MAD MAX 4 (3-D ANIMATED)...!!!

darkwingduck · Post by **darkwingduck** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:47 am

Good olג Mad Max: post-apocalyptic gun-slinger with a need for blood-thirsty revenge! MTV Newsג #4 Movie Badass of All Time! Andג¦star of a 3-D anime feature film?!

Unlikely as that last one sounds, some big screen animated גMaxג action is shaping up to become a reality, according to George Miller, the writer/director of the previous three films. The catch? He doesnגt want Max himself, Mel Gibson, anywhere near the project.

גWeגll probably go a different route,ג Miller told MTV News about the potential talent voicing the lead role. The plot would be partly lifted from the script of the fourth גMaxג film, which was set to shoot in 2003 until financing collapsed in the wake of the Iraq War.

Now Miller is resurrecting the idea as an R-rated, stereoscopic anime flick for theatrical release. Itגs a curious undertaking, to be sure, but one made all the more certain to happen after the runaway success in 2006 of his computer-animated גHappy Feetגגnot that the newest, ever-violent גMaxג film will have much in common with that kid-friendly penguin party.

גI see myself as someone who is very curious about storytelling and all its various media,ג Miller said. גIגve always loved anime, in particular the Japanese sensibility. Itגs something Iגve always wanted to do.ג

The project is one phase of a גMad Maxג renaissance of sorts. Along with גGod of War IIג designer Cory Barlog, Miller is developing an action-adventure videogame based on the fourth film. Gibson wonגt be participating in that endeavor, either.

For the anime release, Miller isnגt looking simply to mimic Japanese-style animation but rather to adapt it for Western audiences. גThe anime is an opportunity for me to shift a little bit about what anime is doing because anime is ripe for an adjustment or sea change,ג he explained. גItגs coming in games and I believe itגs the same in anime. Thereגs going to be a hybrid anime where it shifts more towards Western sensibilities. [Japanese filmmaker Akira] Kurosawa was able to bridge that gap between the Japanese sensibilities and the West and make those definitive films.ג

Itגs been 23 years since we last tasted some fresh גMad Maxג goodness, but neither the anime nor the game will be arriving soon enough to satisfy our hunger for the rage-filled Australian vigilante. גIגve got a couple of years left,ג said Miller. גWeגre in the early stages writing and designing. A really good game you need two and half years. And for good anime you need two years.

3D anime גMad Maxגגawesome idea or awesomest? But will it ג can it?? ג be the same without Mel Gibsonגs voice?

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/03/05/ex ... e-feature/

if this was animated by the Samurai Jack guy and they get mel in there....YES all day long!!!

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:25 am

kundilini wants his hand back

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:33 am

Would really prefer a live action movie.

I remember when they announced they were in pre production on 4, I was pretty geeked. Then...nothing.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:59 am

Mel's got to do the voice...

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:26 am

pointless without gibson, it's idiotic to abstract him from this. it's like doing a rocky without stallone. he may be a lunatic, but the man still knows his way around a good movie and would be valuable to the project in more than just acting capacity.

boogie shoes · Post by **boogie shoes** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:52 am

What about a sitcom in thunderdome, Max and Tina Turner are married with the wacky boomerang kid as their adopted son who dreams of a new pair of shoes and the Humungus and his biker boy friend is their next door neighbor. Even in a disfunctional wasteland everyone needs family.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:11 pm

masterblaster as the neighbor?

HomeSkillet · Post by **HomeSkillet** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:16 pm

drizzle wrote:pointless without gibson, it's idiotic to abstract him from this. it's like doing a rocky without stallone. he may be a lunatic, but the man still knows his way around a good movie and would be valuable to the project in more than just acting capacity.

gotta agree - relieving a man of his position as the character Mad Max because he has some very nutty views/tendencies/outbursts is odd.

Da JEWZ run Da Tinseltownz - and if thats the case its Gibsons own crazy ass fault

ANUBIS5 · Post by **ANUBIS5** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:37 pm

Anime? They have to be fucking kidding.

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:21 pm

terrible idea, shut it down

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:24 pm

boogie shoes wrote:What about a sitcom in thunderdome, Max and Tina Turner are married with the wacky boomerang kid as their adopted son who dreams of a new pair of shoes and the Humungus and his biker boy friend is their next door neighbor. Even in a disfunctional wasteland everyone needs family.

i like this idea more than the anime

boogie shoes · Post by **boogie shoes** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:16 pm

Its a go project drizzle there has been talk of doing cross over projects with Night Rider so we can have a talking car for Mel. Kit will be both a confidant as well as a sort of man cave on wheels. When shit gets hectic in the dome he goes and drinks in kit and talks about the universe.

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:59 pm

boogie shoes wrote:Kit will be both a confidant as well as a sort of man cave