Mad Max 4: Fury Road

The fourth film of the Mad Max series is tentatively known as Mad Max 4: Fury Road, or simply Mad Max 4. According to IMDB, the movie is set for a June 2010 shoot, and release in 2011.
The Mad Max series tells a story of breakdown of society, murder and vengeance. The first Mad Max was a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Byron Kennedy. It spawned two sequels, Mad Max 2 in 1981 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985.
History
The film was announced in December 2002 to begin shooting in Australia in May 2003. Although the project was given the green light for a $100 million USD budget, Fury Road has been in hiatus due to security concerns related to trying to film in Africa, because the United States and many other countries have tightened travel and shipping restrictions.
Ten News in Australia has stated that George Miller is definitely still making another Mad Max film. He has stated that he wants a Hollywood unknown to take the role of Max Rockatansky. In November 2006, George Miller stated that he still has full intentions to make another Mad Max film, telling the press that he’s considering doing the film without Gibson, saying, “There's a real hope. The last thing I wanted to do is another Mad Max, but this script came along, and I'm completely carried away with it." The film's screenplay was co-written with cult British comic creator Brendan McCarthy, who also designed many of the new characters and vehicles.
Miller again confirmed his desire to make another Mad Max at the 2007 Aurora film maker initiative. However, he did say he thought Mel Gibson would not be interested in the film because he is too old.
According to Australian press releases of 18 May 2009:
*"MAD Max is revving up for a long-awaited return to the big screen, almost 25 years after Tina Turner ran Mel Gibson out of Bartertown. Director George Miller is gearing up to shoot the fourth film in the ground-breaking Aussie road warrior franchise, industry sources say. Scouting for locations is under way for the movie, which many thought would never get off the ground. It could go into production later this year."
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*"According to industry sources, the fourth film in the groundbreaking Australian franchise, which many people thought would never get off the ground, might well go into production as early as the later part of this year. Scouting for locations is already happening and specialised technicians have been approached. It's extremely unlikely, however, that Gibson will be asked to take his leathers out of mothballs to reprise the role that made him an international star."
Anime version
Regardless of that decision, during a film conference held on June 08 2009 Miller has confirmed that an anime film produced by North Star Productions (famous for their Hokuto No Ken animated films, which are inspired by the Mad Max films) is most likely to happen.
On March 5, 2009, it was announced that the franchise would be revived with a "3-D anime feature film". George Miller was considering resurrecting the idea as an R-rated, stereoscopic anime film for theatrical release. On May 18, 2009, however, it was reported that location scouting was underway for a new live action filming of "Mad Max 4".

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