George Miller

Charlize Theron Says MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Starts Filming June 2

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 23rd, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Director George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road has been a long time coming.  The film was planned as a reboot of sorts for Miller’s Mad Max series that launched Mel Gibson’s career.  Pre-production began in 2009 with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron set to star, and when filming was finally gearing up to commence in late 2010 on the ambitious, large-scale project, Miller announced that they would have to postpone production until 2012.  Torrential rains flooded the area in Australia where Miller was planning to shoot, so he decided to wait until the landscape returned to its desert-like nature.  Hit the jump for more.

New Images of Vehicles from MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 11th, 2012 at 6:03 pm

Director George Miller is having a tough time getting Mad Max: Fury Road made. The Mad Max reboot was supposed to shoot in 2011, but weather and changing landscapes lead to a herculean delay. When the planned Australian location refused to revert back to its desert topography, Miller decided to move production to Africa. Now filming on the first entry in a planned trilogy is set to commence in April in Nambia, with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron set as the leads, and some images of a few new vehicles have surfaced. We’ve already gotten a peek at some of what Miller has put together, but the vehicles seen here promise an adequate amount of destruction. Hit the jump to check them out.

George Miller Says He’s Writing a New MAD MAX Trilogy; also Working on Animated Movie FUR BRIGADE

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 29th, 2011 at 12:49 pm

Writer-director George Miller is having trouble getting just one new Mad Max movie into production, but it looks like he’s now aiming to get three of them.  Mad Max: Fury Road was supposed to be the first part of two new movies, which were set to shoot back-to-back in 2011.  Then weather and changing landscapes caused massive delays, but Miller now plans to begin filming in Namibia in April with additional filming and post-production taking place in his native Australia.  But it looks like he has yet another Mad Max movie in him. Hit the jump for more.

Director George Miller Talks HAPPY FEET TWO, MAD MAX, and JUSTICE LEAGUE

by Christina Radish    Posted: November 16th, 2011 at 8:19 am

In 2007, the smash hit Happy Feet won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. So, it’s certainly no surprise that writer/director George Miller and some of the voice cast returned for Happy Feet Two. This time around, Erik, the tiny son of master tap dancer Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) and the vocally gifted Gloria (voiced by Pink), runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven (Hank Azaria), the only penguin who can fly. When violent shifts in the glacial landscape of Antarctica threaten the survival of the entire Emperor penguin community, Mumble and Erik must rally all creatures, both great and small, to save them.

During a press conference to promote the film, George Miller talked about collaborating with tap master Savion Glover for the penguin choreography, the importance of following nature and natural history for the film’s story, how despite our differences we can overcome the chaos of the world, what a privilege it was for him to see this voice cast working and recording together, and how he has no idea what the story for Happy Feet 3 could be, at this point. He also talked about his Justice League movie with Common as Green Lantern that never got off the ground, and whether Mad Max: Fury Road will ever actually happen. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

George Miller Talks About His Aborted JUSTICE LEAGUE Movie and Gives Update on MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

by Christina Radish    Posted: November 8th, 2011 at 5:29 pm

Although previously known for his live-action work, including Babe: Pig in the City, Lorenzo’s Oil, The Witches of Eastwick and his feature directorial debut Mad Max, writer/director George Miller has also made his mark in the animated world with the smash hit Happy Feet (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2007) and its sequel, Happy Feet Two.

While we will run what he had to say about that film, closer to its November 18^th release date, we did want to share what he had to say about his live-action work, his Justice League movie with Common as Green Lantern that never got off the ground, and whether Mad Max: Fury Road will ever actually happen. Check out what he had to say after the jump:

New Trailer for HAPPY FEET TWO

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 6th, 2011 at 2:37 pm

A new trailer has gone online for George Miller’s Happy Feet Two. I know I’m not the target audience for these movies but I find penguins adorable.  Theoretically, I should be willing to give the Happy Feet flicks the benefit of the doubt on that alone.  But the animators for the Happy Feet films made a serious error when they decided to give the penguins human eyes.  The characters all exist in a weird middle ground between trying to have animated expressions and still remain realistic-looking.  The movies are made worse by the having penguins squeak out hip-hop songs. But none of that matters because the movie will probably make hundreds of millions of dollars.  Hooray.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer, which doesn’t tell you what the movie is about (Mumble and his son have to find an escape route when the penguin population is covered in ice). The film features the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (P!nk), Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, Hugo Weaving, Richard Carter, Common, Magda Szubanski, and Anthony LaPagila.  Happy Feet Two opens in 3D on November 18th.

