the proposition of an origin movie, dark b. :woot:

[Clu]

yeah. no need for a new origin. just say hes a drifter who pretty much doesnt care if he lives or dies and has a strong moral reasoning for staying around as he used to be a lawman.

max had long hair in thunderdome, but once he was sent out to die and was found his hair was cut. so long hair isnt needed.

[rayc1971]

a new origin? then they would have to change it. because i would be boring to me to watch the same movie again.
i didnt mean a new origin but what about the new generation thats not fimilar with the story?i think its import to see what makes max tick like his wife and kid being brutely murdered.it could be rebooted and told in a defferent way without having connect to the gibson films.i dont see why they are doing a sequel to the gibson films when the last was over 20 years ago.its kida like why man of steel is doing the origin again because superman returns tried to be a sequel to the older films and failed.

[obin_gam]

i didnt mean a new origin but what about the new generation thats not fimilar with the story?i think its import to see what makes max tick like his wife and kid being brutely murdered.it could be rebooted and told in a defferent way without having connect to the gibson films.i dont see why they are doing a sequel to the gibson films when the last was over 20 years ago.its kida like why man of steel is doing the origin again because superman returns tried to be a sequel to the older films and failed.
Nah, its really nothing tell either. The first Mad Max is a boring movie (flamesuit on:oldrazz:) so I'm glad this pays tribute t the series by expanding the mythology rather than rebooting it like every other series would have done.

Alot of the reboots nowadays would have been better to just been set in the same universe but just a couple of years onwards, instead of telling the same story over and over and over again.

When it comes to this one, everyone and their grandfathers now what Mad Maxi is about: a post apocalyptic world, followed by a silent anti hero with a badass leather suit, fighting thugs with modified american football-shoulder gear. Nothing more needs to be explained for the movie to be good I think :)

[Octoberist]

I liked some of the imagery and concepts of the first Mad Max, like how more 'green' it was despite being Post Apocalyptic. But I have to agree that the pacing was meandering. I liked it, but the Road Warrior destroys it with its raw energy.

Also, Max is the classic drifter. All we need to know, like what Obin said, is that he's a leather clad loner who fights bikers in the Aussie Wastelands. While I cherish wonderful character development, Mad Max is one of the rare expect ions because he's such a bad ass. That's all we need to know. Just like Snake Plissken.

We don't need to know everything about him especially in this day and age where everything has to be spelled out to people. If Indiana Jones didn't exist until now, Raiders of the Lost Ark would feature and over explain Indiana's backstory thus eliminating any mystery to the character.

[Oberon sexton]

Im really looking forward to Tom Hardy with an Australian accent.

[Octoberist]

That would be badass.

[Doctor Jones]

I liked some of the imagery and concepts of the first Mad Max, like how more 'green' it was despite being Post Apocalyptic. But I have to agree that the pacing was meandering. I liked it, but the Road Warrior destroys it with its raw energy.

Also, Max is the classic drifter. All we need to know, like what Obin said, is that he's a leather clad loner who fights bikers in the Aussie Wastelands. While I cherish wonderful character development, Mad Max is one of the rare expect ions because he's such a bad ass. That's all we need to know. Just like Snake Plissken.

We don't need to know everything about him especially in this day and age where everything has to be spelled out to people. If Indiana Jones didn't exist until now, Raiders of the Lost Ark would feature and over explain Indiana's backstory thus eliminating any mystery to the character.

Well we got LC? :huh:

[Doctor Jones]

Anyone else sick of going to this thread, hoping for something new but instead all we still see are the goddamn vehicles?

[Clu]

little bit. I want some footage, some images of the cast together. something. the cars look great, but been seeing the cars and concept art for how long now? ages. we need something new.

[Rac]

http://www.informante.web.na/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9839:mad-max-iv-producer-receives-heart-surgery
Why don't they call him the director, writer, and producer... If I'd have to pick one of those, I'd pick the director, not the producer.

