Mad Max: Fury Road

cable842

Sorry I edited it there cause I just read they are calling it Fury Road Not (Max Max: Fury Road)

This last year there has been talk about a new Mad Max Movie

Its coming out with the director 20 years later doin it why all this time waiting no one knows.

So he goes on too say that hes looking for a Young Actor Tom Hardy is tipped to play him and he wants Charlize Theron in it.

And saying that Mel will have some role in it...

My Point is Do You think its a terrible idea too replace the legend that made mad max what it was.

Them films were amazing and he was so cool in them why rune it.

SKY CAPTAIN

come back

dlofnep

Gibson should play lead. Unless he's looking to do a prequel. There's no need to do a remake. That idea is dull.

cable842

there saying that Gibson will play some role and that it will explain reference him in general.

well unless Hardy is his son ha ha sorry they did that in Indiana.

Unless Hardy travels back too 1955 to tell Max that he is to become Mad Max.

Why wait 20 years to do a 4th Film and replace the actor. that does'nt sound great at all.

According to most sources Tom Hardy is the new Max and Charlize Theron is to play the love interest.

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy are in negotiations to star in “Fury Road,” this century’s installment of the “Mad Max” movie series from writer-director George Miller.

Miller is producing with Doug Mitchell.

Despite his long association with the fourth movie, Mel Gibson is not reprising his iconic role of Max Rockatansky, the hardened ex-cop in a future beset by gas shortages and marauding gangs.

That job goes to Hardy, the British-born actor who stole scenes as Handsome Bob in Guy Ritchie’s “RocknRolla.” (”RocknRolla” has proved to be a launch pad for Hardy, who booked a gig in Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” as well. He also starred in “Bronson.”)

Theron is playing the female lead.

While story details are being kept under wraps, the movie does take place a short while after the story detailed in 1985’s “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,” which keeps Mad Max relatively young.

Max_max_tom_hardy_341 A shoot next summer in Australia is being eyed. The movie will be an Australian production which Warner Bros. will distribute.

“Road” has been in the works for more than a decade, with Gibson attached to star at one point. When the project finally began ramping up earlier this spring and summer, Miller began looking at and testing numerous actors who could step into the grim shoes previously worn by Gibson.

Duggy747

It has been confirmed that Tom Hardy WILL be Mad Max.

While I despise a remake / reboot I do find some comfort that Tom Hardy is Mad Max, the guy does have talent for a role like this. I watched all the episodes of The Take last night, while I didn't find it very good I did like Tom Hardy 100% in it.

Though Charlize Theron is in it which means "chick money" for the cinema tickets.

As I said before; No Mel, No Max, No Dice.

Though honestly, this could be Tom Hardy's much needed role to get him properly reconisged in Hollywood. Bronson put him on the radar in America, now he needs something to cement his talent.

mike65

Love interest? Max eats dog food and sleeps in his car with his scruffy mutt.

cable842

right so the film is called fury road. Same title as it was in 2003 was mel goin to be in the one in 2003 ?

So the film is called Fury Road Not Mad Max: Fury Road

therefore the Film is goin to be called (Mad Jim) Mad Maxs Son like in Indiana Jones where they called him mutt.

its goin to be like that film they did in scotland Doomsday

cable842

we want mad max back

BlitzKrieg

I'm in support of this.

George Miller is a fantastic director and has proven again and again he knows what he's doing.

Tom Hardy, anyone who has seen Bronson knows he's a fantastic actor and is worth a vote of confidence.

Couldnt give two f*cks about charlize theron and dont care about her or her role.


good thing is its a sequel and not a remake.

Duggy747

Ha, I had a wierd dream last night where I was watching Fury Road where Mel was still Max. Didn't make any sense but when I woke up I thought to myself what the hell is wrong with having Mel? He's still in his early 50's!

Yes for Tom Hardy, NOOOOOO for Charlize Theron as we can all imagine the shakey story for these 2;

Tom Hardy wandering around meets Charlize Theron (Leader? Mother with a daughter / son? Kick-ass leather clad, karate chopping vixen? ) and admist all the violence (PG-13?) and apocalypse they'll find time to spend 15 minutes of celluloid to have a romantic encounter.

Before she dies and Max is alone............again...............with Theron's daughter / son in tow.

cable842

in 30 years george has'nt made that many movies but have made good movies so suppose he's aloud too.

cool story duggy.

I love mad mad. but I can never get threw the first one I love 2 is amazing and I liked 3 with the guns at the booth

Sky Captain you've come to save us.

We live in a world where we wish they will keep mad max as mad max.

maybe thats true cause they are calling it fury road not mad max fury road.

