According to Moviehole's Clint Morris, one of the site's most reliable sources has tipped them off to the reopening of the Mad Max 4: Fury Road production quarters on Fox's Sydney lot. And that isn't all:
It sounds as if Miller will be working on this film, and "Justice League" concurrently -- the latter is also set up at Fox Studios -- as well as..."Happy Feet 2."
You read that right. If Moviehole's source is correct, Miller will be juggling three high-profile projects at once -- and the source even goes so far as to say that development on Mad Max 4 is now moving so quickly, it could actually reach screens before Justice League. But first, the casting call: Miller recently told Moviehole that he'd be using a younger leading man for the fourth Mad Max. Think he got any ideas during the recent Justice League casting sessions?
Source: www.cinema-pedia.com
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Mad Max 4 Coming Soon?
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Justice League of America Plot Confirmed!
A recent issue of Entertainment Weekly contains an article about the production, including a plot summary, obtained from "an early version of the script," that breaks down as follows:
Seven original members of the Justice League -- Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the Martian Manhunter -- are featured in an origins story about the superhero conglomerate. The plot revolves around villainous businessman Maxwell Lord and involves cyborgs called OMACs (One-Man Army Corps), who can take over humans and turn them into killing machines. There are epic battle scenes between Superman and Batman, as well as Superman and Wonder Woman, and League could spawn a slew of additional franchises if it's successful.
The production is apparently still on track for a February 2008 start and a summer 2009 release.
In related news, IGN Movies has obtained confirmation from Jessica Biel's reps that she is really, honestly, seriously no longer in negotiations to play Wonder Woman in JLA -- which isn't really news, per se, but it sort of dovetails with the hubbub surrounding a recent decree rumored to be made by Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov. Read on:
We are no longer doing movies with women in the lead.
Robinov's reasoning for this, apparently, is that The Invasion and The Brave One didn't perform well at the box office, and they had female leads, ergo female-led films are box office poison. It's innovative thinking like this that earns Robinov the big bucks, folks.
Anyway, one of the sticking points in the Biel negotiations was supposedly a guarantee, or lack thereof, that she'd star in a Wonder Woman spinoff. Now, as Comics2Film points out, Robinov's comments would seem to indicate that Warners has given up on the project entirely -- or, at the very least, that women need not apply for the starring role.
Source: www.cinema-pedia.com