The original Max (Mel Gibson) walks the post-apocalyptic wasteland in The Road Warrior. At the end of a recent screening of the film, director Edgar Wright (of Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim fame) opined that modern cinematic dystopias fall into one of two categories: Blade Runner or Mad Max.Īnd it's hard to see how Wright could be wrong.
Modern cinematic dystopias fall into one of two categories: Blade Runner or Mad Maxīut even if you haven't seen a Mad Max movie, you've seen a movie influenced by a Mad Max movie - whether you know it or not. But thank goodness the company did, because Fury Road is action movie perfection. They don't replay on television endlessly, and their popularity seems to have waned over the years - which makes Warner Bros.' choice to bankroll a big-budget sequel to the original trilogy a little strange. If you're not a serious cinephile, it's entirely possible you haven't ever seen a Mad Max movie.
Mad Max: Fury Road, a sequel to a movie series that saw its last installment released in 1985. But that happens a lot, where films line up and the stars look like they're aligning and they didn't." George Miller said that happened three times with Fury Road.įans are hoping the Mad Max: Fury Road sequel doesn't face as many setbacks as the last one, and it gets made when Miller feels ready to go.From out of the wasteland of bad computer-generated effects and endless comic book adaptations, action movie fans' best hope for something truly original is. "We almost got there, and it wasn't to be. 'Mad Max' mastermind George Miller answers if Mel Gibson will appear in another movie (Photo by Jun Sato) via Jun Sato February 2, 2016Īccording to Christian Post, Miller came very close. He finished Fury Road in his late 60s, nearly three decades after he finished Beyond Thunderdome. With those kinds of accolades, it would be surprising to see George Miller abandon a Mad Max: Fury Road sequel. Some have blamed Fury Road's feminist influence for the change, but all criticism aside, the film has managed to grab some awards and might take home more at the Oscars. Some, however, are hoping to see Max Rockatansky become more central to the story next time like he was in The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome.Īdmittedly, Max usually always got sucked into other people's problems in his films, but Tom Hardy's character was more of a side character than he was the lead. Fans have proven that they want to know more about him or Furiosa.
Miller had previously revealed that Fury Road is full of characters who simply didn't have enough screen time to get a backstory, and even the flaming guitar guy could get a spin-off. No details have been revealed surrounding what these Mad Max: Fury Road sequel stories are, but rumors have pointed to the idea that Miller may make the next film into a spin-off about Furiosa. One is in the form of a script, while the other is a detailed novella. He and scriptwriter Nico Lathouris already have the ideas written. Movie News Guide states that two possible stories could be used in the next film, if and when George Miller decides to move ahead with it. Stark realism in an unforgiving environment has its costs.
The African desert was not easy on anyone involved with the last film, and Tom Hardy even did his own stunts. With the potential problems facing a Mad Max: Fury Road sequel, Miller likely wants to take a break and make sure he's ready for another undertaking first. Later, preservationists in Africa gave him plenty of grief about potentially destroying the fragile ecosystem with his practical effects. The site down under was covered in grass and rain, and it would have destroyed the illusion of a dystopian future where water is scarce. In the process of filming Fury Road, Miller was met with many delays including needing to move the filming site from Australia to Africa.
The chances of seeing another film in the franchise by 2020 are very much in question. George Miller is likely planning to make a sequel, at least but, given his filming style, it probably won't happen anytime soon. Then, less than a week later, he said he was never going to make another one.įollow this up with the news that Miller stated his words were "garbled," and fans have a storm of rumors rivaling the ones that Max and Furiosa drove into in Fury Road. At first, it was rumored that director George Miller might be making two more films in the franchise. Rumors surrounding the Mad Max: Fury Road sequel were brutal for a while.