Now that Mad Max: Fury Road is the best reviewed movie of 2015 it’s hard to imagine just how disastrous the movie looked. Plagued by delays, the movie that became Mad Max: Fury Road was first scheduled to shoot in 2003, but production didn’t begin until 2009. What followed was years of mishaps and delays, as the Mad Max: Fury Road shoot moved from Australia to Namibia. Citing the difficult production, George Miller told the New York Post, “I won’t make more Mad Max movies.”
“I’ve shot in Australia in a field of wildflowers 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,” Miller told the Post.
Mad Max: Fury Road
End of the George Miller Era
George Miller claims he wont make more Mad Max movies, gets DGA nomination https://t.co/bqcEjdZhgy
— Arrow in the Head (@arrowinthehead) January 12, 2016Of course, this is unlikely to be an end to the Mad Max series. Miller has already committed serious development time to two Mad Max: Fury Road sequels.
George Miller won't make another Mad Max.
What is happening with 2016.
— Jhon Paredes (@thejhonparedes) January 12, 2016After the popularity of new character Imperator Furiosa, it seems certain that sequels will once again involve Charlize Theron’s fearsome warlord.
While it’s sad to see the end of the George Miller era of Mad Max—he directed all four Mad Max movies over 36 years—it will be interesting to see what other filmmakers could do with the character.
