Friday, October 30

• Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy Will Star in Mad Max 4

  

  Variety writes that Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy have been confirmed for Mad Max 4 (also titled Fury Road). Writer/director George Miller helmed the first three installments between 1979 and 1985 and has already finished a script for the fourth, which will begin filming next August in Australia.

  The first Mad Max helped launch the career of Mel Gibson, who went on to star in the two sequels (and of course a slew of other blockbusters). Its story involves a cop living in post-apocalyptic Australia who takes the law into his own hands after his family and friends are killed. The sequels, however, have little to do with the first movie, and the series' continuity is more or less non-existent.

  
  
  

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  Mel Gibson is a cop who plays by his own rules.

  Posted 10/30/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Mel Gibson | George Miller | Charlize Theron | Tom Hardy | Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome | Mad Max | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Sunday, October 25

• Mad Max 4: Fury Road to Start Production in 2010

  Australia scores a big movie production just days after Green Lantern packed up its gear and headed to New Orleans.

  The Daily Telegraph reports that production will begin in Sydney and New South Wales on Mad Max: Fury Road, with director George Miller at the helm. Miller directed three previous installments — Mad Max, The Road Warrior, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

  The production is a huge boost for Australia's movie industry with Premier Nathan Rees proclaiming that Mad Max 4 shooting in Australia "is a clear vote of confidence in Australian expertise" and "proves that Sydney is an international contender for major film production." All three of the Mad Max movies have been produced in Australia.

  No actor has been named for the iconic role of Max, made famous by Mel Gibson, who will not return. Rumors persist that Sam Worthington will play the role, though E!Online UK reports that Bronson's Tom Hardy is in talks for role, with Miller wanting Charlize Theron for the female lead. Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner has screen tested for role, saying he's "fighting" for the part.

  Work has already begun on Fury Road, as Miller showcased some of the cars he's been putting together on ABC News in Australia.

  
  

  Posted 10/25/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Jeremy Renner | George Miller | Charlize Theron | Sam Worthington | Tom Hardy | Mad Max | Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome

Tuesday, May 5

• Ken Watanabe and Tom Hardy Join Cast of Christopher Nolan's Inception

  An update on the casting of Christopher Nolan's Inception:

  Ken Watanabe has been cast as the villain of the movie, which Nolan vaguely and teasingly described as a psychological thriller about "the architecture of the mind." You might remember Watanabe as the Japanese general in Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima, or as Tom Cruise's Samurai-sword-wielding better half in The Last Samurai.

  Tom Hardy, who portrayed the villain in Star Trek: Nemesis, has also been signed. He'll play an associate of Leonardo DiCaprio's successful businessman, who will most likely be the protagonist.

  Hardy and Watanabe join a cast that also includes Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Michael Caine.

  
  

  Posted 05/05/2009 by Rich Z

  Related: Christopher Nolan | Ken Watanabe | Tom Hardy | Inception