Mad Max: Fury Road

[Octoberist]

That wasn't her fault. Blame Ridley and Damon.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

She was in Prometheus too and we all know how well that went.

Well not all of us actually disliked Prometheus, I know we're the minority but we're still here, ya know kinda like the small civilization of underground dwellers in Demolition Man, you want to think we don't exist but we come out in the daylight once in a while. t:

 

[Teelie]

I liked the movie too, should have said that initially. I meant the majority (especially critics and Alien fans) or at least a large percentage thinks otherwise and just because she is in a movie does not make it good, a success or profitable in the eyes of everyone and her presence guarantees nothing.

 

[Donnie Darko]

I have a feeling there will eventually be a "Lost in La Mancha"-type documentary about this movie.

 

[biolumen]

after 12 months you dont decide to shoot new scenes. something is still wrong.

Again, the decision to film these scenes was made during the initial shoot when they started to run behind schedule. These scenes were suppose to be shot on sound stages in South Africa, but Miller needed an extra couple of weeks to film car chases in Namibia. Rather than extending their stay in Africa through the Xmas holidays, I guess they decided it would be cheaper to do it back home. I've heard that the huge sets built in SA were torn down unused, with possibly some of it shipped back to Australia.

 

[dark_b]

they couldnt shoot in australia or on sound stages at that time?

 

[jacobed]

Probably didn't have permission to or any of that stuff. Or its cheaper to it this way.

 

[biolumen]

I'm assuming scheduling of cast and crew prevented it at the time. Also sound stage availability, rebuilding the sets, casting a new group of extras, all of which would take some time anyway.

 

[biolumen]

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but the Hype's front page has it wrong. These aren't reshoots. Nowhere in the originating article from if.com.au does it use the word "reshoots". It's "additional shooting".

 

[Rocketman]

I'll see this for Tom Hardy... but god damn, what are the chances of this being good? This is a total disaster.

 

[Schlosser85]

I'll see this for Tom Hardy... but god damn, what are the chances of this being good? This is a total disaster.

We don't really know that yet...but the longer this goes on, the more it makes Miller look like he got in way over his head and doesn't know what he's doing.

Which is weird, considering it's the same director and a lot of the same crew who did the original trilogy.

 

[redhawk23]

they couldnt shoot in australia or on sound stages at that time?

If I remember correctly, Australia was weirdly rainy and a ton of vegetation grew when they were planning to enter production. There were some pretty major labor disputes for a while down there as well.

 

[dark_b]

redhawk not before they started filming. at the end of the production they couldnt spend another 3 weeks filming there?

it looks like they are not having reshoots but extra scenes to fix a hole in their movie. which means that they dont like the story. 20 years of blockbusters and WB doesnt know how to make an action movei with 3 acts?

i think Miller is a good director. i think the guy has talent. but he has to be f... kidding. why does he always have problems? is he eccentric or antisocial?

 

[redhawk23]

I was just referring to why they didn't film in Australia.

Maybe they finally realized how terrifying that dummy baby they were using is.

 

[Octoberist]

This is from a commenter from BadassDigest and it seems legit:

I know someone who worked on the film. He had a lovely time hanging out on the shoot... which is good, because there was a lot of hanging out.

From his account, the stars didn't get along. There was a lot of attitude. They showed up late, or left early. Shooting always began later than expected. Production fell way, way behind.

The day scheduled for film to end shooting arrived, the movie wasn't done, and the studio said, "Okay. That's it," and shooting ended.

The movie simply isn't finished.

I don't think this is about tinkering or re-shoots (though there may be that). From the story I heard, it's about about shooting the rest of the script -- because the movie isn't shot yet.

http://badassdigest.com/2013/09/03/theyre-still-making-mad-max-fury-road/

There were rumors that Hardy and Theron didn't get along. Also, keep this in mind and the article is right: Miller is a weird director. It may sound like a mess to us, but it could end up being a masterpiece. He hasn't made a super bad movie (Well, Happy Feet 2 was just okay, along with Mad Max 3) but he's always deliver somehow.

