Cinema Suicide

The road to Fury Road has been a long one. Seems like they’ve been talking about a new Mad Max movie publicly for at least six years and in that time it has gone from another sequel, to a remake to an animated film. Judging by the photos below, though, it’s looking as though Mad Max: Fury Road is going to be some kind of reboot. One of the cars below is a V8 Interceptor, similar in style to the last Interceptor that winds up destroyed in The Road Warrior. This also puts the kibosh on rumors of Mel Gibson taking the wheel again (which is kind of a relief). There are no solid casting choices yet, according to director George Miller, but there are rumors going around of Sam Worthington and Charlize Theron starring in the movie, which begins production next year in New South Wales, Australia. Apart from the Gibson rumor, the latest crazy-ass casting rumors are about Theron’s role in the movie. Word on the street has it that the Max in Mad Max may be short for Maxine or something equally as feminine as Theron is said to be up for the lead… which I happen to think is a really bad idea.

So no cast details. No plot details, though I do have to wonder where they’re going to set this movie. If it’s a reboot, are we going back to the beginning where society is crumbling or are they just going to dump us in some kind of post-holocaust setting (though it’s never explicitly stated what happens in the Mad Max world to make things so bad)? I hate to be a downer about this movie but I always felt that Mad Max and The Road Warrior (I don’t much care for Thunderdome) were specimens of a time and place and this feeling was very much supported by a recent viewing of Not Quite Hollywood (review), a documentary about Australian exploitation movies. No matter. Feast your eyes on this pair of photos, revealing the designs of the new V8 Interceptor and some rusted out hulk with the biggest fucking engine block and blower I’ve ever seen.