Mad Max 4 on cards

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SYDNEY (AFP) - Oscar-winning movie director George Miller (news, bio, voting record) has revealed plans to make a new sequel to his cult classic "Mad Max", but said
Mel Gibson was too old to reprise the role that made him a star.

The Australian filmmaker, flushed with his
Academy Awards win last month for his animated penguin movie "Happy Feet," said he wants to make a fourth "Mad Max" film, the post-apocalyptic movies he launched 28 years ago.

But Gibson, the heart-throb star who made his name in 1979's "Mad Max" and who has gone on to become one of Hollywood's most powerful directors, will not make a comeback as the series' leather-clad enforcer.

"I have a few projects in the pipeline including an animation ... but I do want to make another Mad Max movie and get stuck back into that," Miller, 62, said in Sydney.

"It (the lead) won't be Mel. He was 21 when he made the first one, now he's a lot older and his passion is for film making and directing.

"I don't think he is into acting and I don't think he would be interested in being involved at all," Miller said of the 51-year-old star.

Miller directed Gibson as a policeman waging a lonely battle against vicious biker gangs in two sequels -- "Mad Max 2" (1981) and "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (1985).

Miller told reporters he had managed to "come back down to earth" following his Oscar win after Hollywood pals including fellow Aussies
Nicole Kidman and
Hugh Jackman warned him to keep the victory in perspective.

"I was warned not to inhale too much because you can take it a little too seriously," he said.

"We didn't expect to win, but it was a good excuse to drink, party and to act like teenagers again," Miller said.
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Let's see how another Mad Max will turn out, personally I liked the second one in the series, 1 was crap and 3 decent. I don't really expect much of the plot or the action, but love to see post apocalyptic movies.

What do you think of the news?
 
They started looking for a new younger actor to replace Mel. What I'm hearing is a likely remake followed by sequels. Kind of like what they're doing with Escape from New York.
 
Wonder if Haley Joel Osment is old enough...

I would love to see another sequel. Will miss Gibson though.
 
Not a fan of mad max for some reason just didn't grip me (waits for the flame...) but I am willing to give it a try again. One PA movie I would like to see a remake of is Threads THAT was a great move / Documentary.
 
I am actually kinda glad that Mel Gibson isn't involved in this. Almost everything he does sucks balls.

Of course there are few exceptions, like Lethal Weapon I & II and the Mad Max movies. They rocked.

And he's old.

But, yeah, it is going to be interesting to see how Mad Max 4 is going to be.
 
Wait, a new Escape from New York, and a new Mad Max? Sweet... I liked the E.f.N.Y. concept of small injectable miniature explosive devices. The perfect way to keep prisoners under control.
 
Wait a minute, i'm a little confused here. Haven't they made a remake of Escape from New York already ? It's called Escape from LA or are they making a third Plisken movie.

As for Mad Max. I may be one of the few who thinks the first is the best in the series and i would love to see a 4th. As for Gibson. Well, i'm not that bothered that he won't be in it as the lead character. Maybe he can do a cameo or something.
 
Ehhh I don't want Gibson included in Mad Max 4 at all he lost the privlege when he first allowed his father to spout his jew death camp hoax crap on national television and when he got drunk and bad mouthed everyone who didn't follow his faith.

They should James Bond it... Find a new actor every few new Mad Max movies
 
Mel Gibson is dead to me. He died in 1997 in Fallout.

Seriously, Mel Gibson is an ass. If I have to think of him, I like to think of the young Mel with mullet.* In the 80s and early 90s he made cool action flicks, with guns blasting and mullets waving. But then he grew older, did some romantic dramas/comedies and shit-load of bad movies, including Braveheart that sucked balls. I can't see why people like it.

Then he started to direct movies. Shitty movies. The three-hour snuff video Passion of the Christ was god-awful. And I don't even want to know about his newest movie... What was is called? Apocalypto or something?

Anyways... I actually like to think Mel Gibson as a South Park character who throws crap at people.

Who do you think would fit best in Max's shoes today? Some young handsome Aussie bloke?




*There's nothing gay about thinking of young Mel.
 
Right now they're talking with Gerard Butler (King Leonidas of 300) to take on the role of Snake Plissken in EFNY (remake, NOT a sequel).

Payback was Mel's last great movie.
 
Who are all of you people?



Anyway, a remake of Escape from New York is completely unnecessary and rather upsetting. I was really looking forward to the "Escape from Earth" flick Carpenter and Russell were talking about.

I don't know how I feel about Gerard Butler as Snake.

I'm all for a Mad Max remake, though. I think they could do some really cool stuff with that.
 
Malky said:
Anyway, a remake of Escape from New York is completely unnecessary and rather upsetting.
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Care to explain why ? It's easy to throw one-liners around. At least explain it, will you.

'Escape from earth' sounds good. I loved most of Carpenters films and Kurt Russel is tremendous as Plisken.
 
JR Jansen said:
Care to explain why ? It's easy to throw one-liners around. At least explain it, will you.
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New York is one of my favorite movies, and I think it's pretty much perfect. Why fuck with perfection? Not to mention the fact that it's only 25 years old.
 
Malky said:
New York is one of my favorite movies, and I think it's pretty much perfect. Why fuck with perfection? Not to mention the fact that it's only 25 years old.
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Agreed. I don't like dramatizing remakes, but Hollywood should expect people to get tired of these uninspired remakes at some point. The original idea is dead, whot?
 
I definitely see room to remake some properties. Then there are some you just shouldn't mess with.

A proposed Alien remake is making it's way around Hollywood right now, I guarantee it.
 
KQX said:
Alien remake? Well, first we'll need to sit through the next abomination of AVP2.
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Just speculating on the Alien remake.

AVP2 might not be bad. Who knows. They're going for a hard R and it's sure to have some intense gore/action sequences.
 
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