Fury Road delayed AGAIN!!!

[biolumen]

No reason given. Looks like a one year delay. Filming is now set to begin February 2012.

Mad Max sequel delayed again

Michael Boday From: The Australian October 09, 2010 12:00AM

THE anticipated fourth Mad Max film, Fury Road, has run off the road again, leaving hundreds of Australian workers in the dust.

George Miller's film has been delayed for a second time and will not begin filming until 2012.

The delay has left many major film crew members without work amid fears the high Australian dollar could ultimately kill the film as its budget grows.

Key crew were told this week not to expect to return for pre-production until August or November next year. Production is now anticipated to begin in the Broken Hill region in February 2012.

The film had already been delayed. In July, Kennedy Miller Productions said unseasonal rains had made the Broken Hill area too fertile and production was put back to later this year.

The latest postponement comes at a tense time for the film industry as Australia is dragged into a New Zealand labour dispute concerning Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.

Jackson accused Australia of being a jealous "bully boy" after the actor's union, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, recommended a boycott of the production.

Executives told The Weekend Australian the NZ imbroglio reflected poorly on the film industry at a time when the key Melbourne, Sydney and Gold Coast film studios were empty and the rising dollar scuppered hopes of other international productions.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/ar ... 5936195121

[roadwarriormfp]

Could it possibly be because of the high aussie dollar????

And if its still green out there in broken hill maybe they are waiting for summer?

[MFP 2020]

The irony is, the whole world is going to collapse and then we'll be doing it for real.

[kickherintheguts]

Could it possibly be because of the high aussie dollar????

I'd say it's almost certainly because of the high Australian dollar, it's gained TWENTY PERCENT in less than six months. Worldwide, there's a currency war going on right now so right now everything's going to hell in a hand basket. Normally, I'd be extremely upset that MM4 is getting delayed AGAIN but this time I totally understand.

There's a very real possibility MM4 will never make it to the screen.

[Morrisminor]

I not buying this delay until I hear it confirmed from a second source. What's going to change between now and the next eight or twelve months in the financial world that would optimize your budget? Cory Barlog returned from Sydney on September 28 to Helsinki and said nothing of a delay! Boday's article seems sensationalist at best. Interpreting what I know of industry professionalism what key crew would dish on issues or a schedule for a project like this. The end of his article is a regurge of an already two day old headline and from what I understand Fury Road's dealings with the actors guilds and unions were in order unlike those of the Hobbit production. I really hope Boday's article is wrong, I really do. We'll just have to wait and see.

[lord humungus]

i just finished reading and all i have to say is...you gotta be fucking kidding. what really erks me even more is this qoute from movie hole.net

This latest delay suggests that not only will more cast members be forced to pull out of the production (Charlize Theron is said to be attached to two new "Mad Max" movies; Tom Hardy just the one) but the film, having spent so much coin already, will ultimately be closed down for good (just as Miller's "Justice League" film was in 2008).

really. with the game in full swing but not releasing til the movie does,and so much already put into pre-production including newly constructed cars and bikes i mean what the fuck is the hold up miller? the one thing that intrests me is this....

Stunt-men were already in Broken Hill rehearsing. It was revealed last week that paralympic swimmer Annabelle Williams was going to stand in for Charlize Theron, playing a one-armed heroine named 'Furiosa' in the film and it's sequel (said to be shot back-to-back), "Mad Max Furiosa".

would this have ment that mad max fursiosa might have been a female mad max for that sequal? after all it does say...

(Charlize Theron is said to be attached to two new "Mad Max" movies; Tom Hardy just the one)

now that would be an interesting mad max twist...to have a max woman as the main character.

but what the hell am i saying it seems we won't see either movie at all.

http://www.moviehole.net/201026874-brea ... -postponed there is the movie hole article if you want to read though it. seems some of the movie is filmed but most of the start studded stuff isn't and if miller doesn't get off his ass we may never have another new mad max film. lest say by the time production starts all stars have pulled out and mel steps back in for a one last movie that turns into a final sequal not a reboot. i know i know wishful thinking don't have to post that. but just saying maybe this project will turn around and be something different if fury road doesn't end up happening. maybe this will all be for the better.

[biolumen]

Good points, Lord. The game has to be released with the film since it will no doubt be loaded with plot spoilers. From his tweets we learned that Barlog went to Sydney less than 2 weeks ago to meet with Miller. If there was a change in plans, Barlog was probably told at that time. It might have even been the sole reason for the face to face. Whatever the case, he has yet to indicate that there's anything amiss.

Some of that Moviehole stuff sounds purely speculative, especially about a chase sequence already having been filmed.

I wish I could remain optimistic, but it's difficult.

[Mad_Maximus_88]

You also have to factor in that THE AUSTRALIAN newspaper aint a tabloid.
As a source its arguably the most credible media outlet in the country.

Anyone else printing this I'd wait for a second source.
Unfortunately its THE AUSTRALIAN so i have no doubt that is real...

[kickherintheguts]

This latest delay suggests that Fury Road, having spent so much coin already, will ultimately be closed down for good (just as Miller's "Justice League" film was in 2008).

This just begs the question: What is wrong with George Miller? - I remember one quote about Miller after Happy Feet's success "Don't get too excited" or something like that.
1. Does he have a bad reputation or something?
2. Is he lacking some clout or skill-set that other directors have?
3. Is this just another sign that the movie business is much tougher nowadays?
4. Is this an "Australian thang" and I just don't understand?
5. Is it that I thought George Miller was really BIG TIME but really he's not?

I admit I'm confused. I know Miller has had other successes aside from the MM world like Babe and Happy Feet but obviously something's terribly wrong. This MM4 fiasco has been going on for a long, long time. What is going on here?

[biolumen]

This just begs the question: What is wrong with George Miller? - I remember one quote about Miller after Happy Feet's success "Don't get too excited" or something like that.

I think you might be referring to what Miller said when he was asked about the potential for Happy Feet 2. I think he said something like "it could be terrible". He was joking, of course, but at the same time he knows from his experience with Babe 2 that audiences are fickle, and that he really has no idea how his films will be received. I think it was an honest comment, something you won't get from most film makers.

Miller has been connected to several films that he never ended up making. He spent a long time working on the adaptation to Carl Sagan's 'Contact', only to be fired by Warner Bros when they thought he was taking too long on the script, eventually being replaced by Robert Zemeckis. Then there was the first attempt at Mad Max 4. Later it was the Justice League movie. While 'Contact' appears to have been a creative dispute, the latter two were basically situations that were out of his control.

That said, I think part of the problem is that he works mostly outside of the Hollywood system. He wants to make films based on scripts developed in-house at Kennedy Miller. He wants to film exclusively in Australia in an (possibly misguided) attempt to foster growth in local talent and industry. He's also an 'auteur'. His films don't conform to the safe, cookie cutter norm prevalent in Hollywood. I also think he might be a bit too ambitious. The Justice League movie was going to be the most expensive movie ever made at that time. With Fury Road, what was once just one movie has become two. Apparently it has also become too expensive.

As for Fury Road, I suspect that "delayed" might just be a euphemism for "canceled". Last year at the press conference, former NSW premier Nathan Rees said something along the lines that the film's budget had taken a hit from the poor currency exchange rate. As others have stated, the exchange rate is even worse now, with the Australian dollar almost at equal with the US dollar. So it could be that they've delayed the film with the slim hopes that the financial situation becomes more favorable next year. If that's the case, then like the attempt made back in 2003, this version of Fury Road is probably doomed.

I just hope we get a good look at some of the vehicles before they're scrapped.