[Thebumwhowalks]

i didnt mean a new origin but what about the new generation thats not fimilar with the story?i think its import to see what makes max tick like his wife and kid being brutely murdered.it could be rebooted and told in a defferent way without having connect to the gibson films.i dont see why they are doing a sequel to the gibson films when the last was over 20 years ago.its kida like why man of steel is doing the origin again because superman returns tried to be a sequel to the older films and failed.

The audience who made the Road Warrior such a big hit in the states did not know the origin, they were mostly unaware that TRW was even a sequel. The producers didn't want them to know it was a sequel to a low budget film, hence why they changed the title of the film for US release.
They showed a very brief clip of the first movie as it opened, showing the origin, but it could easily have passed by the audeince's notice as being anything significant.
then, they had that brief allusion to it during one convo in the film(when he is arguing with the leader of the enclosure), that is all you really need to explian it.

[Daniel Thompson]

The audience who made the Road Warrior such a big hit in the states did not know the origin, they were mostly unaware that TRW was even a sequel. The producers didn't want them to know it was a sequel to a low budget film, hence why they changed the title of the film for US release.
They showed a very brief clip of the first movie as it opened, showing the origin, but it could easily have passed by the audeince's notice as being anything significant.
then, they had that brief allusion to it during one convo in the film(when he is arguing with the leader of the enclosure), that is all you really need to explian it.

Yeah TRW and MM seem very different from one another that they can both be stand alone films. But yeah TRW was a better film as it had better action then MM.

[rayc1971]

The audience who made the Road Warrior such a big hit in the states did not know the origin, they were mostly unaware that TRW was even a sequel. The producers didn't want them to know it was a sequel to a low budget film, hence why they changed the title of the film for US release.
They showed a very brief clip of the first movie as it opened, showing the origin, but it could easily have passed by the audeince's notice as being anything significant.
then, they had that brief allusion to it during one convo in the film(when he is arguing with the leader of the enclosure), that is all you really need to explian it.
i guess we could get a montage of the origin in the beginnig credits

[Octoberist]

A montage would be ok. Treat Max like Bond I say.

[Thebumwhowalks]

i guess we could get a montage of the origin in the beginnig credits

I think it would be better if they brought it into the narrative, like that convo I referred to in TRW. You could have him in a similar vague convo alluding to what happened to him, and you could also have a scene reminiscent of Wolverine in X-Men2, where he has a nightmare about his origin, and show it in montage/flashback form that way, it being a dream, you could do interesting things with the way it was presented. Also, if the movie opens with most of the audience not knowing his origin, you have the whole 'mysterious stranger rides into town' vibe going on, reminiscent of the old westerns.

[Octoberist]

The movies starts on June 2nd.

Watch the clip with Charlize telling us the scoop, who is so funny and beautiful in the interview:

http://collider.com/charlize-theron-mad-max-fury-road-filming/168245/

[Daniel Thompson]

Nice! Cannot wait until this film comes out.

[Hunter Rider]

Video doesn't play outside the US. :csad:

[Octoberist]

I forgot. It's MTV!

[E.NormusJohnson]

So how much more confirmation do we need that Charlize is the perfect woman?? Crikey. I will say that she sure knows how to pick her film roles.

[Daniel Thompson]

She sure will look super hot in a skimpy outfit in this film.

[rayc1971]

The movies starts on June 2nd.

Watch the clip with Charlize telling us the scoop, who is so funny and beautiful in the interview:

http://collider.com/charlize-theron-mad-max-fury-road-filming/168245/
someone please tell tom hardy that because he doesnt have a clue when it starts.george miller talks big but until they actual start shooting i wont believe it and neither will tom hardy lol.

[Van Petrol]

Video doesn't play outside the US. :csad:

I hate it when that happens..

[Daniel Thompson]

Hope the movie is similar to TRW, That was the best MM film after all. But with more action and a villian with more lines and doing more badass stuff.

[Octoberist]

At this point, I just feel like The Road Warrior should be just called The Road Warrior and not Mad Max 2 (it's international title). I'm sure people not from the US calls it TRW anyway.

[lililatigresse]

At this point, I just feel like The Road Warrior should be just called The Road Warrior and not Mad Max 2 (it's international title). I'm sure people not from the US calls it TRW anyway.

