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posted 8 years ago by Kray_Kray
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mad-max-prequel-coming-to-australia-page-13/news-story/f429aee32458125286de781ea6f40a31

Mad Max prequel coming to Australia: Page 13

Alice Coster, Herald Sun

September 16, 2016 6:00am

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FUEL up! The next Mad Max is returning to Australia for the latest instalment of the dystopian juggernaut.

The prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road starring TOM HARDY will be filmed in and around Broken Hill. Director GEORGE MILLER is known for keeping any developments with his projects closely guarded secrets, but Page 13 has the inside scoop from a highly placed onset source.

Pre-production is gearing up on the multi-million-dollar action-packed Warner Bros franchise, with NSW’s Broken Hill Studios Miller’s first choice for shooting, which could start as soon as later this year. Mad Max 4 was plagued by delays when extended rain turned the desert green and the uber director had to move location to Namibia.

Tom Hardy is returning as Mad Max.

Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron will be returning in a Mad Max prequel.
But now Broken Hill is back on the barren horizon for the next post-apocalyptic instalment, with the working title Mad Max: The Wasteland. The studio all but confirmed the exciting news, before citing a well-rehearsed line: “We would certainly welcome Mad Max coming back to its spiritual home.”

The script is said to focus on the backstory of Furiosa, played by Oscar winner CHARLIZE THERON.

Hardy and Theron were famously at loggerheads during Fury Road. Method actor Hardy was said to be difficult, but nothing compared with high-maintenance Theron. But after the runaway success of Mad Max 4, the Monster actor is said to be chomping at the bit to be part of the blockbuster, opening her schedule and losing some of the ’tude.

No word yet if original road warrior MEL GIBSON will make an appearance but there would be no need to fear a Mad Mel tirade given the franchise’s scripts are famously word wastelands.

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[–] Kray_Kray 8 years ago

But I do recall the gossip during the long shoot was that the basis for the acrimony between the two was the disparity in salary each was paid.

SC, I never caught a whiff of that. What I saw was about the lack of script paining Tom, and the fact he doesn't like to socialize with small talk between scenes.