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Mad Max: Fury Road shoot rolls on
[Mon 02/09/2013 07:09:00]

By Don Groves

The fourth edition of George Miller’s Mad Max franchise finished principal photography last December after a six-month shoot in Namibia and South Africa.

But that’s far from a wrap for Mad Max: Fury Road. Three weeks of additional shooting will begin in Sydney on November 22.

Casting calls have gone out for a number of roles, all believed to be non—speaking, including an Aboriginal elder, a girl, youth and husband and wife.

Talent agents have been told the producers are looking for odd, idiosyncratic faces. Given the post-Apocalyptic setting, all must have slim builds.

IF understands at least some members of the ensemble cast have also been asked to take part in the three-week shoot.

Fury Road follows Mad Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), who is caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a war rig driven by Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron).

Nicholas Hoult plays Nux, with Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe and Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus. Playing a group known as The Wives are Zoe Kravitz as Toast, Riley Keough as Capable, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Splendid, Abbey Lee Kershaw as The Dag and Courtney Eaton as Fragile. Mel Gibson, the original Max, has a cameo as a character named Drifter.

The bulk of the film was shot in the Namibian desert although production moved to the Cape Town Film Studio towards the end of the shoot. Deluxe Australia is working on the post-production and visual effects.

IMDB.com lists the Warner Bros-Village Roadshow Pictures production as a 2014 release. However the film doesn’t appear on Roadshow’s release schedule.

It’s likely that few people apart from Miller and producer Doug Mitchell know when it’ll be finished and ready to release.

biolumen wrote:
November? That's almost 1 year after principle photography ended. I don't think I've ever heard of such a thing. It also makes a 2015 release more likely in my view.

The article also repeats the Mel Gibson "rumor" that's been on IMDb for some time. Maybe there's some truth to it.

Taipan wrote:Wow.

It seems like Fury Road is still one foot stuck in development hell.

BRC1974 wrote:
hopefully the other foot isn't in the grave

I know someone who worked on the film. He had a lovely time hanging out on the shoot... which is good, because there was a lot of hanging out.

From his account, the stars didn't get along. There was a lot of attitude. They showed up late, or left early. Shooting always began later than expected. Production fell way, way behind.

The day scheduled for film to end shooting arrived, the movie wasn't done, and the studio said, "Okay. That's it," and shooting ended.

The movie simply isn't finished.

I don't think this is about tinkering or re-shoots (though there may be that). From the story I heard, it's about about shooting the rest of the script -- because the movie isn't shot yet.

biolumen wrote:Just to confirm what we already know, someone posted this to Badassdigest.com.

I know someone who worked on the film. He had a lovely time hanging out on the shoot... which is good, because there was a lot of hanging out.

From his account, the stars didn't get along. There was a lot of attitude. They showed up late, or left early. Shooting always began later than expected. Production fell way, way behind.

The day scheduled for film to end shooting arrived, the movie wasn't done, and the studio said, "Okay. That's it," and shooting ended.

The movie simply isn't finished.

I don't think this is about tinkering or re-shoots (though there may be that). From the story I heard, it's about about shooting the rest of the script -- because the movie isn't shot yet.

http://badassdigest.com/2013/09/03/they ... fury-road/