Mad Max 4, 3-D anime feature film?

[PH3AR]

A sequel, entitled Mad Max 4: Fury Road (MM4FR), was originally intended to be the fourth movie in the Mad Max franchise. The film was announced in December 2002 to begin shooting in Australia in May 2003.The status of the Fury Road film now is in pre-production. Although the project was given the green light for a $100 million USD budget, Fury Road has been in hiatus due to security concerns related to trying to film in Africa, because the United States and many other countries have tightened travel and shipping restrictions. However, as recently as November 2006, George Miller stated that he still has full intentions to make another Mad Max film, telling the press that he’s considering doing the film without 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." The film's screenplay was co-written with cult British comic creator Brendan McCarthy, who also designed many of the new characters and vehicles. Ten News in Australia has stated that George Miller is definitely making another Mad Max film. He has stated that he wants a Hollywood unknown to take the role of Max Rockatansky. 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.

On March 5, 2009, it was announced that the franchise would be revived with a "3-D anime feature film". George Miller is resurrecting the idea as an R-rated, stereoscopic anime film for theatrical release.

I was interested till they want it to be a 3-D anime feature film!

[WyldeMan45]

Yeah nothing screams Australian bad ass like japanese animation. I love Mad Max but George Miller if this is your plan, suck it!

[PH3AR]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Yeah nothing screams Australian bad ass like japanese animation. I love Mad Max but George Miller if this is your plan, suck it!

I love Mad Max as well, but as soon as i heard this i was like WTF! Mad Max Anime, like he thinks that will bring in money at boxoffice

[GreenScar]

Looks like it may just be live action:

A few months ago, I caught back-to-back-to-back showings of all three Mad Max films, which I had never seen before. It was quite an experience and I have since become a fan of, well, all three of them, although I prefer Road Warrior the most. One thing in particular that I noticed is that all three of the films are vastly different from each other. The craziest of all of them is Beyond Thunderdome, which is just a wild adventure that makes no sense and doesn't end the series that well. We've been hearing rumors for a while now about a Mad Max 4 from George Miller and The Herald Sun newspaper in Australia claims to have an update.

The Aussie newspaper claims that "scouting for locations is under way for the movie" and that it "could go into production later this year." But wait? Didn't George Miller say he was planning on making Mad Max 4 as an anime just a few months ago? What gives? Either this newspaper is shilling some bullshit (which is, sadly, the more likely answer) or they've got a juicy update that no one else knows about yet. The paper doesn't credit any sources and otherwise provides no other new information, so we're not sure if they're digging up an old story and claiming it's new or if they've got something real. Anyone know anything else?

Suffice it to say, after that Mad Max marathon, I'm actually starting to think that maybe Mad Max 4 could be kind of cool to see? If the differences between Road Warrior and Thunderdome are any indication, I'm curious to see just how much will be changed. How much crazier has George Miller become this time?

Update: Harry at Ain't It Cool News posted another update today from an anonymous source in Australia. Apparently Miller "has already had the various vehicles built for years now - as they were built for the doomed Fury Road shoot." Word is that they've brought some of these cars out of storage and are preparing them for this new sequel. "There will be a new Max as this isn't an Ethan Embry story," he claims. Who knows whether we can believe this or not, but it is another interesting update on Mad Max 4. Hopefully it's all true, because if it is, then that means that this sequel is much farther along than anyone of us knew.

[iori]

I will see it any way possible, Im that big of a fan.

[PH3AR]

Originally Posted by GreenScar

Looks like it may just be live action:

thats good then i would probally see it then