Mad Max: Fury Road was easily one of the best films of 2015. An unrelenting cinematic masterpiece that captured a climatic chase in the harsh desert wasteland, featuring the likes of Tom Hardy as Max and Charlize Theron as the (arguably more imposing) Imperator Furiosa. Hot on the heels of its critical success, Director George Miller began talking about possible sequel – bit it seems that he’s completely changed his mind now.
The famed director now wants nothing else to do with any sequel, vowing that he will never endure the painstaking process of filming another Mad Max.
“I won’t make more ‘Mad Max’ movies. ’Fury Road’ with Charlize Theron, Zoe Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Riley Keough was forever getting completed. If you finish one in a year, it’s considered a leap of faith. Start, stop, start again.”
“I’ve shot in Australia in a field of wild flowers and flat red earth when it rained heavily forever. We had to wait 18 months and every return to the US was 27 hours. Those ‘Mad Maxes’ take forever. I won’t do those anymore.”
It does seem like Miller is just sick of the extensive time it took to shoot Fury Road, which was in development hell at one point thanks to the Australian Outback not playing nice with Miller’s vision. It’s contradictory to statements made by Miller last year though, with the director penning a sequel called Mad Max: The Wasteland and explaining that Theron’s Furiosa wouldn’t feature in it. That certainly seemed like plans were already in place for another film starring Max.
And in truth, they might still be – just not with Miller at the helm. He’s previously been open to the idea of new stories taking place within the universe he created, and that seem rife with opportunity for new directors to tackle. It’s just a shame given Fury Road’s impeccable cinematography – which landed it two Golden Globe nominations – that we might never see Miller’s splendour in that fashion again.
Last Updated: January 13, 2016
Viking Of Science
January 13, 2016 at 11:03
Good, Sequels would Dilute Fury Road’s impact.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 13, 2016 at 11:10
Or he could just… film it in Namibia again.
Ghost In The Rift
January 13, 2016 at 12:54
Had articles in our newspapers about how they trashed our beaches and the dunes, don’t know if that will happen again lol
Kromas untamed
January 13, 2016 at 11:11
“Mad Max: Fury Road was easily one of the best films of 2015”
If you don’t count Star Wars. 😛
Ottokie
January 13, 2016 at 11:15
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RinceThis
January 13, 2016 at 11:17
Erm, this is a film article?
Hammersteyn
January 13, 2016 at 11:21
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Loftus
January 13, 2016 at 11:22
Finally a movie know! Fiddler on the roof.
RinceThis
January 13, 2016 at 11:22
HAHAHAHAAH! My thoughts too. Now LG is competing with its sister site…
Alessandro Barbosa
January 13, 2016 at 11:23
Perceptive 🙂
RinceThis
January 13, 2016 at 11:24
This site is called Lazygamer, also perceptive there 😛
Loftus
January 13, 2016 at 11:25
Why not merge both sites into a mega awesome site?
RinceThis
January 13, 2016 at 11:25
That is what I have thought forever..
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
January 13, 2016 at 13:22
THE DAILY LAZY!!!
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 13, 2016 at 11:33
THEY WANT TO BE COOL LIKE US!
VampyreSquirrel
January 13, 2016 at 11:36
You’re the skinny pale one… right?
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 13, 2016 at 11:36
How is that relevant? :/
RinceThis
January 13, 2016 at 11:37
lol
RinceThis
January 13, 2016 at 11:36
Ha! Sandy isn’t even old enough to review My Little Pony let alone be as cool as you Trev!
RinceThis
January 13, 2016 at 11:27
I think Mad Max was an 18, were you allowed to see it Sandy? *runs
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
January 13, 2016 at 13:23
Wow dude… no need to go for the man’s balls. 😮
GooseZA
January 13, 2016 at 11:28
Thank goodness. I thought the film was average at best. Visually spectacular, but dull as mud.
MacDoodle
January 13, 2016 at 12:53
I so agree, didn’t even finish watching it.
Loftus
January 13, 2016 at 11:36
Funny how this Article gets the stick and not the Batman vs Superman article, both movie articles on gaming site. I am going to check for the games on the movie site. 😛
RinceThis
January 13, 2016 at 11:37
Haha. Indeed.
Alien Emperor Trevor
January 13, 2016 at 11:39
It’s expected from D, it’s Batman. It’s like trying to stop a junkie from taking his fix. 😀
iusedtobe(a)regular
January 13, 2016 at 11:59
This movie should have been called “Fury Road : Furiosa!………. Featuring Mad Max.”
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
January 13, 2016 at 13:23
FURIOSA’s ROAD with that Bane dude…
Captain JJ 4x
January 13, 2016 at 12:04
I’m happy with that.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
January 13, 2016 at 13:19
Please gods of Cinema, no more Furiosa!