"All the vehicles are hybrids cobbled together from the wrecks of the past," says Miller, standing next to a couple of parked-up examples. "They'll have to be very high performance because the film is shot at speed. The reason this movie's so big is it's got just a huge number of stunts. We're trying to do stuff that I believe people haven't done before."
He says it'll take another year to build the cars, and that, thirty years on from the original, pushing the envelope in an action movie landscape almost unrecognisable from that of 1979, is the absolute priority. We're very much liking that he's talking in terms of physical stunts, with ne'ery a whiff of CGI.
And as if to emphasise that the cars are the stars, cast-wise, nothing is yet confirmed: "It would be silly of me to even speculate until I get through the process," says Miller (not a shoe-in for Jeremy Renner then). He says everyone is a possibility, including, in response to a press question, Mel Gibson (hugely unlikely, we're saying), but laments that the home-grown Australian talent he's looking for are all over in Hollywood. "There's a massive talent drain. They're desperate to come back and work [in Australia] but there are no jobs."
Sustained filmmaking is the key, he believes, using Weta in Wellington New Zealand as a shining example. "It's not just about Mad Max 4, it's also about Happy Feet..."
I'd be well up for Mad Max 4 - I was watching no.2 the other day and was thinking the mad apocalyptic weirdos he was up against were such great characters. We need some quality nutters in the new one to match people like this :
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I'd rather see something go beyond Thunderdome to expand the story as opposed to a re-boot.
And bring back the Interceptor!
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No way will Mel be in this one - unless it's in some epilogue/prologue context. They're using the black Ford Falcon Coupe which was trashed in MM2 - and since that was the last of the V8 interceptors, the film must be set prior to that. Also, Miller let slip that Max has short hair in this one - more evidence that it's set in between Max 1 & 2. I'd give the role to Eric Banana - he's mad for the Max films and actually owns a Falcon Coupe.
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Maybe. Maybe not.
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Sequels without the original stars are never any good because they break the story sequence in favour of new characters nobody knows or cares about. This is a case in point.
24 years after the lame "Thunderdome" entry, they should leave this alone. ... Read More
No way will Mel be in this one - unless it's in some epilogue/prologue context. They're using the black Ford Falcon Coupe which was trashed in MM2 - and since that was the last of the V8 interceptors, the film must be set prior to that. Also, Miller let slip that Max has short hair in this one - more evidence that it's set in between Max 1 & 2. I'd give the role to Eric Banana - he's mad for the Max films and actually owns a Falcon Coupe. ... Read More
No way will Mel be in this one - unless it's in some epilogue/prologue context. They're using the black Ford Falcon Coupe which was trashed in MM2 - and since that was the last of the V8 interceptors, the film must be set prior to that. Also, Miller let slip that Max has short hair in this one - more evidence that it's set in between Max 1 & 2. I'd give the role to Eric Banana - he's mad for the Max films and actually owns a Falcon Coupe. ... Read More
No way will Mel be in this one - unless it's in some epilogue/prologue context. They're using the black Ford Falcon Coupe which was trashed in MM2 - and since that was the last of the V8 interceptors, the film must be set prior to that. Also, Miller let slip that Max has short hair in this one - more evidence that it's set in between Max 1 & 2. I'd give the role to Eric Banana - he's mad for the Max films and actually owns a Falcon Coupe. ... Read More
No thanks.
It's just been far too long to pull a revival with a different cast, better effects etc. It will be so out of place and wont fit in with the charm of the original movies. Just like Indy 4 (although that had a WHOLE OTHER wrongdoing to it.)
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$100mill budget too? WOW.
I suppose if Miller keeps it all practical with that budget....you're looking at some spectacular crashes/vehicle stuff.
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rial]Mel Gibson IS MAD MAX. It's a Fact. Just as Stallone IS ROCKY and Robert Englund IS Freddy Krueger. That's all there is to it. I ] the Mad Max films and I'm well jazzed about the concept of another film but without Gibson's involvement, it's really quite redundant! but who knows? I may be proven wrong. very much doubt that it will come anywhere near resembling a motion picture that is even slightly in the same league as THE ROAD WARRIOR.r] ... Read More
if the focus is going to be on the cars maybe theres a chance its going to be like a australian apocalyptic Fast and furious?? how knows.
But what about Eric Bana? his australian.. but so long as they have Bruce Spence back with his grown up son and little Helicopter then it will be alright ... Read More