Are These Vehicles from MAD MAX: FURY ROAD?

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 21st, 2011 at 11:13 am

Filming on George Miller’s Mad Max reboot, Mad Max: Fury Road, was originally set to begin in August 2010 but then was pushed back to February 2011.  Then it was kicked back eleven months to January 2012 because torrential rains had flooded the Australian desert where the movie planned to shoot.  Last month, Tom Hardy, who will play the eponymous road warrior, said the film will go before cameras in April and it looks like he could have his ride.  MadMaxMovies.com may have landed some set photos of a couple vehicles used in the movie.  The truck definitely looks like it could fit into the world of Mad Max and if the four-door sedan is actually attached to the six-wheeler, that’s an awesome design.  Of course, these could just be pieces of a different, unknown vehicle, and this is assuming these cars are even from Fury Road in the first place.

Hit the jump to check out the potential vehicles.  Mad Max: Fury Road co-stars Charlize Theron and possibly Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class) and Riley Kileough (The Runaway).

Tom Hardy Says MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Starts Filming April 2012

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: August 19th, 2011 at 4:44 pm

George Miller’s Mad Max follow-up Fury Road has had a bit of a storied history. The film was originally set to start production in August 2010 with stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, but after massive sets had been built and intense pre-production work was underway, torrential rains flooded the Australian desert that was set to be the film’s backdrop for the duration of the shoot.

Flash forward to this past March, when Miller gave an update on the project saying that they would restart pre-production later this year and commence filming early next year, with the film fully funded and ready to go. Now we have a solid start date, as Hardy revealed to Steve at today’s Warrior press day that the film will begin production next April. He said:

“we’re going to have to find somewhere else to shoot it, but it looks like it’s going in April.”

Hit the jump for more on Mad Max: Fury Road.

HAPPY FEET 2 Trailer

by Ben Garman    Posted: May 26th, 2011 at 12:44 pm

The first trailer has landed for Happy Feet 2, the sequel to 2007′s best animated feature Oscar winner, and it has to be said, it is pretty grin inducing.  As to be expected, it features a host of cute and cuddly penguins bopping about and tapping their (happy) feet, and in this case rapping to Justin Timberlake’s “Sexy Back”, albeit cunningly reworded “Fluffy Back” – think of the children!  Happy Feet 2 carries some heavy weight vocal talent, including Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Sofia Vergara among a ton of others, and Mad Max‘s George Miller is returning to direct.  It opens November 18, 2011 in the US, followed by a later release of December 2, 2011 in the UK.  Hit the jump for the trailer and official synopsis.

BABE Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: May 24th, 2011 at 10:22 am

In 1995, Babe was nominated for an Academy award against Sense and Sensibility, Il Postino, Braveheart and Apollo 13. It lost to Braveheart, of course, but at the time, the academy had been dabbling with supporting children’s entertainment by nominating films like Beauty and the Beast for best picture – in all cases those nominations were the wins. Now there’s a category for animated pictures, and likely we’ll never see Pixar win a best picture trophy. But watching Babe again, it’s hard not to call it a classic. And it’s hard not to call it a masterpiece, kid’s film or no. Babe was robbed, and our review of the Blu-ray follows after the jump.

