3 more weeks of filming in November

[kennerado]

Actually looks like a knee brace on one leg and a holster on the other.

[croft007]

Still think Hardy looks rather ordinary.....and these latest pics although I am really happy for new pics...thanks to all posters....I still cant seem to be excited re Hardy and his look.....

[rustycarr]

very cool stuff. pic of Hardy makes for a good Thanksgiving ! Now we need a pic of the Interceptor on set!

[kennerado]

A new grainy extremely zoomed shot of a set, looks to be large rock walls?



Quentin also put up a pic of the outside of stage 2 at Fox Studios in Sydney, so they must be doing some interior stuff there as well.

[biolumen]

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Mad Max Fury Road: Big muddy smash caps epic shoot

November 30, 2013

Away from prying eyes in western Sydney, director George Miller filmed the final climactic truck crash for Mad Max: Fury Road this week.

With a cast headed by Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron descending on Penrith Lakes, rain interrupted shooting on the big-budget action movie that features a new generation of futuristic vehicles racing through a desert wasteland.

''Smashing up a couple of big trucks, it had to be very, very, very precise,'' said Miller in his first interview about the long-awaited return of Mad Max to the screen. ''So we just had to wait for a clear day.''

The location, chosen because ''it's isolated and you can drive big vehicles very fast and crash them'', proved muddy but perfectly suitable for the action-packed finale once the weather cleared and a hovering media helicopter disappeared.

Miller, the Oscar-winning director of three Mad Max and two Happy Feet movies, said filming would wrap at Fox Studios in the next fortnight after a ''crazy'' amount of time working on Fury Road.

After first stalling because of the financial impact of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the movie was delayed twice when rain caused the desert to blossom at Broken Hill. It was finally shot in Namibia and South Africa last year.

''It's been a really difficult movie,'' Miller said. ''It's pretty constant action [on screen] but we've had superb stunts and safety crew.

''We've had no significant injuries - one of our top guys was doing a simple manoeuvre and just pulled a tendon in his biceps; that's one of the worst injuries we've had.''

The Warner Bros movie reputedly centres on Max (played by Hardy) getting caught up with a group fleeing across the wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa (Theron).

''It's a pretty epic chase across the wasteland,'' Miller said.

Denying reports that he has been re-shooting scenes after Fury Road fared badly with test audiences, Miller said it was always intended to film the start and finish of the movie in Australia. ''There are no re-shoots at all,'' he said. Other than some brief augmenting shots, filming has been confined to scenes that bookend the movie.

''Our film, luckily after a ridiculous amount of work, is testing extremely well,'' Miller said. ''We're very happy. There has been a lot of doubt about it - [people saying] 'it took so long' - but Warners have delayed it until 2015 to go into the top weekend of the year.''

Rather than compete with the FIFA World Cup next year, the studio has claimed a prime American summer slot in May 2015 that became vacant when J.J. Abram's new Star Wars movie was postponed.

Miller denied reports that Mel Gibson, who played Max in the first three Mad Max movies, has a cameo role.

''It would have been nice somehow but, no, it's not true,'' he said.

Will we see Max's famous Interceptor this time?

''Without giving too much away, there is one that appears.''

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/mov ... 2ygwb.html

[DGSimo]

He speaks!!

Some cool info there but in general it's nice to hear Miller open up.

Also I completely forgot about the World Cup...now the May 2015 date makes even more sense.

[Taipan]

It's a good thing the beginning and the end were supposed to be filmed in Australia. I was worried there for a second that the whole movie wouldn't have any typical Australian environment in it and it would be all a chase down the sand dunes of ... well.. Africa.

[Maximum]

That's two pictures we have of Hardy as Max now. But we don't get a clear shot of his shoulder pad in either! By the looks his right arm is torn of (as in Max 2 and 3) And he does seem to have some kind of leg brace on his left leg. No grey in his hair though... I'm trying to get a sense of when this is set. Pre Max 2, post Max 2 or even post thunderdome? He loses his jacket in Beyond thunderdome and doesn't have a leg brace in that movie, so I'm guessing it's set between 2 and 3 (and the grey hadn't been added in the recent on set photo!) Of course if it's a reboot or reimagining them all bets are off. Also interesting that Miller says no cameo for Mel. Does this mean no Mel at all (seems likely) or that he has a bigger role? Seems like he's not a part after all... And the interceptor makes an appearance in some form, (flashback?) Can't believe we've still got another 18 months until the release though.

[biolumen]

If the negative reactions I'm reading in the Ain't It Cool talkbacks are any indication of general opinion, WB marketing has it's work cut out for it. They better cut one hell of a trailer.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/65286

[BRC1974]

That's two pictures we have of Hardy as Max now. But we don't get a clear shot of his shoulder pad in either! By the looks his right arm is torn of (as in Max 2 and 3) And he does seem to have some kind of leg brace on his left leg. No grey in his hair though... I'm trying to get a sense of when this is set. Pre Max 2, post Max 2 or even post thunderdome? He loses his jacket in Beyond thunderdome and doesn't have a leg brace in that movie, so I'm guessing it's set between 2 and 3 (and the grey hadn't been added in the recent on set photo!) Of course if it's a reboot or reimagining them all bets are off. Also interesting that Miller says no cameo for Mel. Does this mean no Mel at all (seems likely) or that he has a bigger role? Seems like he's not a part after all... And the interceptor makes an appearance in some form, (flashback?) Can't believe we've still got another 18 months until the release though.

Judging by the vehicles and costumes of some of the characters like Immortan Joe it looks like it's set pretty far in the future.