Mad Max 4 to be an R-rated 3-D anime feature

[Nivek]

George Miller is getting a bit Senile, or just losing it...

 

[Jspider13]

You just can't change an established live actio franchise to an animated one. It didn't even work for Ninja Turtles IMO.

Well, TMNT was originally in cartoon form...so, it had something working.

 

[The Sarge]

Well. . . the cartoon wasn't a movie, it was a cartoon series, which is a different thing in my opinion.

 

[thejon93]

If this is going to be Straight-to-DVD, this will quite possibly be quality. I feel kind of bad for the filmmakers who would actually like to attempt to make this happen, but without Gibson, the fans will be crying: "Boo... Hoo... Hoo!...", all the way home. If only Mel would stay away from the alcohol and get his life back on-track.

 

[Octoberist]

Who is thinks that Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a strange movie that tried to cater the to mainstream and kids? It's like the only family friendly bondage/BDSM movie that I've seen!

 

[Rac]

Who is thinks that Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a strange movie that tried to cater the to mainstream and kids? It's like the only family friendly bondage/BDSM movie that I've seen!

Maybe this explains it:

Originally, the film was supposed to be about a group of children living without parents in the wild. They were trying to decide what adult character would find them, when someone thought of Max. After that suggestion, it became a "Mad Max" film.

 

[Nivek]

Eh, I take any Trivia on IMDB with a grain of salt, but that would explain all the wierd "Captain Walker" stuff. Thunderdome was a good bad movie, a crappy sequel with a bunch of positive highlights.

 

[Rac]

Eh, I take any Trivia on IMDB with a grain of salt, but that would explain all the wierd "Captain Walker" stuff. Thunderdome was a good bad movie, a crappy sequel with a bunch of positive highlights.

I quite trust the trivia stuff. It's not like someone trolls it. But it's no secret that Miller lost the interest in Mad Max 3 after his friend and producer Byron Kennedy died in 1983. I guess WB somehow managed to him onboard the production.

 

[Octoberist]

I think that a film like The Road Warrior was successful. Mad Max 3 was the mainstream result. Honestly, the original Mad Max and Road Warrior was the original Sundance Film Festival (small and indie) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was like the new 2000s Sundance (Paris Hilton, parties).

And was it me, or was Thunderdome was start of Mel losing his Aussie accent?

 

[Octoberist]

I think that a film like The Road Warrior was successful. Mad Max 3 was the mainstream result. Honestly, the original Mad Max and Road Warrior was the original Sundance Film Festival (small and indie) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was like the new 2000s Sundance (Paris Hilton, parties).

And was it me, or was Thunderdome was start of Mel losing his Aussie accent?

 

[biolumen]

This guy claims to know what Miller had in mind for 2003's Mad Max 4. That it was to take place 200 years in the future, and that Max is only seen in flashback for the first 30 minutes of the movie, and that it was about Max's 'offspring' protecting some people with uncontaminated DNA through the Wasteland. Sounds crazy to me, but who knows. Miller is an unpredictable fellow.

Make of it what you will.

http://theorstrahyun.blogspot.com/2009/03/getting-nostalgic-for-post-apocalyptic_14.html

 

[biolumen]

An Aussie paper is reporting that location scouting for Mad Max 4 is under way, but they're basing that news on "industry sources", not anyone officially attached to the project. If true, I would guess that means the movie is going to be live action and not an anime like Miller said the last time he spoke about it. I don't think you need to scout locations for an anime, but I really have no idea what's being planned here.

All revved up for Max's return

Vicky Roach
May 18, 2009 12:00am

Mad Max is revving up for a long-awaited return to the big screen, almost 25 years after Tina Turner ran Mel Gibson out of Bartertown.

Director George Miller is gearing up to shoot the fourth film in the ground-breaking Aussie road warrior franchise, industry sources say.

Scouting for locations is under way for the movie, which many thought would never get off the ground.

It could go into production later this year.

But it's highly unlikely Gibson will be asked to take his leathers out of mothballs to revisit the role that made him an international star.

Two years ago, Miller said he considered the Hollywood heavyweight too old to play the avenging road warrior.

"It won't be Mel. He was 21 when he made the first one, now he's a lot older and his passion is for film-making and directing," Miller said.

"I don't think he is into acting and I don't think he would be interested in being involved at all."

Miller suggested he was considering a new, young star.

Mad Max hit the big screen in 1979, launching Gibson to international stardom.

The budget movie depicts cop Max Rockatansky on the road to vengeance and oblivion after his police mate and family are killed by a vicious bikie gang.

Most of the car chase scenes were filmed near Geelong.

It was followed by Mad Max 2, (1981) and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985).

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25497750-2902,00.html