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I have some very bad news for you. There's going to be a new Mad Max movie.
It's going to be called Mad Max: Fury Road. And there is no Mel Gibson. Max is going to be played by some guy by the name of Tom Hardy, and there's also Charlize Theron. She's the only famous person involved with the movie, I guess.
My bowel movement this morning in my golden toilet was more entertaining than this tripe will be
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Wow... so Bane will be the next Mad Max. Seems like a pretty good fit.
Anybody ever remember the original MM from 1979? Before The Road Warrior. I remember seeing it as a kid and was blown away.
Regarding the new movie... from Wiki (so take it for what it is...)
Plans for the fourth film of the Mad Max series, tentatively known as Mad Max 4: Fury Road, or simply Mad Max 4,[9] hit financial difficulties early on, and was in development hell for around 25 years. George Miller announced in 2003 that a script had been written for a fourth film, and that pre-production was in the early stages.[10] Although the project was given the green light for a $100 million USD budget to begin shooting in Australia in May 2003, Mad Max 4 almost immediately entered hiatus due to security concerns related to trying to film in Namibia because the United States and many other countries have tightened travel and shipping restrictions. With the outbreak of the Iraq War, Mad Max 4 was (at that time) abandoned as what was a potentially politically sensitive film.
In November 2006, George Miller had stated that he still had full intentions to make Fury Road, telling the press that he was considering doing the film without Mel Gibson, saying, “There's a real hope. The last thing I wanted to do is another Mad Max, but this script came along, and I'm completely carried away with it."[11][12] The film's screenplay was co-written with cult British comic creator Brendan McCarthy, who also designed many of the new characters and vehicles.
Miller again confirmed his desire to make another Mad Max at the 2007 Aurora film maker initiative. However, he did say he thought Mel Gibson would not be interested in the film because he is too old.[13][14]
On March 5, 2009, it was announced that an R-rated 3D animated feature film was in pre-production taking much of the plot from Fury Road,[15] (Mad Max co-creator and director George Miller has already directed an animated feature film - the acclaimed 2006 computer animated Happy Feet), although Mel Gibson would not feature as a voice talent and Miller was looking for a "different route", a "renaissance" of the franchise. Miller cited the famous 1988 Japanese anime sci-fi post-apocalyptic feature film Akira as an inspiration for what he wanted to do with the franchise. George Miller was also developing an action-adventure tie-in video game based on the fourth film, along with God of War II video game designer Cory Barlog. Both projects were expected to take 2 to 2½ years, according to Miller, with a release date in either 2011 or 2012. The upcoming Fury Road film was going to be produced at Dr.D Studios, a digital art studios founded in 2008 by George Miller and Doug Mitchell.
On May 18, 2009, however, it was reported that location scouting was underway for a new live action filming of Mad Max 4. After exploring the possibility of an animated 3D-film, George Miller decided instead to shoot a 3D live action film, at which point plans to make the film animated were immediately dropped, and location scouting for the Mad Max sequel began in May 2009. Australian press releases in May 2009 said: "MAD Max is revving up for a long-awaited return to the big screen, almost 25 years after Tina Turner ran Mel Gibson out of Bartertown. Director George Miller is gearing up to shoot the fourth film in the ground-breaking Aussie Mad Max franchise, industry sources say. Scouting for locations is under way for the movie, which many thought would never get off the ground. It could go into production later this year."
It was announced by George Miller on 24 October 2009, that filming of Fury Road would commence at Broken Hill in New South Wales in early 2011, ending years of speculation. This announcement attracted widespread media attention in Australia, with the popular speculation at that time on whether Mel Gibson would return as Max, even though this had previously been considered unlikely.
On 29 October 2009, it was announced that British actor Tom Hardy was in negotiations to take the lead role of Max, and Charlize Theron will also play a major role. The plot will be set shortly after the events of Beyond Thunderdome. In June 2010, Hardy announced on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that he will play the title role in a new version of Mad Max.
One source reported in July 2010 that Miller would shoot two Mad Max films back-to-back, Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max: Furiosa.
In November 2011, filming was moved from Broken Hill to Namibia, after unexpected heavy rains turned the desert there into a lush landscape of wildflowers, inappropriate for the look of the movie.
Charlize Theron recently confirmed that filming is now scheduled to commence in July 2012 for a 2013 release
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