‘Mad Max 4: Morer Madderer’ becomes official-ish
Rumors that George Miller would be making a Mad Max sequel have been floating around probably since Beyond Thunderdome came out in 1985. Why? Because we don’t need another hero. We just need Mad Max.
Things really started percolating last May and the rumors reared their heads again in August with talk of Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner putting on the leather pants. Most recently it was Tom Hardy who got the fanboys in a tizzy in the little-seen Bronson. Who’s next? Everyone’s favorite buzz-boy, Sam Worthington? (Update: Yes! and Charlize Theron too.)
Anyway, The Hollywood Reporter doesn’t have anything to say about casting or plot, but they confirm that Fury Road, the fourth Mad Max installment will go into production in Australia next year.
I suppose it’s a world I wouldn’t mind returning to, but Thunderdome left kind of a bad taste in my mouth. There were some memorable ideas (Thunderdome itself for example), but also way too many little kids for my taste. On the other hand, if Miller just wants to make a good old fashioned Australian post-apocalyptic car chase movie for $100 million, I’d get in line for that.
Filed under: Development
Tags: Fury Road, George Miller, Jeremy Renner, Mad Max 4, Tom Hardy
I agree, they should have called it quits after Road Warrior. I never feel the slightest compulsion to revisit Thunderdome.
It’s generally a bad idea for a director to return to a character or franchise after 20 years — there’s usually only one motive, and it isn’t a good one. If Miller were still in love with car-crash films, he’d have been making them all this time.
I adore The Road Warrior (search the title at CCC, haha), and considering how lame Thunderdome was, I honestly hope a fourth movie is never made… Although, it would likely be better, simply because that was one of the most disappointing movies I’ve ever seen.
Jeremy Renner would have potential as a Mad Max-like character, however, judging by The Hurt Locker.
Two men enter, one man leaves. Come on, Alexander, MasterBlaster and Thunderdome (and Tina Turner’s ridiculous costume) were almost worth price of a matinee ticket alone.
OK, maybe not.
Like I said, the concept of the thunderdome was memorable, but the rest….not so much.
And yeah, what Frank says about coming back to a franchise all these years later. Fraught with peril.
The Thunderdome sequence was the most alive and original part of the film. Too bad they could only come up with 15 worthwhile minutes of movie.
Did anyone see “Not Quite Hollywood” the doc about Australian exploitation films in the 1970s? It was here for like 5 minutes and I meant to check it out, but never got around to it. It looked kind of great.
Ha….it turns out Sam Worthington IS the latest rumor. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/movies/mad-max-to-the-rescue-of-aussie-film-industry/story-e6frexli-1225790616747