According to director
George Miller,
Mad Max 4 is likely to happen and it won't be starring
Mel Gibson. Miller was talking to
Moviehole promoting his new flick
Happy Feet when conversation changed to talk about the Mad Max franchise....
"Though I think there will be another Mad Max; the time has gone where Mel can be in it. I think the last opportunity was about four years ago and you know the character's lean and hungry....... He was twenty one when he first played Mad Max and he's now in his fifties. Also I think he's much more interested in what's happening behind camera than in front. It needs a lean and hungry actor and he's not into acting so much anymore and I think he just loves producing, writing and directing......But I think if fates allow there will be another Mad Max though it is certainly two films away for me, but the time's gone when Mel can run around the wasteland anymore." So Mad Max 4 looks like it could be on the horizon... albeit not in the near future. I think if they are going to make more movies in this franchise, then a new actor is defintley the way to go. Gibson has moved on to bigger things now and is probably too old for this type of role anyway. I was never really a fan of Mad Max, so this news doesn't really do anything for me. Is their a place for Mad Max in this time peroid? I guess if
Rocky and
Rambo can return then why not? source -
moviehole