Charlize Theron is not hot and she sucked in Handcock sorry I spelt that wrong.

look what she did too Æon Flux loved that show.

cable842

Ive not seen bronson at all yet I missed it in the cinema. Im a huge Chopper Fan thats what kinda stopped me from seeing it in the cinema.

but Im looking forward to seeing it. I heard he bulked up for it

he was gay in that gangster film which wasnt good. and he slept with gerard butler

Id really like Sam Worthington he seems like the go to Oz guy these days he would be very cool but he prob has his plate full with films.

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

I'm in support of this.

George Miller is a fantastic director and has proven again and again he knows what he's doing.

Tom Hardy, anyone who has seen Bronson knows he's a fantastic director and is worth a vote of confidence.

Couldnt give two f*cks about charlize theron and dont care about her or her role.


good thing is its a sequel and not a remake.

SEPT 23 1989

why do these parasites(hollywood execs) have to do this

fcuk off and leave well enough alone

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x86qes_mad-max-tribute-motorhead-ace-of-sp_shortfilms

PirateShampoo

I think Tom Hardy would do a brilliant job in this role.

BlitzKrieg

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

why do these parasites(hollywood execs) have to do this

fcuk off and leave well enough alone

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x86qes_mad-max-tribute-motorhead-ace-of-sp_shortfilms

So the guy who directed and wrote all three previous films is a parasite?

cable842

i think hes talking about hollywood making it a 12 movie

I see where hes coming from like in sex and the city the movie where ever girl that seen the film got too see a nice big c....

BlitzKrieg

i think hes talking about hollywood making it a 12 movie

Well thats completely out of left field.

How did this:

why do these parasites(hollywood execs) have to do this

fcuk off and leave well enough alone

turn into a complaint about the film's *possible* rating?

the only mention of rating in this thread is duggy's psychotic delusion 5 posts up from that.

Personnally considering big explosions and cars getting smashed seem to have no effect on the american rating system these ays, then I wouldnt be too surprised if it drops down to a 12's.

But regardless I think the comment is still unfair as George Miller has shown he can still be very dark and clever even with a G rated film. his take on babe 2 was surprisingly dark (drowning dogs and hooker poodles) and happy feet is pretty dynamic for a film thats about dancing penguins, I mean he could have copped out and did something like what dreamworks does all the time and let robin williams run wild at the forefront, but he didnt, equally he didnt cock it up like don bluth did with the pebble and the penguin. So I think regardless of any studio exec telling him to film needs to be a 12's I am confident he will make the censors stick rigidly to the letter of the cert and he will push it as far as humanly possible.

Duggy747

Just to clarify I was being harshly sarcastic in my last post. A good chance the film will be between 15 - 18s. I don't care really as we know other things beyond violence and sex are considered in a rating (language, tone, etc)

As for the story, pffft, we've no real idea where the story will go and it was just a joke referring to previous godawful remakes of the past few years that threw these elements in. I'm more on the side that this will be somewhat good rather than crap. At least we have Tom Hardy and a Mad Max director.

I hate text, ya can't express yourself properly :P

BlitzKrieg

oh I knew you were being sarcastic, thats why i described it as a psychotic delusion

I mean you started off by talking about dreaming of mel gibson in his mad max attire...

Duggy747

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

oh I knew you were being sarcastic, thats why i described it as a psychotic delusion

I mean you started off by talking about dreaming of mel gibson in his mad max attire...

Ha ha, as far as I can remember from the dream it wasn't a sexual Mad Max movie.....

........well at least my sheets were clean when I woke up :pac:

BlitzKrieg

tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQBK7hibqhQ

cable842

will we get to see loads of sex in it like we did Sex And The City The Movie

well suppose we will see a lot of men in leather including max.

hes a good director but its been a while since hes mad action and hardy i can't judge him till i see bronson.

He was so cool in star trek

Im looking forward to mel coming back and thats about it. I hope he doesnt come back like spock did in star trek the remake remagine film

cable842

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/mel-gibson-tells-how-he-almost-gave-away-the-lead-role-in-smash-hit-braveheart/story-e6frf96f-1225797853044

''Oh gosh, I don't know what he's up to,'' Gibson says, perhaps a little unconvincingly. ''Not with me, I don't think, man, I'm a bit old and long in the tooth for that number.

''You need somebody who can get around a bit quicker.''

DazMarz

Once they don't make a complete fúcking arse of it and have something that does justice to the Mad Max series, I'll be happy.

cable842

did you hear now that hardy does not role he is playing in fury road.