My father is a big Mad Max fan, in fact they are the ONLY films he can watch. Mad Max 2 is his favorite and he always calls it Mad Max 2, but he's French.

[Octoberist]

Interesting. I just think The Road Warrior is such clever title.

[Daniel Thompson]

Well if Fury Road is anything like TWR this film will be worth the wait.

[Octoberist]

Let's hope. I think George Miller is a talent, but as an older man, his consistency has been..inconsistent.

[LuisTX85]

Is this a reboot or a sequel??

[Oberon sexton]

A sequel is what I've heard.

[Octoberist]

It takes place after a few years after Thunderdome.

[obin_gam]

Does anyone know how the blu-ray disc is for Road Warrior? I have it on dvd but, a good movie like that (and with mel in it) I dont mind having two versions of :P But only if the quality upgrade is good enough.

[Octoberist]

I'm sure we'll get another, better Blu-ray version of Road Warrior. The problem is that the original Mad Max is owned by MGM/Sony, so that kinda sucks. No boxed set.

[Daniel Thompson]

Let's hope. I think George Miller is a talent, but as an older man, his consistency has been..inconsistent.

Well I hope he can still make good Mad Max films. Has a bad guy been casted yet for this film? Would love for Gerald Buter to play the main villan in this film or Ray Stevenson. They could be some barbaric leader/war lord. Also I heard in this new Mad Max series the bad guys are going from the punk rock style to the gladiator football like gear, is that true?

[biolumen]

Has a bad guy been casted yet for this film?

According to actor/stuntman Richard Norton, Hugh Keays-Byrne, the actor who played Toecutter in the first Mad Max movie, will be the villain, while Norton will play one of the henchmen. Obviously being 65 years of age and overweight would preclude Keays-Byrne from playing a Humungus-type baddie, so it'll be interesting to see how he's used.

"I’m really looking forward to this because I’m playing a number of roles, including the main henchman to the bad guy played by Hugh Keays-Byrne who was in the original Mad Max over 30 years ago.

http://www.mikefury.net/files/a-warriors-return---interview-with-richard-norton---mike-fury.pdf

I should note that actor/stuntman Stephen Dunlevy is currently in Namibia undergoing fight rehearsals (his words). Dunlevy played 'The Egyptian' in 5 episodes of 'Spartacus: Vengeance".

Also I heard in this new Mad Max series the bad guys are going from the punk rock style to the gladiator football like gear, is that true?

Where did you hear that? A crew member with the title 'costume armour supervisor' has previously worked on movies like Clash of the Titans, Immortals, Game of Thrones, Centurion, The Fall, among others. That might give us an idea as to what to expect.

Hardy was last seen in Kabul and Dubai a day or 2 ago, so he might be making his way to Namibia now.

[Daniel Thompson]

According to actor/stuntman Richard Norton, Hugh Keays-Byrne, the actor who played Toecutter in the first Mad Max movie, will be the villain, while Norton will play one of the henchmen. Obviously being 65 years of age and overweight would preclude Keays-Byrne from playing a Humungus-type baddie, so it'll be interesting to see how he's used.



http://www.mikefury.net/files/a-warriors-return---interview-with-richard-norton---mike-fury.pdf

I should note that actor/stuntman Stephen Dunlevy is currently in Namibia undergoing fight rehearsals (his words). Dunlevy played 'The Egyptian' in 5 episodes of 'Spartacus: Vengeance".



Where did you hear that? A crew member with the title 'costume armour supervisor' has previously worked on movies like Clash of the Titans, Immortals, Game of Thrones, Centurion, The Fall, among others. That might give us an idea as to what to expect.

Hardy was last seen in Kabul and Dubai a day or 2 ago, so he might be making his way to Namibia now.

So he is the same actor playing the same character from the first film? How will they explain him getting older real fast if this film takes place a few years after the 3rd film Thunderdome.

[biolumen]

So he is the same actor playing the same character from the first film?
Not likely. That character didn't survive the first movie.

Bruce Spence played the Gyro Captain in MM2 and Jedediah in Thunderdome. Same actor, two different roles. I don't know why.

