Aussie director George Miller sure doesn't carry the same worrying concerns that we have over his Justice League of America film. Hell, he's so confident he can breeze his way through the massive flick that he's even going to work another movie at the same time. And this is not some small affair either. It's MAD MAX 4: FURY ROAD!
Moviehole are reporting what they claim to be 100% legit information that Mel Gibson won't star in the movie that opened it's pre-production offices in Sydney this week and that casting could be under way very soon. The movie could even be completed before Miller shoots a single frame of JLA, but the cross-over of work is almost inevitable. JLA is a huge picture which would normally take a director's full attention all the way from pre-production to the editing room. I mean just look at Christopher Nolan. He had at least a four month shoot on The Dark Knight, with months and months of preparation beforehand and now months in post. Miller should really be hard at work on that movie 24 hours a day between now and it's completion date, unless of course he has just been brought in by WB for JLA to be a 'steady hand, yes man' behind the camera. Just like Gerard Butler in the Escape from New York remake... Kurt Russell is not too old to still play Snake, and I think it's the same for Mel with Mad Max. With the way Gibson's public image is right now (though his movies as a director are just fantastic) I think it would be a great thing to see him do a Lethal Weapon or Mad Max movie again. There was something really cool about just seeing Mel Gibson on screen having fun that I kinda miss.
So Mad Max would seem to be back on. It's funny how he didn't direct a movie for 8 years between Babe: Pig in the City and Happy Feet... and now just one year on from his animated return, he is looking to work on two huge movies in such a short space of time. One of them, no doubt the biggest of his career.
Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.
