What do you guys make of this?

[biolumen]

Mad Max 4 - Inside the new movie shhh !
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

My bland old job takes me to many places and I meet the occasional rich and famous person along the way , this week I am working for someone who has inside knowledge of the new Mad Max 4 movie ....
As you might have noticed I am a massive fan of this movie and dream of roaming the wastelands in the Interceptor ..
So I thought I'd glean some info from this chap - glad I did !
With the aid of his iPhone I was shown pre production footage of some of the stunts being worked on for the movie and lots of pics of the vehicles being used , lots of them in the wicked post apocalyptic style we loved from the second movie ( purists will tell you there was no Mad Max 3 )

The Vehicles

I saw lots of cars , bikes , semi trailers , monster trucks all MM2 style , they seem be using lots of old vintage stuff with Model T / old Ford Mercury looking cars but of course with massive V8's in them , my source tells me that they all have real motors in them this time and a lot of cash has been spent on building them , one car is a converted off - road racer that cost over 100 grand to build and " glides like a bullet through the scrub " he said.
He also remarked there was to be no " jap crap " cars in the movie except for one in the beginning that gets destroyed by a giant boulder ( I can hear the cheer in the audience already ! )
Another video I seen was of the novel way they are going to use to transfer actors between vehicles at high speed , this is going to be awesome but I was told this is Top Secret so I'll won't divulge what it is ( ner ner )
I then saw a photo of the informant leaning on the old Interceptor from MM2 , " An old pic ? " I asked
" Nope we bought up about half a dozen already converted Interceptors from members of the public / fans to be used in the new movie .... "
" S S So the Interceptor is back ? "
" Yes it is " ( oh shit yes ! )

The Story

The story starts off where we were left at the end of the second movie and follows the tale of what happens to the group as they move out of the badlands and look for a better life.
It looks like the story does not connect in any way to the 3rd movie , but follows on from MM2 , this is what the fans wanted from 3 originally , yes Beyond Thunderdome was shit , everyone agrees.
I think this movie is going to deliver everything the die hard fans want and more , it is going to be a " road movie " , rolling non stop from start to finish and here's some more , our travellers seem to end up back in the badlands from the 2nd movie !

The Cast

An unknown English actor will play the lead character and he may even be taking the role of the original Max ..
Charlize Theron will play a role in the movie , and I'm gonna leave this as a surprise , a popular character from MM1 makes a return ! ( o man this is going to rock ! )

The Location

I'm not telling , but if you have read this article closely it ain't half obvious ....

Why is it taking so long ?

The movie has been on the go for many years now , originally it was to be filmed in Namibia back around when 9/11 happened , actors and crew were reluctant to travel by air , and they ran out of time as director George Miller had other commitments ( Babe 2 )
So the project was locked up in storage and later canned altogether , at this stage some 40 bikes and 20 other vehicles had been delivered to the desert location and a small town had been built for filming.
Last year pre production filming took place and filming was to begin this year except one thing has halted them - the desert is too green after all this rain !
So we wait again ..........

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[MachRider]

The story starts off where we were left at the end of the second movie and follows the tale of what happens to the group as they move out of the badlands and look for a better life.

Makes no sense, at all.
They've never seen Max again, interceptor was destroyed and we already know what happened to both the group (Great Northern Tribe) and Max (Thunderdome).

An unknown English actor will play the lead character and he may even be taking the role of the original Max ..

What? After a year of everybody and their grandmother knowing about Tom Hardy AND his role as Mad Max?


NO. MM4 plot won't be tied to any of the previous movies. Think about it: neither MM2 or Thunderdome had much in common with their predecessors, plot-wise. Both movies can be watched as separate stories. Drop the opening narration from MM2 and it becomes stand-alone. Drop the wife and son flashback from Thunderdome (like they did!) and it becomes stand-alone.

[roadwarriormfp]

The story starts off where we were left at the end of the second movie and follows the tale of what happens to the group as they move out of the badlands and look for a better life.

Makes no sense, at all.
They've never seen Max again, interceptor was destroyed and we already know what happened to both the group (Great Northern Tribe) and Max (Thunderdome).
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We have already come up with plausible ways to make the interceptor return, this was discussed when pictures of the "new" interceptor surfaced and then it also appeared in a news conference with George in that Sydney warehouse...

A couple of ideas I had was that since we see a tanker in the movie being set up for a chase (see other threads) its possible that MM4 is starting from the end of MM2 in the movie and "rebooting" from there. Different end to MM2 where the interceptor isnt destroyed...

2nd idea is that a "new" interceptor is built by people as MAX's legend is known all over the waste land, there it is built as a tribute(?) to him for his return.....

Theres rumours that the car will be jacked up 4WD style too....

The story in the blog fits well with all the other rumours and stories and really doent give much away...

[Bad cop]

The only thing I'm worried about is that the film will be a remake or in no way be connected to the other films. It must have a connection to the others period.
Also,

The story starts off where we were left at the end of the second movie and follows the tale of what happens to the group as they move out of the badlands and look for a better life.

Makes no sense, at all. They've never seen Max again, interceptor was destroyed and we already know what happened to both the group (Great Northern Tribe) and Max (Thunderdome).

That is true. But, how do we know Max didn't help them once more. The Feral Kid does say: "And so began the journey north to saftey....And The Road Warrior, that was the last we ever saw of him." It is possible that Max helped them out after the events of Mad Max 2, and the narration could possibly refer to Max having helped them once more, and from there that was the last they ever saw of him. It's a stretch, but it does make sense.

[Bad cop]

Also, it is possible that the tanker trailer and other vehicles were scavenged together to rebuild the tanker after it was wrecked at the end of Mad Max 2. The trailer kind of looks the same, but the truck is definitly cobbled together from "the wrecks of the past."

[Mad_Maximus_88]

Total shit.

As if they would be borrowing cars from the public.

Nonsense.

[Mad Max RW]

Did anybody consider the Interceptor might be used in flashback sequences? Also, I'm still not convinced Fury Road isn't simply a remake of Road Warrior.

[roadwarriormfp]

Total shit.

As if they would be borrowing cars from the public.

Nonsense.

Er well they did in at least one case for that interview... or have you forgotten the ratrod ute?

Did anybody consider the Interceptor might be used in flashback sequences? Also, I'm still not convinced Fury Road isn't simply a remake of Road Warrior.

There is no rumours/ storys etc that its a remake, all the publicity says its continuing on from the end of MM2.......

[biolumen]

Despite a couple of inaccuracies, most of what this guy says rings true to me. I think it's legit.

[Morrisminor]

Sorry, I'm not buying it. For something that is supposedly a scoop it's pulling an awful lot of references that are already out there. And to write that many "informed" paragraphs about the project and not know that Tom Hardy has been cast even after his post Inception publicity blitz but especially after the dude says

As you might have noticed I am a massive fan of this movie and dream of roaming the wastelands in the Interceptor ..

... even my kids know that! I also feel that the story as a direct continuation to Mad Max 2 would be very unlikely. Add to that I think Babe -Pig in the city had been finished with almost five ears before the Namib shoot for Fury Road.