MAD MAX 4 is pre-strike, and Miller is on board

Posted by Matt Holmes. Last modified on October 26th, 2007 at 12:10am

MAD MAX 4 is pre-strike, and Miller is on board

Aussie director George Miller sure doesn’t carry the same worrying concerns that we have over his Justice League of America film. Hell, he’s so confident he can breeze his way through the massive flick that he’s even going to work another movie at the same time.

And this is not some small affair either.

It’s MAD MAX 4: FURY ROAD!

Moviehole are reporting what they claim to be 100% legit information that Mel Gibson won’t star in the movie that opened it’s pre-production offices in Sydney this week and that casting could be under way very soon.

The movie could even be completed before Miller shoots a single frame of JLA, but the cross-over of work is almost inevitable. JLA is a huge picture which would normally take a director’s full attention all the way from pre-production to the editing room.

I mean just look at Christopher Nolan. He had at least a four month shoot on The Dark Knight, with months and months of preparation beforehand and now months in post. Miller should really be hard at work on that movie 24 hours a day between now and it’s completion date, unless of course he has just been brought in by WB for JLA to be a ’steady hand, yes man’ behind the camera.

Just like Gerard Butler in the Escape from New York remake… Kurt Russell is not too old to still play Snake, and I think it’s the same for Mel with Mad Max. With the way Gibson’s public image is right now (though his movies as a director are just fantastic) I think it would be a great thing to see him do a Lethal Weapon or Mad Max movie again. There was something really cool about just seeing Mel Gibson on screen having fun that I kinda miss.

So Mad Max would seem to be back on. It’s funny how he didn’t direct a movie for 8 years between Babe: Pig in the City and Happy Feet… and now just one year on from his animated return, he is looking to work on two huge movies in such a short space of time. One of them, no doubt the biggest of his career.

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George Miller is a jack of all trades, master of none. He’ll try to do two huge films, and both of them will be half-done. It’s time for somebody in the studios to tell him one or the other.

And as for Justice League, it is SERIOULY time for a new director –somebody with some sense. Miller’s only claim to fame are a couple of Mel Gibson genre vechicles during the 80’s and that just isn’t enough to do a cutting-edge flick in the 21st century –especialy not one that REQUIRES a director with the right sensibilities in all respects, starting with casting.
JLA needs a Zach Snyder or a Chris Nolan. It needs the young lions out here, not the old goats who still think they’ve got it, even though they lost it long ago.

Comment by JaySmack | October 26, 2007

Again, if this doesn’t sound like a rush job, I don’t know what does. “Sure, I can squeeze in two blockbusters in one season.” These projects are starting to sound like one big fucking joke.

Comment by DirtyLungs | October 26, 2007

Hmm…I see what you guys mean. Originally I thought George Miller was good as any director, but now i’m starting to think that this Justice League movie is not right for him. He seems to have only done a couple of recognizable films such as the mad max series, a sequel to the babe(pig) movie, and the recent animated movie “happy feet.” Now I haven’t seen “Happy Feet” but from the trailers, it didnt quite interest me. And I loved Ratatouille, so thats saying somethin.
Anyways, maybe now im rethinking about Miller and if he can really pull off a special effects movie full of superheros. I think he may be able to but it won’t WOW us like someone like christopher nolan or zach snyder(as you mentioned jaysmack). Also, he seems to be an old timer so i have less faith that he will be knowledgable in the digital age and more advanced computer work that the movie will undoubtedly call for which some like snyder would be more involved with.
In any case, I am feeling a bit worrisome but i’ll see what else comes to show.
In my opinion, there’s no Mad Max without Mel Gibson. I don’t give a damn what any of you say, but that’s it. Mel Gibson is Max and he is what made those damn movies great! If George Miller is wanting to make a Mad Max 4 without Mel, then he truly is senile!!!

Comment by ALK | October 26, 2007

Really disappointed with the Mad Max 4 news. Not just that Gibson won’t be back as Max, but that Miller is going to ‘half-heartedly’ direct it. Mad Max and Mad Max 2 are two of my favorite films. I think this new version is going to be a joke :(

Comment by Mike Randall | October 27, 2007

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