Mad Max 4!!!

[Cabbage]

Went to the pub last night and got into a conversation with a bloke who said he was working on Mad Max 4. I thought he was full of it until he showed me some footage from his iphone that showed a metal finished xb coupe with a massive blower and jacked up rear end driving around what looked to be a parking lot.

A quizzed him a bit further as he was well under the weather. He told me the following:

The movie is being shot out at Broken Hill and an English actor whose last name is Harley I think is playing Max. They have 6 Coupe's 4 of which will be finished in metal as the story in the movie goes there is no more paint left in the world and as there is no water, so metal doesn't rust. (Thats what he told me). The story will start out with a coupe done up like the original. Mel Gibson will not be making a cameo.

I said to the bloke these Coupes were rare it would be a shame to trash them and they must have been expensive to buy 6. He said they have $250 million to spend and that wasn't a problem. $250 million will go a long way in Broken Hill I would think.

He showed me a couple of other pictures of vehicles to be used in film one was a 30's Ford style hot rod with twin blowers on it (his words) and two stripped down trucks that looked like tripped down airport trucks.

Mad Max is one of my favourite films I hope they don't screw 4 up and I hope they treat the Coupes with some love.

Clinton

[InfernoSR]

Interesting... if not very strange... :P

[Thornie]

sounds a bit BS and the plot sounds silly, will ask a few of my broken hill friends wat they've seen or heard on the grapevine around town.

[GTP-03]

hmmm not buying it, especially the no water part!

[FordFalconBF]

Originally Posted by GTP-03

hmmm not buying it, especially the no water part!

If you watched Mad Max 3 - Beyond Thuderdome, like I have numerous times you would have seen at the end of the movie when they escape in the plane they do fly over Sydney and there is absolutely no water in Sydney at all.

[XC-351]

ive hear there making a mad max 4 film for a while now, like around 3-6 months, is not new news...

[Jim Goose]

Filming is set to start next month and yes it is around Broken Hill.

An unfinished coupe in the same style as the one from MM2 and a rat rod with a massive blower set up were shown last year with George Miller during an interview which was aired on all the major TV stations as well as some pay TV stations.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... 723077.htm

[xr6turbo2005]

Originally Posted by Cabbage

I said to the bloke these Coupes were rare it would be a shame to trash them and they must have been expensive to buy 6. He said they have $250 million to spend and that wasn't a problem. $250 million will go a long way in Broken Hill I would think.
Clinton

regardless of the budget, doubt they would trash original coupes. more likely they'd build they own look-a-likes to thrash.

[Davebro]

Well on a budget of $250 mil, they could probably get Ford to make them a few.... LOL

[Yellow_Festiva]

Link didn't work Jim.

IMDB has this to say about Mad Max 4:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/

Only 4 actors listed as yet, however one has a last name of "Hardy"

So there you go ;)

[FG XR]

they are working on mad max 4 however mel gibson isnt in it. no release date as of yet....ive got a release date of every movie announced up until 2012 and its not on there yet.. (april 14 2010 copy)...

btw i manage a movie theatre in perth

[gthofan]

If you just google mad max 4, there is plenty of info on it.

[FG XR]

wonder if they willl do the franchise justice?

[loxxr6]

It looks like a lot of work is going into building the cars for it - most seem to be bitsa's - pieced together from different cars. If the emphasis of the movie is on the cars - with a working title Fury Road you'd hope so - it should be pretty interesting.

[Krytox]

Family friend of ours Russell Allan (main stunt driver), told us about the new movie about 2 years ago.
Around 6 months ago it got the go ahead, there was talk about more trucks at that stage and hopefully the speed bumps will flatten out and should be a very interesting mechanical intercourse movie!

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Link didn't work Jim.

IMDB has this to say about Mad Max 4:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/

Only 4 actors listed as yet, however one has a last name of "Hardy"

So there you go ;)

Its an old link, sorry didnt check to see if it worked.

Yes Tom Hardy appears to me "Max".

Mel Gibson is 58/59 yrs of age now.
Orginally MM4 was scheduled to start about 6 yrs ago in some African country! Nambia or Nanbibia? (Pretty sad considering its uniquely Australian series) Gibson had apparently said yes to play "Max" back then.
The film fell through due to civil war and the crash of the US dollar I think.

Im guessing the return of the Interceptor may just be for "flashbacks" with the new "Max" so it maintains the storyline.

[Cabbage]

I'm pretty sceptical about stuff like this. The guy wasn't the type that was into cars and was an "arty" type so for him to have video of an xb coupe on his phone was unusual. I hope they do the films justice but I really hope they didn't junk any genuine xb coupes. I got the impression a few of the locals will be in the film.