Mel is saying now that he might be back as mad max. well he didnt day anything he said 3 words.

but heres hoping

Standard Toaster

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Gibson-May-Appear-In-Mad-Max-After-All-16348.html

Gibson May Appear In Mad Max After All
By Will LeBlanc: 2009-12-31 07:09:30


Now this is deep speculation based on the tiniest bit of information dropped by Clint over at MovieHole, but Mel Gibson may still show up in Mad Max: Fury Road despite recent announcements that he wouldn’t.

The latest news from the Ozploitation remake is that Gibson’s production company, Icon Entertainment, has decided they’d like to co-produce the film. What does this mean for Mad Max? Probably nothing beyond getting a bit more money and representation, but it puts Gibson close to the set in time for shooting. Could we see a cameo from Gibson? Will he be the bad guy? Or, like Clint suggests, will he narrate? Nothing like that has been confirmed, I’m just stretching my rumor muscles.

Either way, Mad Max is trucking towards production with Bronson star Tom Hardy in the leading role, and based on his performance there, we’re going to be in for a treat. More on this as it unfolds.

I've been waiting for this sequel for years!

cable842

I;d say they will bring him back as his dad.

and all the kids he saved in 3 with be grown ups aka one of the grown ups will be Tom Hardy.

also can I add that Bronson was a terrible film.

Long Live Chopper Reid

JP Liz V1

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/mad-max-4-info-revealed?ns_campaign=news&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=totalfilm&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+totalfilm%2Fimdbnews+%28Total+Film+IMDb+aggregate%29

Tom Hardy talked this weekend about his upcoming role in the fourth Mad Max movie, and revealed a few little gems of information about the flick.

In Mad Max: Fury Road, the actor will be taking over the role of Max Rockatansky previously played by Mel Gibson, a law enforcement officer living in a post-apocalyptic world.
“It’s a relaunch and revisit to the world. An entire restructuring,” Hardy told Collider. “That’s not to say that it’s not picking up or leaving off from the Mad Max you know already, but it’s a nice re-take on the entire world using the same character, depositing him in the same world but bringing him up to date by 30 years.”
As for when the movie – long in development hell – will actually be shooting (under returning director George Miller), Hardy remained mysterious:
“I can’t say when I’m going to be in front of the cameras. I’m actually headed tonight to Australia to start some stunt-training. I’m training now. I’m meant to drop 30 pounds so smoking and one meal a day is my training at the moment.
“I’m going to start fighting soon. The harder stuff, as we get close to the line. I’ll probably get three or four months of fight training out there. Seven days a week. All that kind of horrible ****.”
The actor goes on to reveal that the film will probably shoot for nine months, also said that he resembles “a hungry wolf” after losing all that weight.

ricero

Hardys an amazing actor and I think he can play phychotic loner characters brillantly just watch him in bronson or the tv series the take amazing performances. I have high hopes for this film as long as there is a decent villian

paddyismaddy

ricero wrote: »

Hardys an amazing actor and I think he can play phychotic loner characters brillantly just watch him in bronson or the tv series the take amazing performances. I have high hopes for this film as long as there is a decent villian

i agree he is a great actor very talented

Duggy747

While I dunno about this film being any sort of good to the Max canon I've no doubt Hardy will put in a good performance.

Could be the film that'll get Hollywood to notice him more (I would say Inception but I imagine he has a small enough role in that)

Cantona's Collars

Looks like we getting a 2nd Mad Max movie shortly after the 1st one is released.Enjoyed the originals so heres hoping.http://twitchfilm.net/news/2010/07/george-miller-working-on-not-one-but-two-new-mad-max-films.php

JP Liz V1

Source

Director George Miller has assured Mad Max fans that his new entry in the film series, Fury Road, will rev into production early next year.
The fourth, Mel Gibson-free film in the popular series was originally set to shoot last August with stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. But torrential rain and floods in Australia stalled production.
Now, Miller has told The Daily Telegraph that things are just about back on track.
“We will restart pre-production later this year and begin early next year - weather permitting,” he says.
“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.”

Dick Burns

Mad Max is one the best original films in its history and was miles ahead of its time,mad max 2 is a classic,i have the boxset at home and yet to watch the 3rd incase my opinion changes ha

Mad MAx derserves another film and Tom hardy will be fantastic,if anyone has seen bronson he was incredible a brilliant method actor and every role he has played hes excelled in and can only imagine how good he is going to be as bane in TDKR in 2012

"You disobey me! You puppy!"

the whole year inn

Yea tom is a good actor and will def give this a watch,any chance of mel making a cameo?