 

[redhawk23]

To be fair, he ultimately directed only the action scenes in Beyond Thunderdome.

 

[Gianakin_]

To be fair, he ultimately directed only the action scenes in Beyond Thunderdome.

What do you mean? Was BT ghost-directed by someone else?

 

[Octoberist]

To be fair, he ultimately directed only the action scenes in Beyond Thunderdome.

Also, his producing buddy died right before shooting, so it was a rough gig for MIller. I still don't think Beyond Thunderdome was that bad. It's a strange movie actually. It wants to be more mainstream...more accessible. But it still carried that 'exotic weirdness' that the series is known for. The BDSM gear and imagery was still present, so tonally it was all over the map when they introduce the kids (ie Ewoks).

BTW: Someone made a good point about the upcoming video game. It seems like it lacks the weirdness of the movies. And it's only a certain kind of weirdness that we all tend to overlook, and the type that Miller can only deliver.

 

[Octoberist]

I wonder what the release date will be. I think WB has been very, very, very patient with Miller.

I know Summer 2014 is kinda packed for WB (May: Godzilla, June: Edge of Tommorow, July: Jupiter Ascending) unless this gets an April release. I can't see this being a Winter release (heat and desert equals summer). I'm predicting that it'll come out in March 2015.

 

[biolumen]

redhawk not before they started filming. at the end of the production they couldnt spend another 3 weeks filming there?

It was not logistically viable. It was Xmas. They would have to come back in January, and much of the cast and crew wasn't going to be available then.

it looks like they are not having reshoots but extra scenes to fix a hole in their movie. which means that they dont like the story. 20 years of blockbusters and WB doesnt know how to make an action movei with 3 acts?

The scene they are shooting this November is basically the same scene they did not get a chance to shoot last November. No major deviations from what was already planned.

i think Miller is a good director. i think the guy has talent. but he has to be f... kidding. why does he always have problems? is he eccentric or antisocial?

Like Gilliam, much of it is bad luck. Writer's strike (JLA). Iraq War (Mad Max 2003). Rainy Weather (Mad Max 2010). These things are out of his control.

 

[biolumen]

Octoberist, that badassdigest commenter is basically on the money. Thanks for posting.

What do you mean? Was BT ghost-directed by someone else?

The movie was co-directed by some stage director named George Ogilvie. Miller wanted him to help due to the death of Byron Kennedy. Even if Miller directed the whole thing, I don't think it would have turned out much different.

 

[biolumen]

I'm predicting that it'll come out in March 2015.

That is my prediction as well.

 

[chamber-music]

Armie Hammer didn't think much of Miller's budget managing skills when they were in prep for Justice League

QUESTION: Was the Justice League thing a good education for you as a young actor, having that big budget film not go?

Yeah, yeah. It was amazing as a young actor to even get to experience that kind of a budget. I think that they were talking about, I mean this could be hearsay, who knows, but I think the budget was close to $300 million. I don't know the specifics, but it was huge, huge to the point where I remember being down in Australia and they were just throwing money around. Just like, “Wherever the whole cast wants to go to dinner every night? Sure. Pay with this wad of cash.” It was extravagant and then to have it all fall apart was a really good reality check. It's like, “Hey, nothing in this business is real. Don't forget that.” It's like, “Oh, yeah, right, right.”

When a guy who comes from a family of billionaires says things are extravagant you know they must be tossing some serious money around.

 

[dark_b]

i remember reading comments from industry insiders about JLA. and it wasnt just the writters strike. the production was an epic mess.

 

[Schlosser85]

Hardy is constantly changing his appearance and weight. By the time Hardy's available again (who knows when that will be, considering he's pretty much been filming movies back-to-back all year), he'll probably have a different body shape than he did when the filmed the first parts of Max. Have fun with that, editors.