[Doctor Jones]

Wait huh?? I thought that WAS the Gyro Captain with his kid in the third film?

[biolumen]

It's debatable, I guess. Some argue that it's the same character based on the fact that he's a pilot and the strange look he gives Max when he first sees him in Bartertown.

I and others believe it isn't the same character based on the fact that when Max first comes face to face with him near the end of Thunderdome, there's no hint of recognition. That and at the end of MM2, it is said that the Gyro Captain became the new leader of the group heading to the coast, and while it's possible he might have broken away from the group to stay in the Wasteland, that would've been out of character.

In spite of the confusion it induced, I think Miller wanted to use him again for no other reason than because he wanted to. The same is probably true with Keays-Byrne.

[dark_b]

didnt watch the 2 movies for some time. but i thought its the same character.

about this old actor from the first movie. why limit yourself with this? why not cast a younger actor?

[biolumen]

That's the problem. Here it is 27 years later and there's still disagreement on the issue. Miller should've just used another actor if the character isn't suppose to be the same. And if he intended it to be the same, then there should've been something in Thunderdome to make the connection less ambiguous.

As for Keays-Byrne, maybe Miller just wants to work with him again. If you remember, Keays-Byrne was cast as Martian Manhunter in Miller's Justice League. Though unlikely, maybe this is to make up for that falling through. After all, Miller ended up using Common and Brad Pitt in Happy Feet 2. Those two were to appear in 2 movies of Miller's that fell through previously.....Justice League and The Odyssey.

[biolumen]

First confirmation of a 2014 release?

Interview with Namibia Film Commissioner Vickson Hangula at Cannes talking Mad Max filming in Namibia. At 11:40 he kinda confirms a 2014 release when he speaks of the movie being on the screens in "a couple of years".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_ZzmRoz4cQ

[Golgo-13]

I've NEVER understood what happens between Max I and II. Max I just seemed like the world was without order, but it was still a recognizable world as we know it. Max II looks like some kinda damn apocalypse happened...:confused:

[CapedCrusader14]

Yeah when I watched the first Mad Max I expected the apocalyptic world of the second but I was taken aback by the fact that it looked like a normal world.

I would guess it was probably in the late stages before the apocalypse. The world was in political turmoil and despair. The area Max was in happened to be hit pretty hard by all this.

[Daniel Thompson]

That's the problem. Here it is 27 years later and there's still disagreement on the issue. Miller should've just used another actor if the character isn't suppose to be the same. And if he intended it to be the same, then there should've been something in Thunderdome to make the connection less ambiguous.

As for Keays-Byrne, maybe Miller just wants to work with him again. If you remember, Keays-Byrne was cast as Martian Manhunter in Miller's Justice League. Though unlikely, maybe this is to make up for that falling through. After all, Miller ended up using Common and Brad Pitt in Happy Feet 2. Those two were to appear in 2 movies of Miller's that fell through previously.....Justice League and The Odyssey.

I still do not see why this is even a sequel to Thunderdome. Would not of hurt to make this a reboot at all.

[biolumen]

It may have been a sequel when Mel was attached, but it might not be one now with Hardy on board. The earlier movies didn't really have strong connection to each other anyway apart from the lead character, so I expect Fury Road to follow suit.

[Clu]

Yeah when I watched the first Mad Max I expected the apocalyptic world of the second but I was taken aback by the fact that it looked like a normal world.

I would guess it was probably in the late stages before the apocalypse. The world was in political turmoil and despair. The area Max was in happened to be hit pretty hard by all this.


yeah, it was the beginning of the end for the world. as they still had some law, but even max knew it was ending because he wanted out. thats why they tried to bribe him with the v8 interceptor.

once road warrior came around the world gone to complete **** and it was everyone for themselves. thunderdome was more or less just 1 settlement practicing in that, doesnt really show the world.

[Octoberist]

I still do not see why this is even a sequel to Thunderdome. Would not of hurt to make this a reboot at all.

Like what many have said, Max's origins doesn't make him interesting. It's him drifting to one adventure to another as a loner that makes Max subtlety compelling.