George Miller Provides Update on MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Says Filming Set to Begin January 2012

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: March 3rd, 2011 at 4:57 pm

Director George Miller’s highly anticipated next installment in his Mad Max franchise, Mad Max: Fury Road, has had quite a rocky development. Originally, the $100 million flick was to start shooting last August for 9 months, with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron ready to topline the flick. Massive pre-production got underway and Miller began building sets and cars for the film. Then, suddenly, production was pushed back an entire year because torrential rains were flooding the are in Australia where the crew was set to flim. Now, Miller has provided an update to The Daily Telegraph (via The Playlist) on when production on the Warner Bros. film will resume:

“We will restart pre-production later this year and begin early next year—weather permitting. We’ve built the vehicles. We’ve designed the movie. The principal cast is locked in. The film is funded. It’s all ready to go. We just wait.”

For more on the film, included what cast is locked in and why Theresa Palmer may no longer be involved, hit the jump.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Filming Delayed to 2012

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: October 9th, 2010 at 10:46 am

Filming on Mad Max: Fury Road has already been subject to delays.  The six-month $100 million shoot was meant to kick off August 2010 with stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in New South Wales, before the start date was revised to February of next year.  The production has been pushed back again, this time a full year to February 2012.

Even worse, The Australian [via /Film] reports that “the high Australian dollar could ultimately kill the film as its budget grows.”  The first delay was for meteorological reasons, but the report doesn’t specify the nature of this postponement.  Is an ever-bloating budget to blame?  Hit the jump for a brief recap of what we know about the Mad Max reboot.

Armie Hammer Interview THE SOCIAL NETWORK; Plus He Talks About Almost Playing Batman in JUSTICE LEAGUE

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: September 26th, 2010 at 9:20 pm

This weekend I attended The Social Network press junket in New York City.  With Harvard playing a big part in the movie (Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his Harvard dorm room), Sony decided to hold the junket at the exclusive Harvard Club in the heart of NYC.

Anyhow, at the junket I was able to interview Armie Hammer, as he plays both Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.  If you don’t know how Facebook started, the Winklevoss twins were a key component in the creation of Facebook.  I’d like to say more…but the movie is so much better if you don’t know the story.

During the interview (which I did with Dave Chen from Slashfilm) Hammer talks about the incredible challenge of playing twins, tells some great behind the scenes stories of working with Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher, and he also talks about almost playing Batman in director George Miller’s Justice League movie.  If you’re a fan of Fincher and curious how he makes movies, you definitely want to watch this interview.  Hit the jump for more:

Riley Keough May Take George Miller’s FURY ROAD Less Traveled

by Jason Barr    Posted: August 10th, 2010 at 8:20 am

Riley Keough (The Runaways) is apparently close to landing a role in director George Miller’s fourth Mad Max installment, Mad Max: Fury Road. If cast, the young actress would join Tom Hardy (Inception), Charlize Theron, and Nicholas Hoult (Clash of the Titans) in the film. According to Heat Vision, Keough would play “one of the ‘Five Wives,’ a group of women that Hardy must protect from the bad guys.” Sounds pretty self-explanatory if you ask me…

In case you’re lacking your daily Riley Keough “fun fact,” here’s one for you: she is the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and musician/actor Danny Keough. If my math is correct, that makes her the granddaughter of “The King” Elvis Presley. For more info on the film and to see what other rock and roll ties exist within the cast, hit the jump.

George Miller Shooting MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and MAD MAX: FURIOSA Back-to-Back?

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 2nd, 2010 at 12:12 pm

Director George Miller is reportedly shooting Mad Max: Fury Road back-to-back with an unannounced sequel entitled Mad Max: Furiosa.  Twitch reports that the films are being shot back-to-back for a rapid release.  This is the first we’ve heard about a second sequel, let alone one that’s being shot back-to-back with Fury Road.  While this may sound surprising, some of you may remember in October 2009 when we reported that filming would take place over 30 weeks (an average shoot is about six weeks).  While that shooting schedule sounded like a crazy amount of time, star Tom Hardy recently told Steve that “Shooting is probably nine months.”  That’s quite a lot of time for one movie, but for two movies, it makes a lot more sense.

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