Mad Max: Fury Road

[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.

 

[Yenjer]

From Street Machine magazine.

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

 

[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...s-next-mad-max-instalment-20110307-1bk19.html

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

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

 

[biolumen]

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

 

[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.

 

[TX85]

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