[E.NormusJohnson]

Like what many have said, Max's origins doesn't make him interesting. It's him drifting to one adventure to another as a loner that makes Max subtlety compelling.

Well that and dudes with spiked shoulder pads who have other dudes on leashes.

[Octoberist]

That's why the third film is weird to me. It's the most family friendly bondage themed film to date!

[Call Me Darkman]

I've NEVER understood what happens between Max I and II. Max I just seemed like the world was without order, but it was still a recognizable world as we know it. Max II looks like some kinda damn apocalypse happened...:confused:

Mad Max had a low-budget. Road Warrior didn't. It's that simple. It's like comparing Terminator to Terminator 2. You can spot the difference in cash flow.

[Golgo-13]

Mad Max had a low-budget. Road Warrior didn't. It's that simple. It's like comparing Terminator to Terminator 2. You can spot the difference in cash flow.

Yes, but the worlds themselves look completely different. Heck, Max II could even pass for a distant planet/ alternate universe like the movie Star Gate. I think there's more to it that just budget.

[Clu]

Yes, but the worlds themselves look completely different. Heck, Max II could even pass for a distant planet/ alternate universe like the movie Star Gate. I think there's more to it that just budget.

I agree, I assume it's because when his wife and child died the world was just starting and to turn. road warrior shows up and he's aged and his car is different. so it's been at least 5-8 years since the end of mad max ( I assume because the world changed drastically)

[Octoberist]

Mad Max had a low-budget. Road Warrior didn't. It's that simple. It's like comparing Terminator to Terminator 2. You can spot the difference in cash flow.

I thought in the opening narration in Road Warrior, it was explained that Max became a lost soul and ventured to the outlback waste lands.

[Daniel Thompson]

Wonder if this will be released in the late summer of 2014.

[Octoberist]

At the point, I think that might be the case.

[Doctor Jones]

I just can't wait to see Hardy as Max. I'm wondering about the context of the beard too.

[Daniel Thompson]

This film gotta have nice car chasing scenes aswell.

[Call Me Darkman]

I think there's more to it that just budget.

Mad Max had a budget of about $650,000. Road Warrior's budget was $4 million. It's a major difference that's very noticable when you watch both films. And, Thunderdome had a budget of $12 million. Again, very noticeable since the Thunderdome sequence alone looks pricey.

[Daniel Thompson]

Well that and dudes with spiked shoulder pads who have other dudes on leashes.

Like that guy that was on a leash in the first Mad Max film.

[biolumen]

I've heard from a reliable source that Cinematographer Dean Semler (who filmed Road Warrior with Miller) has left the movie and has been replaced by John Seale (Witness; The English Patient). As a side note, Seale was originally interviewed for the RW job before it was eventually given to Semler.

This source also says that Fury Road will no longer be filmed in 3D. Instead, it will be filmed in regular 2D and post converted to 3D. This change in plans may be related to Semler's departure.

Someone in Namibia uploaded a picture of another rat rad from the movie to his twitter account.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/biolumen/AuHl3oyCEAART8M.jpg

[Octoberist]

Sad to hear about Dean; I assume it's from all of the delays.

[biolumen]

John Seale is excited about shooting the long-awaited Mad Max: Fury Road in Namibia. "This one I swear won't disappoint," says the Oscar-winning cinematographer of The English Patient, Witness, Rain Man and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. "It's going to be a very deep and meaningful film as well as an astonishing action film. [Director] George Miller has got an amazing concept of an apocalyptic world and the people who live in it."

Shooting in an African nation with virtually no film industry is the latest challenge for the Australian director of photography. Miller was forced to head overseas for a post-apocalyptic landscape when rain made the desert bloom around Broken Hill.

Seale says most of the production support for the fourth Mad Max will come from Cape Town. All the vehicles will be shipped from Sydney. "We've already been into Namibia once on a survey and all the trucks are there with mechanics and panel-beaters shaping them to George's specifications," he says.

The shoot is scheduled to last from July until Christmas, with Tom Hardy taking over the lead role.

