Comments on: Is Jeremy Renner The New Mad Max?

By: Harry

Harry — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:44:33 +0000

OK Fine, but why post it 3 times in a row?
Got it first time.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:56:21 +0000

Steve Innes is not attached to this film anymore and his YouTube vids got pulled by Kennedy/Miller ages ago.
Tom Hardy is probably going to be Max, at least for now and the female lead is now vacant with Charlize Thereon bailing out only recently.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:56:21 +0000

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:56:21 +0000

By: Limoncello

Limoncello — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:35:02 +0000

Steve Innes is forty.
Jeremy Renner is thirty two.
Tom Hardy is thirty one.
Sam Worthington is thirty three.

These guys are cast in the film but in which role, no one knows.

Possibly on eof them is to be Max.

They are all too young!!!

Mel Gibson is 53 and doesn’t want to be in the film???

No Mel, I won’t pay to watch this.

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By: Mell Gibbon

Mell Gibbon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:26:18 +0000

How old is J.Renner exactly?
I know now S.Innes is about 40 but I still don’t really know who he is.
Unless this franchise is going waaay back in time, he (J.R.) would actually be younger than Max was at the time of Road Warrior, so that can’t work, can it?
Even S.Innes is only about the age now that Max was at the time of Thunderdome, so really he is possibly a bit too young also.
Not being from those parts, I’m not really aware of another Aussie actor sufficently aged and talented to play Max, but given they would like an “unknown” to play the part there probably is a fairly wide range of guys over there who are perfectly suited to the role, though not heard of here.

By: Francophile

Francophile — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:28:22 +0000

I thought the wild kid with the steel boomerang in MM2 was the narrator and he said at the end Max dissapeared and he (kid) eventually became leader of the “Great Northern Tribe” somewhere on the north east coast near Brisbane, according to the postcard the old guy showed Max to try to convince him to come along.
The kids from “Crack In The Earth” – the 2nd/3rd generation survivors of the Qantas 747 crash near the Victoria/New South Wales Border (early notes had the jet fleeing from Perth, which had been nuked, and the jet then crashed due to nearby nukes off over Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney and near the jet itself).
In any case these are the people, seen now as grown ups, who were living in trashed Sydney at the end of the show.
Max last seen walking off into the dark by himself.
MM3 is supposed to be nearly 20 years after MM1 and MM4 is supposed to be another 15-20 years after that, sometime in the mid 21st century.
Max is said to nearly 60 now so why not just get Mel to come back and pay him what he wants?
He needs the money now and guys like Innes and Renner, though they have the look – Innes especially – are just too young and Innes is the eldest at just 40.
Come back Mel!!!!

By: SK-47

SK-47 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:17:22 +0000

Thunderdome rules, truthfully I watch that more than Man Max or The Road Warrior.
The kids part, it had to be there to establish the mythos of Max and also there is a subtext of the ancient world with the kids hanging on to superstition vs. the industrial world with barter town.

Master Blaster, listen to the LAW!
Aunty, two people are in dispute.

By: Manowar

Manowar — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:13:38 +0000

Maybe have Mad Max 4 a sequel (showing past images). And have that boomerang kid from Mad Max 2 as an adult, who has adopted the name Mad Max from his hero/rescuer. He was the narrator (as an adult) in that movie anyways.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:06:09 +0000

Who is Steve Innes?

Any info on him anywhere?

Any photo?

By: 790

790 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:28:52 +0000

One thing that I love about Thunderdome was the Tina Turner opening track and closing track,,, she also looked great as the leader of Barter Town!!!

The film dragged during the Capt Walker/Cavern kids bit but I love that film,,,

Raggedy man,,,

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:20:49 +0000

Why are people still going on as if Jeremy Renner or even Mel Gibson himself are going to be involved in this film???
Renner only joined the band wagon at the last moment as he (and everyone else) found out last year that relatively unknown Aussie actor Steve Innes, who is 40, is set to be cast as Max and Renner with his higher profile wants in on a role he really has no real claim to.
Gibson had no intention of ever doing Max again and did not even want to do Thunderdome in 1985 but had to due to his contractural obligation to do a third film/2nd sequel.

By: 790

790 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:23:59 +0000

@Osborn18,,,

They could title the new film, “Mad Max Legacy”

By: 790

790 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:20:47 +0000

@ osborn18, interesting ,,, I think a Mel Gibson directed Mad Max with Renner would be frakken huge,!
Just keep it in the future and make Renner’s character a prodigy of Max, post Thunderdome…

By: osborn18

osborn18 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:02:04 +0000

There is no way mel gibson is gonna return to play madmax. Even if he wanted he is almost like completly retired from the main/action roles. And there is the all bit about not being able to promote movies himself because some sectors of the media hate him now…

What i would like to see is Mel himself being in charge of the production of the next mad max or even directing it. He has evolved a lot as a director so he is sure to have some great ideas to give miller on what to do with the series.

Renner or mel as a mad max the only thing that i want is for the franchise to back a little to its root and make it an ultra violent sci-fi(not some much like mad max 3 :__:)

By: Niall

Niall — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:41:17 +0000

I can really only see Mel Gibson as Mad Max. It’s the role that made him a star.

Niall

By: Sock Monkey

Sock Monkey — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:20:39 +0000

@790
Believe me man, there is nothing I’d rather watch. The reviews and videos I’ve seen of “The Hurt Locker” are extraordinary. But because Hurt Locker is an independant movie they’re only playing it in key states. Mostly the East and West coast. So Michigan, (Sadly) has been left out. And I don’t believe anyone is feeling it more than me. :/

By: 790

790 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:50:31 +0000

Kinda true about MM1 Sock Monkey,,, not such a boring film but definitely a depressing one. I don’t want to see that remade. How bout Renner plays the son of the Gyro-Pilot. He had that Safari hat and no fear. I could see him growing up into the new protector, (played by Renner.) Gibson (Capt Walker) could enter into the film as a savior once again in the end. As long as they don’t harvest the power of aliens it shouldn’t be anything like Indy 4.
^
Its really amazing to me that two of the best films this year, (forget Star Trek and Harry Potter) “Moon” and “Hurt Locker” have crap distribution.
The time is now where independent films are miles ahead of the mainstream garbage.
Sock Monkey, if you like Renner, “Hurt Locker” is going to blow you away. Not only was his performance Oscar worthy the film is real intense and never let’s up. I wish more people could see it and Moon as well,,,

By: Sock Monkey

Sock Monkey — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:53:13 +0000

@blipverp I’d have to disagree with you there Blip, I found the first Mad Max to be slow and boring, sort of reminded me of a REALLY twisted Greece. But the second one, and a little of the third one had such a fantastic style, so I’d prefer to see more of the survival of humanity, as opposed to seeing Renner be the cop (which he does excellently) once again.
As for Renner, I love any performance I see with him, my favorite, (although I begrudgingly have not seen the Hurt Locker yet, stupid Michigan theaters!) was his role in the Unusuals. I could see him doing a great job as a rebooted Mad Mad.
@790
That idea would work somewhat, but I think to me it’d just remind me of Indi 4. Although, maybe it was just Shia laBoeuf that turned me off that movie.