![]() ![]() They waited a year to see if it would dry back up, and when it didn't, Miller hauled hundreds of people and vehicles to Namibia. Entertainment Inc.Īfter being shut down following 9/11 and another stall in 2003 with the Iraq War making a Namibian shoot impossible from the insurer's perspective, the production was all set to go in 2010 in the Australian desert until a once-in-a-century rain turned that desert into a slightly lusher green space than the film required. Riley Keough and Nicholas Hoult in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Production was scrapped two weeks before filming because of serious rain. Had production commenced, the Max of 2003 would have been Heath Ledger-and it may still have been if Miller and company had been able to shoot before Ledger's death in 2008. Plans to shoot in 2001 were scrapped following the events of 9/11 and the subsequent collapse of the American dollar against the Australian dollar. Director George Miller had been thinking of a feature-length chase scene for the fourth film since 1987, but the concept didn't fully coalesce until 1998, when he came up with the idea to make people-instead of oil-the object of the chase. Fury Road was supposed to be made in 2003 with Heath Ledger.įury Road was in development hell for decades. Max Rockatansky ( Tom Hardy this time around) reluctantly aids Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) as she tries to help a harem of "wives" (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton) escape the violent dictator Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne).įrom the simplest of plots comes one of the most emotional action films ever made. The post-apocalyptic vision from director George Miller emerged from the ashes of the 1980s to continue the legacy of one iconic character and the wasteland he calls home. ![]() Mad Max: Fury Road will be remembered for decades for its beauty, intensity, and a story that came together without a written script. In an age of decades-later sequels, one desert-baked car chase defied all logic by being utterly, fantastically good. ![]()
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