"We've got a fair big prep there because there's so many vehicles involved," Seale says. "We need to do of training with stuff – cars and cameras – and get that all in the mix to get what George wants."

snip

Seale believes the Namibian desert will be perfect for Fury Road. "Namibia hasn't got red earth, of course, but there's just nothing there – not a blade of grass for hundreds of kilometres, thousands of kilometres.

"It's very sad George has had to bail out of Australia but that's the movie industry."
More of the article at the link.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/getting-shot-of-hollywood-rulebook-20120530-1zjch.html

Theron: Mad Max won't be a sequel

Charlize Theron has revealed that Mad Max 4: Fury Road will not be a prequel or sequel to the previous films.

The Oscar-winning South African actress is set to star alongside Tom Hardy as Mad Max in the fourth instalment, which comes 27 years since the last movie, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

"Like with Snow White And The Huntsman, there is so much potential to re-imagine that world. It's such an interesting world and how much it still resonates today after 20 years or whatever it's been. We're going back to that world but this is not a prequel or sequel or anything like that," she said.

Charlize - who stars as evil queen Ravenna in Snow White And The Huntsman - is excited to see what Tom has up his sleeve for his upcoming performance, which sees him stepping into Mel Gibson's shoes.

"Tom Hardy will be playing Mad Max but this is not the Mad Max that we know from that [film]. Only Tom Hardy can do this Mad Max and my character is a brand new character as well," she added.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g_MLslHjNwvPjDuYgfjvwGwziglA?docId=N00291613 38298591045A

[Daniel Thompson]

So this will be a remake then. Makes sense and cannot wait to see the new Max universe.

[Doctor Jones]

If this is a remake I won't mind one bit.

[dark_b]

This source also says that Fury Road will no longer be filmed in 3D. Instead, it will be filmed in regular 2D and post converted to 3D. This change in plans may be related to Semler's departure.

Someone in Namibia uploaded a picture of another rat rad from the movie to his twitter account.

i want to see those motherf.... post convert dust in the desert to accurate 3D.

are they mentally challenged?

shocked shocket that after 3 years they still think that post conversion is easier for the director.

[obin_gam]

A little disappointed that it's not a sequel. But I dont really care. Mad Max as character is great and so is Hardys casting. It's all that matters.

[Clu]

down with post production conversion. movie has taken so long might as well really film in 3d with proper cameras.

[Daniel Thompson]

A little disappointed that it's not a sequel. But I dont really care. Mad Max as character is great and so is Hardys casting. It's all that matters.

I'm glad its a reboot, never understood why after 27 years with a new actor it wouldstill be a sequel.

[dark_b]

since its a reboot it will be interesting how much they will spend on Max as a cop. no offense Miller but i am not watching 60 minutes of Max as a cop. throw him in the apocalyptic desert after 30 minutes.

[kurac]

its not a reboot,its a continuation of road warrior world.hence all the vehicles and desert scenes...plus i know
so let me say this again-ITS NOT A REBOOT

[kurac]

also theron confirmes that fury road starts this weekend

http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/theron-faces-big-life-question/story-fn6ck8la-1226375287753

[Daniel Thompson]

But if its not a prequel or a sequel it must be a reboot? Right? And Thunderdome was in Road Warrior world, the planet was still post apocalyptic.

[Daniel Thompson]

since its a reboot it will be interesting how much they will spend on Max as a cop. no offense Miller but i am not watching 60 minutes of Max as a cop. throw him in the apocalyptic desert after 30 minutes.

It might just be explained by Max himself in the film he use to be a cop before the world went to **** and his family was killed by criminals driving him to lose his humanity. I also would not like to see him as a cop and just throw him right in the new world.

[Octoberist]

Daniel, Dark b has it wrong.

[Oberon sexton]

Sounds like its similar to a James Bond film, different actor and no mention of previous films, just an individual story of its own.

[Daniel Thompson]

Daniel, Dark b has it wrong.

How? I would not want to see him as a cop either.

