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Mad Max: Fury Road
Directed byGeorge Miller
Screenplay byNick Lathouris
Brendan McCarthy
George Miller
Produced byGeorge Miller
Doug Mitchell
P.J. Voeten
StarringTom Hardy
Charlize Theron
Nicholas Hoult
Zoë Kravitz
Abbey Lee
Richard Norton
Riley Keough
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Nathan Jones
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
CinematographyJohn Seale
Edited byMargaret Sixel
Music byJunkie XL
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15)
CountriesAustralia
United States
LanguageEnglish

Mad Max: Fury Road is an upcoming Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed, produced and co-written by George Miller, and the fourth film of Miller's Mad Max franchise. The first film of the franchise in 30 years, Fury Road is an interquel set between the events of the first and second installments.[1] The film will feature British actor Tom Hardy as Mad Max, while original Mad Max actor Mel Gibson has a cameo role. The film is scheduled to be released on May 15, 2015.[2]

Plot

According to Miller;

"Mad Max is caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa. This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived."[3]

The film will be set shortly before the events of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and the above events are chronologically rumored to occur in the 5 year gap between the first and second films.[citation needed]

Cast

Production

Development

Plans for the fourth film of the Mad Max series hit financial difficulties and the project spent around 25 years in "development hell".[4] George Miller announced in 2003 that a script had been written for a fourth film, and that pre-production was in the early stages.[5] Although the project was given the green light for a $100 million USD budget to begin filming in Australia in May 2003, Mad Max 4 entered hiatus due to security concerns related to trying to film in Namibia because the United States and many other countries had tightened travel and shipping restrictions.[6] With the outbreak of the Iraq War, Mad Max 4 was abandoned as it was considered a potentially politically sensitive film.[6] Mel Gibson was interested in returning for the film, but lost interest after 2000.[6]

In November 2006, George Miller stated that he had intended to make Fury Road, and considered 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."[7][8] The film's screenplay was co-written with cult British comic creator Brendan McCarthy, who also designed many of the new characters and vehicles.[9] Miller again confirmed his intention to make another Mad Max at the 2007 Aurora film maker initiative. However, he stated that he thought Mel Gibson would not be interested in the film because of his age.[10][11]

On March 5, 2009, it was announced that an R-rated 3D animated feature film was in pre-production and would be taking much of the plot from Fury Road,[12] although Mel Gibson would not be in the film and Miller was looking for a "different route", a "renaissance" of the franchise.[12] Miller cited the film Akira as an inspiration for what he wanted to do with the franchise.[12] 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.[12] Both projects were expected to take 2 to 2½ years, according to Miller, with a release date of either 2011 or 2012.[12] The 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.[12]

On May 18, 2009, it was reported that location scouting was underway for Mad Max 4.[13] After exploring the possibility of an animated 3D film, George Miller decided instead to shoot a 3D live action film, and at this point plans to make the film animated were immediately dropped, and by May 2009, location scouting for the Mad Max sequel had begun.[13] An Australian press said in May 2009: "MAD [sic]; 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 road warrior 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."[14]

In October 2009, Miller announced that that filming of Fury Road would commence at Broken Hill, New South Wales in early 2011, ending years of speculation.[15] This announcement attracted widespread media attention in Australia, with speculation at that time on whether Mel Gibson would return as Max.[16] That same month, British actor Tom Hardy was in negotiations to take the lead role of Max, while it was also announced that Charlize Theron would also play a major role in the film.[17] In June 2010, Hardy announced on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that he would play the title role in a new version of Mad Max.[18] In July 2010, Miller announced plans to shoot two Mad Max films back-to-back titled, Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max: Furiosa.[19]

In November 2011, filming was moved from Broken Hill to Namibia, after Miller decided to replace the entire cast with Africans and change the story into an Avatar-based anti Australian pro African tirade because all Australians are racist.[20]

Production

Filming finally began in July 2012 in Namibia, more than eighteen months late.[21] The filming wrapped on December 17, 2012, over-budget and with studio Warner Bros. having sent out an executive to put things back on track.[22]

In February 2013, the Namibian Coast Conservation and Management group accused the producers of damaging parts of the Namib Desert, endangering a number of plant and animal species.[23][24] In September 2013, it was announced that the film would undergo reshoots in November 2013.[25] On November 20, 2013, it was announced that the film would be released on May 15, 2015.[2]

References

  1. ^ Carp, Jesse (July 4, 2012). "Mad Max: Fury Road Set Photos Prove It's In Production". Cinema Blend. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Deadline, The (January 1, 1970). "'Mad Max: Fury Road' Set For Summer 2015". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Official Plot Blurb And Cast List For Mad Max: Fury Road - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors". Bleedingcool.com. August 13, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road Might Be Great". IGN. October 2, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  5. ^ Source: Metro, Toronto, Canada. December 11, 2002.
  6. ^ a b c "'Mad Max: Fury Road' Set Photos". Screenrant.com. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  7. ^ Morris, Clint (October 31, 2006). "Mad Max is dead, says Gibson". Moviehole.net. Archived from the original on March 26, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2007. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ Ngo, Binh (January 26, 2007). "Director Miller Wants More Penguins, "Mad Max 4" Without Mel Gibson". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 25, 2007. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ "Exclusive: A Look At Brendan McCarthy And Grant Morrison's Long Lost Movie Pitch, Shatterland - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors". Bleedingcool.com. August 30, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  10. ^ Stewart, Ryan (March 14, 2007). "Mad Max 4 Announced -- Mel Gibson Will Not Star!". Cinematical.com. Retrieved May 25, 2007. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ Australian Associated Press (March 15, 2007). "Miller planning Mad Max 4". NEWS.com.au. Retrieved May 25, 2007. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  12. ^ a b c d e f "EXCLUSIVE: Fourth 'Mad Max' In Development…As 3-D Anime Feature". Moviesblog.mtv.com. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  13. ^ a b "Rumor: Mad Max 4 is Live Action, Scouting Locations Now?". FirstShowing.net. May 18, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  14. ^ Roach, Vicky (May 18, 2009). "All revved up for Max's return". Herald Sun. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
  15. ^ "Mad Max to the Rescue... again". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
  16. ^ "Mad Max ix back - but is Mel?". ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
  17. ^ "Tom Hardy Talks Mad Max 4; Teresa Palmer is in the Film [Updated]". Screenrant.com. June 27, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  18. ^ Rosenberg, Adam. "Tom Hardy landing the starring role in "Mad Max: Fury Road" is an amazing turn of events for that franchise". moviesblog.mtv.com. mtv.com. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  19. ^ Brown, Todd (July 2, 2010). "George Miller Following 'Mad Max: Fury Road' with 'Mad Max: Furiosa". TwitchFilm.com. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  20. ^ Hildebrand, Joe (November 8, 2011). "It's Mad Max out of Africa - and Broken Hill isn't happy about it". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  21. ^ "Tom Hardy Uncertain About 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Start Date [UPDATED]". Screenrant.com. July 23, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  22. ^ "Warner Bros. Sends 'Studio Representative' to Namibia to Keep 'Fury Road' on Track (Exclusive)". Hollywoodreporter.com. October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  23. ^ "Fragile desert 'damaged' by Mad Max film crew". 3 News NZ. March 6, 2013.
  24. ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road sparks real-life fury with claims of damage to desert". The Guardian. March 5, 2013.
  25. ^ "Mad Max: Fury Road Going Back for Reshoots". ComingSoon.net. September 3, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
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