Mad Max: Fury Road

[*PREACHER*]

Originally Posted by harry lime

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/

WOW. 100 Million dollars is a shit load to throw at this movie. With that level of investment Miller should have enough freedom to go all out.

Also, heads up, I read in the blu-ray forum that The Road Warrior is out of print on blu-ray.

Thanks for the heads up on that!!!

[harry lime]

Amen. Making this movie PG13 is the same as taking that 100 million and setting it on fire. Either way the studio will never get it back.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by harry lime

Amen. Making this movie PG13 is the same as taking that 100 million and setting it on fire. Either way the studio will never get it back.

Uh, PG-13 movies tend to make a lot more money than R-rated ones. You and I might not like it, but it's true. If the budget crawls past $100 million, the film will be rated PG-13, mark my words.

[Decado]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Uh, PG-13 movies tend to make a lot more money than R-rated ones. You and I might not like it, but it's true. If the budget crawls past $100 million, the film will be rated PG-13, mark my words.

PG-13 movies tend to make a lot more money than R-rated ones because they are designed in a way to make it possible. There are definitely cases where an R-rated version would do better. It just depends on the paranoia level of the execs involved and what they feel they can do with the film.

I'd agree that the chances of the movie being R-rated are pretty slim if the budget gets any higher than $100m, though. Hell, even at $100m it's doubtful. I simply don't understand why they need such a large budget. A Mad Max film shouldn't need to be more than $50m, IMO.

[harry lime]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Uh, PG-13 movies tend to make a lot more money than R-rated ones. You and I might not like it, but it's true. If the budget crawls past $100 million, the film will be rated PG-13, mark my words.

You know, you're right. However, I still doubt that they would alienate old mad max fans by doing so. If the director was someone different I think it would be nearly guaranteed to be pg-13... or lower

Disney presents Pixar's Mad Max

[SpiderBaby]

Seems to be the first photo of Hardy on location in Namibia:



also some photos taken by someone on set:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/caprico...th/7609116980/

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Uh, PG-13 movies tend to make a lot more money than R-rated ones. You and I might not like it, but it's true. If the budget crawls past $100 million, the film will be rated PG-13, mark my words.

Watch Doomsday, it's a terrible film, but it basically rips off Mad Max for half of it (Along with Escape From New York, Gladiator, James Bond, Aliens, if you can name it, they got it) and they came out with the budget of $30 Mill

[Foggy]

Finally finished filming, looks like we might get to see this after all.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/...-wraps-filming

[L-Rouge]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Finally finished filming, looks like we might get to see this after all.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/...-wraps-filming

should be really interesting, I loved Mad Max 2 especially.

[rkolinski]

Charlize Theron - hair slowly growing back after going bald for "Mad Max: Fury Road"

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[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Finally finished filming, looks like we might get to see this after all.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/...-wraps-filming

Wow, I never thought we'd actually see it. Glad to see it finally finished shooting.

[BJ Blazkowicz]

Any word/guesses on when this will hit theaters?

[cinemaphile]

with filming ending now I would think fall 2013, but IMDb now says 2014, so who knows?

[cine74]

Movies (or sequels) that take 10-15+ years to get off the ground don't usually fare well (Indy 4, T3, Carrie 2, Basic Instinct 2, etc). OTOH, the producers of FURY ROAD took their sweet time to make the film, whereas most studio pictures wrap in 6 weeks, so this is a good sign. But, there's the reportedly huge budget - another bad sign. I agree that these movies can be done on much smaller budgets if you've got a creative team but all this money tells me there will be plenty of groan-inducing CGI and fancy camerawork. One thing I loved about Road Warrior (not so much the first or 3rd films) was the simplicity of the execution. It was all about the awesome stuntwork and editing (pre-MTV but strangely appropriate for this film), very little dialogue and great location shooting and backdrops. I just hope Mad Max 4 doesn't turn into Death Race 5.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by cine74

Movies (or sequels) that take 10-15+ years to get off the ground don't usually fare well (Indy 4, T3, Carrie 2, Basic Instinct 2, etc). OTOH, the producers of FURY ROAD took their sweet time to make the film, whereas most studio pictures wrap in 6 weeks, so this is a good sign. But, there's the reportedly huge budget - another bad sign. I agree that these movies can be done on much smaller budgets if you've got a creative team but all this money tells me there will be plenty of groan-inducing CGI and fancy camerawork. One thing I loved about Road Warrior (not so much the first or 3rd films) was the simplicity of the execution. It was all about the awesome stuntwork and editing (pre-MTV but strangely appropriate for this film), very little dialogue and great location shooting and backdrops. I just hope Mad Max 4 doesn't turn into Death Race 5.

your examples dont really apply, do they? youre naming sequels with actors who have aged over those 10-15 years like Ford and Arnold. You're talking sequels no one ever wanted like Basic Instinct 2 and Carrie 2.
This doesn't star the same guy, and it isn't a sequel. It's a remake. Or rather a reboot. And those largely do just fine.

[cine74]

Sequel, remake, reboot, different actors, it doesn't matter. The point was, it took them more than 25 years to make another Mad Max film. Historically, this is a sign that there was some trouble getting the project off the ground: people disagreeing with the storyline, actors coming on board and then leaving, false starts, budget disputes, you name it. The end result is usually a product that's been compromised in some way.

And no, reboots don't "largely do just fine". They largely suck.

[Pondosinatra]

As much as I love Charlize....this is going to suck.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by cine74

Sequel, remake, reboot, different actors, it doesn't matter. The point was, it took them more than 25 years to make another Mad Max film. Historically, this is a sign that there was some trouble getting the project off the ground: people disagreeing with the storyline, actors coming on board and then leaving, false starts, budget disputes, you name it. The end result is usually a product that's been compromised in some way.

And no, reboots don't "largely do just fine". They largely suck.

All the issues were weather related, they've been having troubles filming this damn thing.

The whole 25 year thing is an exaggeration on IGN part, they probably had probs back in the day with a sequel, and this is an entirely different film from it.

[jrsl76]

Very excited for this and Tom Hardy is a wonderful choice for Max.

[pgestradasp1]

First look at Hardy as Max