[Clu]

the way the cars are shown it stands to reason to be that it starts out as max is already on his own.

if they had at least 1-2 regular looking cars cop style id say they would spend a good amount as a cop. but doesnt look like it, people want road warrior, not really mad max.

which is fine, both movies are fine, but its road warrior that is the high point of the movie because of the atmosphere.

[Octoberist]

Sounds like its similar to a James Bond film, different actor and no mention of previous films, just an individual story of its own.

This might be the case.

[Doctor Jones]

That works fine too.

[cherokeesam]

But if its not a prequel or a sequel it must be a reboot? Right? And Thunderdome was in Road Warrior world, the planet was still post apocalyptic.


Why can't it be "none of the above?"

It's a movie that's *set* in the same universe as Mad Max, but has *no connection* to the stories and characters in the previous films.

How hard is that to understand.....? :huh:

[Octoberist]

Because people are too left brain these days. No offense Dan!

[Call Me Darkman]

Yeah... I don't mind this being a standalone film.

[obin_gam]

Count me also in the standalone camp. I think it's just gonna be a narration in the beginning saying basically "Max was a cop, now he wanders the wastelands". And then cue the story.

Wonder if Hardy is going for an australian accent or if he's gonna talk like himself?

[Octoberist]

Tom did say a few years ago that he has been working on his Aussie accent.

That being said, I've always hated how watered down or American Mel sounded like in Thunderdome. Was it just me?

[Oberon sexton]

I hope he does the accent, partly because Max is an Aussie icon, and partly because after hearing his Bane voice I'd love to hear say a few "G'Days"

[biolumen]

According to a tweet, Aussie actor Nathan Jones is appearing in the movie. This guy is huge.

http://twitter.com/rick_bassman/status/208053052555530240

Nathan Jones (born 21 August 1970)[3] is an Australian actor, powerlifting champion, strongman, and retired professional wrestler. Jones held the WWA World Heavyweight Championship once during his stint in World Wrestling All-Stars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Jones_(wrestler)

[Clu]

we do need a new ayatollah of rock n rolla.

[chamber-music]

Mel Gibson only had 16 lines of dialogue in Mad Max 2 so Hardy might not need to work on his accent that hard.

[Doctor Jones]

Only 16 lines? ****.

I think my favorite line from his is, "You wanna get out of here? You talk to me."

Gibson was so badass in his demeanor.

[Daniel Thompson]

Because people are too left brain these days. No offense Dan!

None taken, and it does not really matter to me if the film is stand alone or not aslong as its a good film. I want sick car chases, tons of gun play action and a bad guy who is more badass.

[Octoberist]

Yeah, I think my point is that..being left brain can be good. It's the logic side to our brain. However, now there is quest to wanting answers (which is fine) but to everything. So mystery is lacking in some modern movies. It wasn't meant to be an offensive comment, but our minds are trained to WANT all the information as possible.

So that's why I think it's best if this Mad Max was just another Mad Max adventure. Even then, The Road Warrior and 'Thunderdome' didn't have a direct connection anyway, besides the gyro captain (wait, he was the same actor who played two different characters? Lame)

[Octoberist]

Only 16 lines? ****.

I think my favorite line from his is, "You wanna get out of here? You talk to me."

Gibson was so badass in his demeanor.

I would suspect that Ryan Gosling's Driver took a book from Max from The Road Warrior.

[Daniel Thompson]

Yeah, I think my point is that..being left brain can be good. It's the logic side to our brain. However, now there is quest to wanting answers (which is fine) but to everything. So mystery is lacking in some modern movies. It wasn't meant to be an offensive comment, but our minds are trained to WANT all the information as possible.

So that's why I think it's best if this Mad Max was just another Mad Max adventure. Even then, The Road Warrior and 'Thunderdome' didn't have a direct connection anyway, besides the gyro captain (wait, he was the same actor who played two different characters? Lame)

All 3 Mad Max films were different from one another so I see your point.

[Doctor Jones]

I would suspect that Ryan Gosling's Driver took a book from Max from The Road Warrior.

:awesome:

[Daniel Thompson]

Wonder if Max will have his dog this time around.

