Hardy/Theron Confirmed For Mad Max 4
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron will be the two leads in the next Mad Max movie, Fury Road.
Rumours have been abound for years as to who would reprise the role of Max Rockatansky, with names like Mel Gibson, Sam Worthington and Jeremy Renner being thrown around but it looks like the task has been bestowed to the British-born Hardy. He most recently made waves for his role in the prison movie Bronson but he also played Handsome Bob in RockNRolla and he appeared in Black Hawk Down, Layer Cake and is currently filming Christopher Nolan’s Inception.
The franchise’s original writer/directer George Miller will also be the man behind this installment, which is scheduled to begin filming next year in Australia.
You can click HERE to watch video of Miller announcing his intentions on the movie.
Mad Max 4 Finally On
After years of rumours and speculation, it seems that a fourth Mad Max movie is really going to happen. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that George Miller will film Mad Max: Fury Road in Sydney and throughout the outback of New South Wales beginning in August next year. Although there is not yet any studio backing for the movie, it will carry with it a $100 million budget.
Some of the names recently being thrown around to star in Fury Road include Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hardy and Sam Worthington. Worthington and Hardy seem to be getting the most press. A cast for the movie has not been announced but even as I write this article, some media outlets are saying that Hardy is out and Worthington is in to play the lead role.
Mel Gibson starred as a cop in the post-apocalyptic wastelands of Australia in the first three Mad Max movies in 1979, 1981 and 1985. It is these three movies that are seen as kick-starting his movie career. Although Gibson’s name has popped up from time to time, it does not appear that he will have anything to do with Mad Max 4.
George Miller wrote and directed Mad Max, Mad Max 2 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
Check out the video below where Miller makes his announcement on Fury Road.
Although the movie will start shooting in 2010, it is expected to take two friggin’ years to complete so it probably won’t be in theatres until 2012 or 2013.
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