So much for the Fury Road sequel ---- Miller sues WB

[AquaCola]

Looking at least 2022 now before the next MM film could be in cinemas

[Stef-Man]

Looking at least 2022 now before the next MM film could be in cinemas

It'd be great. But it's too optimistic I fear. I want to see those movies too, but if the lawsuit last several years and if -if!- Miller is out as a director, I'd prefer to see a KMM TV series, an ambitious one, a ten episodes series for example on Netflix or elsewhere. It could be a cool way to explore the stories and the world.

[Turbofurball]

New relevant link from The Guardian

[Immortan Joecutter]

I'm hoping that we get any kind of a statement from Miller about the future of Mad Max soon...

[henry2]

Miller definitely deserves the 7 million, but it seems like chump change to all the money Miller and Warner Bros. could make from a sequel!

[aussie muscle]

Hollywood studios don't make billions of dollars by giving away money. most movies don't make a 'profit', even if they bring in 3-4 times their budget. The $7 million is probably the bulk of the money that they'll get out of this movie deal, because there sure won't be any royalties coming in.

[biolumen]

Miller loses round 1.

Warner Bros. Gets to Arbitrate 'Mad Max' Director George Miller's Bonus
APRIL 25, 2018 10:19am PT by Eriq Gardner

Warner Bros. won't have to be in open court to defend a claim of short-changing Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller. On Tuesday, an Australian appeals court reversed a lower judge by deciding Miller's deal for the celebrated 2015 film incorporated an arbitration clause.

Miller brings two primary contentions in his litigation over a film that grossed more than $375 million worldwide. First, the director alleges he was promised a $7 million bonus if the final net cost of Mad Max: Fury Road didn't surpass $157 million. Warners is pointing to certain costs that Miller objects should be included in the calculation as meaning the film went over budget. Second, Miller accuses Warners of breaching a provision of the contract that provided that if a co-financier was sought (as was the case when Ratpac Entertainment jumped aboard), Miller's company would have first opportunity to provide co-financing.

Before getting to the merits of these claims, however, Warner Bros. attempted to enforce an arbitration provision.

In November, a judge ruled that the short-form agreement that Miller's loan-out company had with Warner Bros. Feature Productions Pty Ltd, the Australian subsidiary, hadn't incorporated the studio's standard terms for A-list directors and producers, including an arbitration provision.

The court of appeals believes the judge erred when considering the parties' intentions when negotiating the agreement. While Miller argued that the longer agreement was subject to good faith negotiations and that he was never presented with the studio's terms for A-list directors, the panel of appellate judges considering the dispute nod to the studio's customary practices, the language of the letter agreement that specifically addressed incorporation, and how other "critical provisions" ranging from merchandising to credits were similarly incorporated.

As a result, Miller appears headed to a JAMS proceeding in California with his lawsuit in Australia being paused. The opinion (read here) does leave open the possibility that Miller may be able lift the stay with respect to his claim against WB Entertainment — the parent company that allegedly induced a contract breach but wasn't a party to the deal — but Warner Bros. will likely argue such claim is "related" to the contract dispute.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-e ... us-1105714

[Morrisminor]

It seems to me that Miller was also denied an investment and profit opportunity by having his potential financing pushed aside in favor of Ratpac. I wonder if Miller has the flexibility now to continue Mad Max with another studio?

[AquaCola]

I hope so otherwise this could be the end of MM if its caught up for years.

[lieutenant fatman]

Gutted about this. Shame they couldn't just meet halfway and got on with making the next film. At least we have Fury Road.