[Octoberist]

:awesome:

Most people like Driver's line of "I Drive." Mine favorite is "You understand?" which is repeated throughout the entire movie.

[Doctor Jones]

Yeah, I love how he says that. "...or I'm gonna hurt you. You understand?"

[tecnowraith]

Wonder if Max will have his dog this time around.

I thought they shot the dog near the end?

[Daniel Thompson]

^ Film suppose to ignore events from the previous 3 films.

[Octoberist]

Daniel I don't think they'll ignore the previous movies. This is just a standalone movie and we assume that whatever happened...happened but won't play into this plot.

[biolumen]

Daniel I don't think they'll ignore the previous movies. This is just a standalone movie and we assume that whatever happened...happened but won't play into this plot.

Agreed. Like someone said earlier, almost like the James Bond series. The difference being that with Mad Max, one does sense that some time has elapsed between films.

So Theron did a Prometheus junket interview where she talked about Mad Max. She seems to think that if the movie is filmed as written, that it will garner what amounts to a soft R.

Question: I’m really looking forward to a certain Mad Max movie that is coming up. What can you tell people about that project and when do you begin filming?

Theron: “I leave in like two and a half weeks and we start shooting I think around mid-July in Namibia. I’m f**king dying, too, it’s been three years. It’s time to skin this cat already, so yeah, I’m very excited about it.”

Q: Is the script that you were given all that time ago exactly what you’re still doing?

Theron: “Yes, exactly the same script. I know. It was more logistics. It was the fact that he had to finish ‘Happy Feet.’ Then there was terrible floods in Australia, and the desert just never recovered from it. That sounds horrible. It did recover in a beautiful way, but not in a way that we needed it to, so that was a huge problem for us.”

Q: What is it about that project that you’re looking forward to taking on?

Theron: “I think that just like this (‘Prometheus’) that it’s an interesting world. I feel that I have a real interest in this world, and I think people will have an interest in this world because ‘Alien’ kinda set that up for us. I feel like the original ‘Mad Max’ created such a vivid world, that to go back and re-imagine it and kind of replay in that sandbox sounds like fun to me. George (Miller, the director of the film) really created a female character that I’ve never read anything like. I mean, I’m scared ****less.”

Q: What is it he’s asking of you? Is it something you’ve never done?

Theron: “No, it’s a really challenging piece of material. I think for me originally when they were like, ‘Oh, ‘Mad Max.’’ I was like, ‘Uh, I’m not going to play the ****ing girl for ‘Mad Max.’’ Then I read it and I was like, ‘Oh, ‘Mad Max.’ I feel sorry for you.’ (Laughs) That rarely happens. It’s just really, it’s two great characters. It’s not the original ‘Mad Max.’ It’s the revamped ‘Mad Max.’ It’s Tom Hardy, who’s incredible. So, the whole thing is just exciting, very, very exciting.

Q: Is that one of those films where it’s going to be PG-13, or are you guys pushing for a hard R? Do you know?

Theron: “I can’t say. I mean, ultimately it’s going to be up to George Miller, but it feels like…”

Q: I know there’s some violence.

Theron: “Yeah, yeah, there’s some bad-ass violence in it. I mean, if we do what the script is, I don’t know how you can do, but then I feel like PG-13 is pushing a little bit, too, which is good. It feels like—I don’t know. I remember being like, young and watching ‘Alien’ and loving it.”
http://screenrant.com/charlize-theron-mad-max-4-fury-road-interview-rothc-175684/ (http://screenrant.com/charlize-theron-mad-max-4-fury-road-interview-rothc-175684/)

[Octoberist]

I love Charlize in her video interviews. So charming and funny.

[Gianakin_]

And her swearing elevates her from hot & talented actress to woman of my dreams.

[Doctor Jones]

I'm so glad to be seeing Theron return to film.

I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of role she plays in this. i'm predicting some really badass character.

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Wearing leather. And not a whole lot of it.

[Daniel Thompson]

^ Yes! That is a must.

[Octoberist]

Charlize wearing assless chaps is a must.

[Doctor Jones]

Yes, leather bondage looking costumes that I actually WANT to see on someone.