[Ohio XB]

Originally Posted by Coyote V8

they are working on mad max 4 however mel gibson isnt in it. no release date as of yet....ive got a release date of every movie announced up until 2012 and its not on there yet.. (april 14 2010 copy)...

btw i manage a movie theatre in perth

George Miller said that it would take about 2 years to make. Time to build all the vehicles plus he is going to be doing stuff that has not been done before, his words. This will take time, plus he wants as much real stuff, and less CGI, as is possible since it is a car movie.

Steve

[FG XR]

I know however there is movies confirmed to be release at the end of 2011 (Fast & Furious 5 aka working title FAST FIVE and the end of 2012 (Transformers 3) being two of them, dates change but just weird this film hasnt even come up yet. Not even an expected release date and this film was announced almost 2 years ago. Hell even Eric Banas "Love the Beast" was on the list i have a year before it even started filming and that was only a documentary film.

[BJ]

I hate to say it ( and will get shot down in flames for it ) but who really cares. All the movies where bad with not only bad acting but bad story line. As for the coupes not everyone cares what happens to them I certainly don't. If you ask me the Aussie movie industry would be better of with out the fourth one.

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by BJ

I hate to say it ( and will get shot down in flames for it ) but who really cares. All the movies where bad with not only bad acting but bad story line. As for the coupes not everyone cares what happens to them I certainly don't. If you ask me the Aussie movie industry would be better of with out the fourth one.

Lets see.... it was 1978 and a bunch of guys made a movie off their own back and money. Lets see you do better?

Who cares about what happens to coupes??

Umm... this is a FORD Forum isnt it?

Sorry to waken you from your slumber but please do tell us all how all the other guys on here who actually own coupes must be wasting their time with 35yr old cars??

How to make friends on a Ford Forum.... :

[Mesa]

If it's true then great. It'd be a shame to leave the story at that embarrasment MM3.
The downside will be the U.S demand for copies of the new coupe in 'natural' finish .....Maybe Dynacorn can start making XA/XB bodies.

[stoopsrolly]

At the end of the day we will alll see it at some stage
dont matter how long it takes
as a kid i did those bloody long 21 hr drives to queensland from melb in the back of a coupe and even with the electric back windows and factory sunroof it was unbearably hot............................
God i miss that car
Altho the t3 Ts50 now does it for me lol

[Bad Bird]

I know for a fact that it is true. I have proprietary information as two of my mates are working on building cars for the movie.

[R0BD0G]

Originally Posted by Coyote V8

wonder if they willl do the franchise justice?

hopefully it doesnt turn out like the fast and the furious... hmm.... 2 mad 4 max.... :P

[xy500]

Originally Posted by BJ

I hate to say it ( and will get shot down in flames for it ) but who really cares. All the movies where bad with not only bad acting but bad story line. As for the coupes not everyone cares what happens to them I certainly don't. If you ask me the Aussie movie industry would be better of with out the fourth one.

you cared enough to read about it
looking forward to the release of this movie, and powerades new flavour; mystic mountain blue berry

[Jim Goose]

Originally Posted by kingy351

If it's true then great. It'd be a shame to leave the story at that embarrasment MM3.
The downside will be the U.S demand for copies of the new coupe in 'natural' finish .....Maybe Dynacorn can start making XA/XB bodies.

Dynocorn is already making Australian "X" series panels.....
Was told by a distributer that XB coupe panels are next on the list.
An also aware that there is XR series bodies on the way in the near future as well....

Time will tell.

The "natural" finish on the coupe shown during last years press confernce means it isnt finished.

[buggo]

I hope they make this. I wasn't born when these where released, or any time soon after, but my dad loves those movies and every time he puts them on he talks about when he first saw this movie, seeing those old x coupes on the road and the presence they had, talks about how he had a mte who had one, etc. It just makes him think back to those old memories he has about that time when he was younger, because of those cars.
So I think it would be really cool to have modern T series and FPVs and Clubbies with big blowers and exhaust, and in 20/30 years when I come across it one day and watch it, I get reminded of those times when i was in my late teens/early twenties, just how my dad does.
I know that modern 'muscle' cars aren't as regarded as highly or as sought after as the old falcons, but where they as sought after as old XTs and XRs?
I think it would be good to have a modern MM, and todays generation who havn't seen or heard of the originals can relate to it more, because they recognise the cars and the 'culture' of the film.

[LTDHO]

Bringing back an unpainted coupe would not make sense nor would it suit any time line. No water also makes no sense. It will take a million year to loose the planets water, not just a nuclear fall out.

[GT290]

Should have that Aussie guy from Avitar as the main man. Can't remenber his name right now.