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

[Octoberist]

i would prefer traditional animation or if it's CGI try to make it special and not generic.

 

[Nivek]

I think Miller is on some pretty strong drugs. After the Justice League fiasco, I think he needs to understand he needs a STAR to push this.

And Mel... Get off your High Horse and do another action film. See Sly Stallone over there? Yeah, he's doing something right. And he's as old as you.

 

[Octoberist]

but we don't know if Mel actually turned it down or not, so I don't if he's on a high horse or not.

 

[thejon93]

but we don't know if Mel actually turned it down or not, so I don't if he's on a high horse or not.

Well, he refused to be apart of the new 'Lethal Weapon' movie, so "High Horse"... that's my first guess.

 

[Octoberist]

Because Richard Donner was not going to do it, from what I know. That's why Mel said no.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Damn, I wanted it to be live action! What the hell?

 

[xwolverine2]

it could work in cg or animation...

... but without mel gibson it wouldnt be as big a hit thats for certain.

 

[nocomics]

An animation Mad Max ahh,ya this just made my week...NOT!!! I'm guessing they are gonna got the way of South Park type animation

 

[TMC1982]

I think Miller is on some pretty strong drugs. After the Justice League fiasco, I think he needs to understand he needs a STAR to push this.

And Mel... Get off your High Horse and do another action film. See Sly Stallone over there? Yeah, he's doing something right. And he's as old as you.

Sly Stallone is actually a bit older (62) than Mel, who's still in his early 50s.

 

[biolumen]

A bit more.

Mad Max Director: Games Surpassing Films In Storytelling Potential

Posted by Stephen Totilo on 3/6/09 at 11:30 am

Director George Miller told MTV News that his ambitious “Mad Max” video game is still a couple of years away.

Not much has been heard of the upcoming “Mad Max” video game since Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal broke news last year that “God of War II” director Cory Barlog was teaming with the film’s director, George Miller for the project.

But a recent interview between MTV Movies editor Josh Horowitz and Miller about Miller’s planned fourth (3D anime) “Mad Max” got into a little bit of video game talk.

Before providing a little update on the game, Miller made this impressive statement about the potential for games: “Games were the poor cousin to feature films when it came to storytelling but I think it’s flipping. Games allow you be much more like a novelist.”

Here’s the rest of Josh’s exchange about games:

MTV News: What kind of game do you have in mind?

George Miller: It’s a hybrid game. I’m really interested in both the game-play but the actual emotional engagement. I’m curious how much you can engage with the characters through the game-play. It’s an opportunity to make a novel.

MTV News: Timeline?

Miller: I’ve got a couple of years left. We’re in the early stages writing and designing. A really good game you need two and half years. And for good anime you need two years.

MTV News: Are you a game-player?

Miller: Yeah, but not a very good one. You realize that the day has come where our kids talk about games the way we talk about movies and comics. Then I started to get into games and realized, holy cow, there’s real potential here. A live action storyteller who understands story can do a lot to influence the evolution of games.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009...s-surpassing-films-in-storytelling-potential/

 

[Sam Fisher]

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

Umm..actually it did. TMNT was a good movie, and better than the two live action sequels we got.

 

[The Sarge]

Remember the "IMO" at the end? Unfortunatly neither my opinion or yours is fact.
In my opinion switching to a CGI turtle movie didn't work, as it seemed like a downgrade. I find it would be hard to watch it and not prefer the CGI style over a live action film- which is the main thing here.

I didn't find it to be a very good either though, I'd actually put the enjoyability on par with the second one.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Who said anything about my opinion being fact? I just think that just because they switched to animation doesn't degrade the quality or enjoyablity of the movie.

 

[The Sarge]

Who said anything about my opinion being fact?

You just stated it actually did work, as if it was some kind of fact.

Umm..actually it did. TMNT was a good movie, and better than the two live action sequels we got.

