Mad Max: Fury Road

[LIBBY1957DOG]

Australian director Ryan Unicomb sent Comicbook.com an announcement and logo for an upcoming documentary about George Miller's abandoned Justice League movie. Warner Bros. announced a live action Justice League film way back in February 2007. The film was to be directed by Australian filmmaker George Miller.The film would have starredArmie Hammer as Batman, DJCotrona as Superman, Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Adam Brody as The Flash, Common as Green Lantern, Santiago Cabrera asAquaman, and HughKeays-Byrne as MartianManhunter.

However, the project was shelved just a few days before cameras were supposed to start rolling. The film had the proposed title of Justice League Mortal, but no artwork, conceptual or otherwise has ever surfaced for the film.

Ryan Unicomb has teamed up with Producers Aaron Cater & Steven Caldwell and Writer/Author/Journalist/Film Commentator Maria Lewis to develop a feature length documentary to uncover the story behind Warner Brothers’ failure to launch the project.

The documentary will be titled Miller’s Justice League Mortal and will exist in the same vein as 2013’s Jodorowsky's Dune and this years The Death Of Superman Lives: What Happened?

The documentary hopes to feature never before seen artwork, interviews with some of the proposed cast and crew, and a behind the curtain look into what really happened to bring the blockbuster to its knees. The documentary plans to present a non-biased recount of the development, pre-production and untimely cancellation of the project as well as the long lasting effect it had on the Australian Film Industry.

The project is currently in development and hopes to begin filming later this year.


not sure this deserved its own thread ,but this looks like it would be a interesting watch

 

[LIBBY1957DOG]

f i remember correctly its demise had something to do with that bald aussie singer from that group who had the "beds are burning" song,cant remember their name atm lol ,good song about the plight of the aborigines treatment in australia,
well he was in some government post with the aussie film commission and he was opposed to the tax breaks and subsidies given to overseas film companies to film in australia ,so they stopped them and for good or ill warners pulled the plug
in light of how well millers new max is being received critically at least that might of been a bad decision in spite of the divided reaction to his proposed cast

 

[jye4ever]

I think Immortan Joe is the Feral Kid.

Think about it:

1) crazy hair

2) similar voice muffled behind gas mask

3) left Road Warrior going to a green place beyond -- the Citadel?

Show me da boomerang will be the question I ask from now on.

 

[carbo-fation]

f i remember correctly its demise had something to do with that bald aussie singer from that group who had the "beds are burning" song,cant remember their name atm lol ,good song about the plight of the aborigines treatment in australia,
well he was in some government post with the aussie film commission and he was opposed to the tax breaks and subsidies given to overseas film companies to film in australia ,so they stopped them and for good or ill warners pulled the plug
in light of how well millers new max is being received critically at least that might of been a bad decision in spite of the divided reaction to his proposed cast

At least his WW looks like how she's been portrayed in comics...

 

[jye4ever]

You just know there would've been a tanker chase in that movie.

Maybe for kryptonite.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

Too many words in that article. And that's coming from a guy who'll write a novella exploring the finer points of a movie called "Age of Ultron."

Somebody already did that for ya

Has there been any word of Hot Toys getting licensing for this film, or do you think they likely won't?

I'd so get a Max, Furiosa and Nux

 

[Khev]

I read once (like right after Eastwick and his "quitting" the film business) that he felt that merchandising was one of the main things that killed Hollywood.

I saw someone else mention this but can't find any reference on the web. If it's true it really is too bad but on the other hand it's also cool to know that when he makes his films his singular purpose is to come up with things that look awesome on screen without any thought at all as to what kind of crossover merchandising appeal they might have for upcoming toys or collectibles.

 

[jye4ever]

Just watched Thunderdome for the first time all the way through in I don't know HOW many years. Wow, I really had forgotten how that movie started and progressed to the final battle. Anytime I'd see that it was on TV and close to the end I'd usually switch to it so I was pretty familiar with the big chase but everything else....whoa, what a crazy ass 80's movie.

Talk about jumping off the rails from the previous two (or maybe jumping on the rails? You know, train...)

The first act is like some weird Terry Gilliam Conan the Barbarian movie with the long haired guy who stumbles on some ruffians who want him to fight in a cage, weird midgets and so on. Then the second act turns into "Hook" where he goes to Never Never Land and meets the tribal kids with weird hair. Then finally the last act actually becomes a Mad Max movie. Such a weird ass flow.

But in the context of mid-80's sequels that lose their edge or get downright goofy (Return of the Jedi, Temple of Doom, Conan the Destroyer, Jewel of the Nile) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was right at home.

It does not feel connected to the original Mad Max *at all,* even more removed than Fury Road with its replacement Max. But still, I like that as the third film in the trilogy it had the confidence to still give us something new instead of just retreading the first film (like ROTJ and Last Crusade did.) Also the Ultron in me likes it when there's symmetry and geometry in movies and all that and I really think this movie was the perfect bookend to his character with him ending as he began, playing chicken with a bad guy. Okay I guess Road Warrior ended that way too but how many times can he do it.