Dick Burns

gob_smacked wrote: »

Yea tom is a good actor and will def give this a watch,any chance of mel making a cameo?

Ha i doubt it kinda sad seeing him now with al his problems,especially the way south park portays him defo worth looking up on youtube

would be cool to see The Humungus back

the whole year inn

RopeDrink wrote: »

To be honest, as much as I agree on THardy being a fantastic Actor, it just wouldn't be Mad Max without Mel in some shape or form at the very very least - Heck even Terminator:Salvation threw Arnie a Cameo (A CGI one at that, but better than nothing) and that doesn't help make it feel more 'Terminator' but it's at least a nod to the person who was at the core of the movies for years.

No Mel, No Mad Max, just Fury Road - On the flipside, yes, I have seen Bronson and seen TH in that TV Series where he plays an absolute lunatic, hell I'm a Trekkie and loved "Nemesis" where TomHardy plays the antagonist quite nicely, he really can pull this off so I'd still go to see it, albeit pre-dissapointed (Hopefully leading to suprise satisfaction) but again, Mel is Mad Max, it's that simple, and problems or not, he's still a great Actor and could slip into this role easily if he really wanted it.

Heard the same spiel about Nicholson and the joker,you could be eating your words.

bnt

Some more detail from writer/director George Miller:

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.”

FlashD

Check out these concept cars for Mad Max 4....pretty flash!

I personally prefered the industrial look in the originals so will be interesting to see what happens.

http://www.madmaxmovies.com/

Also a new link on the latest, supposed to start filming in Nambia in April.

OldeCinemaSoz

"I'm only here for the gasoline!!!"

JP Liz V1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2157828/Charlize-Theron-shaves-head-Actress-tries-hide-short-hair-hat.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

^ Charlize Theron shaves her head for Mad Max role so filming must be happening soon

the purple tin

This could be an interesting one. Would be very hard to get the weird/edgy mood of the original. Not to mention the Toecutter, one of the best baddies ever.

FlashD

This is a complete reboot so it could go in any direction really. There may be a whole range of new charcters.

Was supposed to start filming early in the year but got put off due to health problems with George Millar. Last I read was filming starts this month.

The plan is to make two films (reboot and sequel). Remains to be seen.

MJ23

I hope Tom Hardy is allowed to wear the sheepskin coat from Batman.

JP Liz V1

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Mad Max: Fury Road is edging ever closer to shooting, so it's good to hear that the casting department in picking up the pace, with supermodel and Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley signing on.
The long-gestating Mad Max sequel/prequel/reboot will be a step down in the glamour stakes for Huntington-Whiteley, who wasn't exactly stretched playing the trophy girlfriend in Transformers 3, spending most of her time being leered at by Michael Bay's cameras before bringing down the baddie with some bargain-bin reverse psychology.
Expect Fury Road to have a much grubbier aesthetic, as Tom Hardy takes the Road Warrior mantle from Mel Gibson to play 'Mad' Max Rockatansky.
It's unclear exactly what the role of the 'five wives' will be, though apparently they'll be travelling across the movie's wasteland setting, and no doubt crossing paths with Max.
Huntington-Whiteley joins Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keogh and Adelaide Clemens in the quintet, with the fifth wife yet to be cast.
They're not the only ladies in the movie though, with Charlize Theron (who has shaved off her hair for the part) starring opposite Hardy.

Mickeroo

Filming has begun, some set pics have surfaced:







Not a world away from the truck in The Road Warrior.

pixelburp

Well if nothing else, the set-pictures and concept art show that the physicality of the previous films should remain intact. I'd argue that whoever plays Max is fairly incidental when it comes to Fury Road (although Tom Hardy is a fairly inspired choice): if the road carnage remains 'real' and the result of carefully choreographed 2nd-units, not networked PCs rendering CGI, that's how the film should ultimately be judged.

That said, George Miller's recent work with the Happy Feet films would make me worry that he has embraced the ways of the green-screen. And even if he hasn't, the choppy history of this film would also worry that an over-zealous executive would view the first edits & demand MOAR CGI! We'll see.

So has there been any firm confirmation just how rebooty this film will be? If at all?

pixelburp

Some more - new - set-pics have turned up, showing off the frankly spectacular-looking vehicles designed for this:

http://www.carforums.co.za/viewtopic.php?p=848914&sid=0a74b742e271e5030aa1a7b9a1611e6e#p848914
(forum link got via aintitcool *spit*)

FlashD

That yoke with all the speakers is mad

Hande hoche!

Those vehicles certainly look impressive.

Duggy747

Carmageddon: The movie :eek: