It turns out Miller’s production company and Warner Bros fell into a dispute over an unpaid bonus following the release of Mad Max: Fury Road. Sadly, this is where studio politics come into play. Fury Road's Director Wants To Make Mad Max: The Wasteland
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The film was also a solid hit for an R-rated action movie - at the box office and, surprisingly, the Oscars - but despite this, studio politics have slammed the brakes on the series for now.
It may have been a long ride but Mad Max: Fury Road was met with universal acclaim when it arrived, and is regarded by many as far and away the best of the franchise. Related: Exclusive: Charlize Theron Really Wants To Do A George Miller Furiosa Spinoff Undaunted, Miller spent the intervening years refining the script and working on more Mad Max projects, including an unproduced Furiosa prequel anime. The film was gearing up to shoot in 2003 with Mel Gibson returning, but this production was canceled following the outbreak of the Iraq war and resulting security concerns over its planned Namibian shoot. It took fifteen years before he conceived of the idea that grew into Fury Road and, as is the way of life in Hollywood, it took another fifteen for the movie to be released.īefore the script was even written, Miller had Fury Road extensively storyboarded as he wanted the narrative to function almost without dialogue. Following the release of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985, series creator George Miller felt the series was done. Despite 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road becoming an instant classic and fans clamoring for more, planned sequel Mad Max: The Wasteland has been trapped in limbo.