I noticed that the movie was "Directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie" and had to wonder if Ogilive directed the first two portions of the film and then Miller said, "Okay I'll do the finale" because then it all of a sudden turns into The Road Warrior. And randomly enough that assumption was correct:



Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - The Mad Max Wiki

So that's why this one just feels so different. Miller was just kind of a glorified second unit director on it.

Is there anything in BT that grabbed you enough to warrant a revisit?

 

[Khev]

Is there anything in BT that grabbed you enough to warrant a revisit?

Well I'm kind of in "Max mode" due to Fury Road and wondered what references and things from Thunderdome that I might have missed due to my hazy recollection of it so I decided to check it out again. It's goofy as heck and so surprising that they made it *so* sanitized, I mean the first two films are hardcore with brutal rapes and everything and then BT is something that not just teens but little kids can watch!

And like you said, crazy that it's almost less violent than a Disney movie. Not ONE bad guy dies??? If only Maleficent, Ursula, Gaston, etc., could be so lucky. And the one dude even murdered an innocent guy with Down Syndrome. And he still gets a pass? So weird. I think I'm just going to pretend that after Ironbar did the middle finger thing that he died like five seconds later, lol.

But I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would and kind of look forward to watching it more regularly. It really takes me back to 1985, I even remember gazing at the kickass one-sheet when my mom and I were getting popcorn to go see BTTF. Even though there were no toys it obviously inspired things like the Dreadnoks Thunder Machine which came out a year later.

I love this guy's comment on the movie:

So, to recap, Max exposed Aunty’s scheme, stole her town’s lead engineer in Master, blew up Bartertown to the point of near-irreparability, and disabled untold minions and vehicles during their chase. He’s in for some severe punishment, right? Nope! She just sort of gives him a nod of respect and goes on her merry way. It’s a moment that raises the question of, just what was the point of Max in this film? He’s no longer the driver of the story, literally or metaphorically. All he did was screw up Aunty’s plan and thereby further complicate his own survival, scared a bunch of children who believed him to be their returned savior Captain Walker, and strongarmed the pilot into flying the kids to safety. He’s peripheral to most of the action rather than being a direct agent of it. And though the tribe, which has now settled in the ruins of Sydney, will tell his tale for generations to come, I wouldn’t be surprised if Max’s part in all of it becomes lost beneath the sands of time.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Review Directed by George Miller | Collider

So true! It wasn't even his idea to steal the train, that was all Pig Killer.

But it's still a fun movie (I didn't even find the middle section to be as dull as people tend to say) to use to visit that world and the action is great. I love how casually he just bumps Ironbar's vehicle onto the tracks, causing it to explode. I'm just going to pretend that all those off screen "GI Joe" crashes actually resulted in a fatality or three.

 

[jye4ever]

Yup, BT is definately the movie I would recommend to any elementary school that wants to introduce their kids to the world of Mad Max.

 

[Deckard]

 

[Wor-Gar]

I was so into Mad Max in 1986 and I wanted to like that movie so much that I forced myself too; even went as Max for Halloween.

Reminds me of the kids on this board forcing themselves to like AoU this summer. They want it so bad.

Oh, sorry Jye. I didn't mean you of course. How's that Ultron costume coming?

 

[jye4ever]

I can't wait to go as an Asteroid Orbiting Uranus for Halloween!

 

[Wor-Gar]

A little orbitting is OK but no landing.

 

[Khev]

One of my favorite parts in Thunderdome is right in the middle of the final chase the kids (and Max!) all pause and listen to that French record. It felt nonsensical for an action sequence but totally realistic that they would do that. Yeah, they're running for their lives but those kids would have no concept of hearing a disembodied voice coming out of a box and when would have been the last time that Max got to hear a record?

 

[jye4ever]

A little orbitting is OK but no landing.

LOL

One of my favorite parts in Thunderdome is right in the middle of the final chase the kids (and Max!) all pause and listen to that French record. It felt nonsensical for an action sequence but totally realistic that they would do that. Yeah, they're running for their lives but those kids would have no concept of hearing a disembodied voice coming out of a box and when would have been the last time that Max got to hear a record?

 

[Khev]

The whole second half of the movie didn't really feel like Max's story and was more of a kid adventure but with him in tow. What if you were out in the desert and got to drive a train?? And Max was your buddy! Kind of Indy/Short Round syndrome.

 

[Wor-Gar]

When Fury Max got to the old ladies on motorcycles my heart dropped for a moment with ThunderDome fears...

 

[jye4ever]

The whole second half of the movie didn't really feel like Max's story and was more of a kid adventure but with him in tow. What if you were out in the desert and got to drive a train?? And Max was your buddy! Kind of Indy/Short Round syndrome.

 

[Deckard]

"That's my head!"




Lego needs this license. Also, remember the original concept art for the Lego Movie?