 

[biolumen]

What I fail to understand is why make it anime if, by what I can tell, it will essentially be the game without the roleplay. It's too much of the same thing. If he's committed to making the game, then the movie should be live action. That gives the consumer variety and, what most of us want, a live action film. I still don't understand why it's so difficult to make it as it was originally planned back in 2003, with or without Mel.

It sounds like Miller is too caught up in technology. With too many toys to play with, nothing gets done.

 

[Nivek]

Sly Stallone is actually a bit older (62) than Mel, who's still in his early 50s.

Okay, then Mel needs to cut back on the drinking as well, because... damn. Sly looks better.

 

[redhawk23]

The road warrior was playing on one of veidts screens in watchmen, made me laugh a little.

with todays tech a live action mad max could be amazing. I mean i would still want practical effects, but the scale could be mind blowing.

 

[thejon93]

Okay, then Mel needs to cut back on the drinking as well, because... damn. Sly looks better.

What he was doing when he made 'Passion of the Christ' and the other ---- movie he made.

 

[Sam Fisher]

You just stated it actually did work, as if it was some kind of fact.

Well, that's not what I meant.

 

[The Sarge]

oh, okay.

 

[EdRyder]

That Highlander anime was awesome so why the hell not.
W/e happened to those Snake Pliskin anime film sequels we were hearin about way back when?

 

[Space Moose]

That Highlander anime was awesome so why the hell not.
W/e happened to those Snake Pliskin anime film sequels we were hearin about way back when?

The producer died.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Mad Max 4....Got my attention...

Rated R....Good, good.

Animated.... odd, but let's see where it goes..

Anime..... *thinks a little more about it*....

Anime animation is not something I'm interesed in seeing. Even if the story, the plot, characters are good...the moment it becomes anime I'm instantly not interested in it. I don't like the style of it and it gives me a headache watching it. I remember giving the anime Batman movie a chance just because I love Batman...but I watched it and I couldn't stand it. I couldn't watch it anymore. Terrible.

 

[gwynplaine]

^ Agreed.

 

[biolumen]

So despite this talk of doing it anime, it appears to be just an option, and that a live action version remains a possibility, if the opportunity presents itself. Whatever that means.

With Anime Underway, George Miller Still Gunning For Live-Action ‘Mad Max'

Published by Eric Ditzian on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 11:35 am.

It was early in 2003 and Australian writer/director George Miller was gearing up to begin shooting the fourth “Mad Max” movie almost two-and-a-half decades after the last one hit theaters. Mel Gibson was set to reprise the role that made him a star and filming was to begin in Namibia. Then the United States went to war in Iraq, and everything fell apart.

Miller, however, has never given up his dream of restarting the project. “You would think I would be done with ‘Mad Max’ by now, but once you let those stories creep into your mind they keep going around in your head,” he told MTV News.

One thing Miller has given up on is his leading man, who turned 53 in January. “The ideas we have for live action are very physical. The stories are pretty physical.
It’s not like ‘Unforgiven,’ about an older person.” In other words, Mel, no one wants an elderly Max fighting freaks with one hand and popping Advil with the other.

Just six years ago, Miller had a very different attitude and was ready to use Gibson in the fourth film, titled, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

“We got pretty close and then the American dollar collapsed because of the Iraq war,” said Miller. Their budget virtually disappeared. Additionally, 20th Century Fox balked at the logistical complexities of moving equipment and crew into Africa with war on the horizon. The studio pulled the plug and Miller went off to write and direct the animated crowd-pleaser, “Happy Feet.”

Now the director is once again revisiting the franchise that made his name. As we reported earlier, he’s developing two projects based on “Max”: a feature-length 3D anime version and an action-adventure videogame. Both are still several years away from seeing the light of day and neither will involve Gibson.

Two new “Mad Max” ventures sounds like plenty for now, but Miller continues to keep the door open to his original plans for a fourth film, albeit with a younger, as-yet- unnamed lead actor. “It depends on when the opportunity comes to do the live-action film,” said the director. “‘Mad Max’ was a lifetime ago.”

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/1...miller-still-gunning-for-live-action-mad-max/