The news is decidedly mixed, but news is news. This project has been in production since Eisenhower was president. It was on, it was off, it was rained out of Australia and assumed to be off, then it surfaced in Namibia of all places and was on again. Shortly thereafter Charleze Theron was seen cavorting about with a shaved head and everyone, especially me, got very excited ("It's really going to happen!). And then... nothing. Followed by more nothing and many (including myself) feared the worst. But its hard to keep a road warrior down and at long last in the past few days we've had two bits of info from the George Miller et al.
First the bad news. Most everyone thought that when the production wrapped in Africa some 92 years ago that we'd have a half year of post and then blessed release. Turns out that African wrap wasn't such a wrap after all. Sketchy reports that are circulating state that the production is now scheduled for 6 weeks of re-shoots though there's absolutely no indication exactly what or who is involved. So someone behind the big desk is not happy with what was turned in and is cracking the whip. As long as they get it right I suppose... but it means we most definitely won't be seeing this movie this year as had been expected.
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| Tom Hardy as Max. Spot on. |
And now the good news. As a way of talking some of us back from the ledge the production has released the first ever image (that I'm aware of) of Tom Hardy as Max himself and it looks like, if nothing else, they got that right. Let's see, grizzled? Check. Weather-beaten? Check. World-weary? Check. Distraught but determined? Check. Armed to the f***ing teeth? Check. Alright!
Now if George and Co can get their act together and get this thing up on the screen we'll be cookin' with gas!
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