John Seale is excited about shooting the long-awaited Mad Max: Fury Road in Namibia. "This one I swear won't disappoint," says the Oscar-winning cinematographer of The English Patient, Witness, Rain Man and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. "It's going to be a very deep and meaningful film as well as an astonishing action film. [Director] George Miller has got an amazing concept of an apocalyptic world and the people who live in it."
Shooting in an African nation with virtually no film industry is the latest challenge for the Australian director of photography. Miller was forced to head overseas for a post-apocalyptic landscape when rain made the desert bloom around Broken Hill.
Seale says most of the production support for the fourth Mad Max will come from Cape Town. All the vehicles will be shipped from Sydney. "We've already been into Namibia once on a survey and all the trucks are there with mechanics and panel-beaters shaping them to George's specifications," he says.
The shoot is scheduled to last from July until Christmas, with Tom Hardy taking over the lead role.
"We've got a fair big prep there because there's so many vehicles involved," Seale says. "We need to do of training with stuff – cars and cameras – and get that all in the mix to get what George wants."
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Seale believes the Namibian desert will be perfect for Fury Road. "Namibia hasn't got red earth, of course, but there's just nothing there – not a blade of grass for hundreds of kilometres, thousands of kilometres.
"It's very sad George has had to bail out of Australia but that's the movie industry."
Charlize Theron has revealed that Mad Max 4: Fury Road will not be a prequel or sequel to the previous films.
The Oscar-winning South African actress is set to star alongside Tom Hardy as Mad Max in the fourth instalment, which comes 27 years since the last movie, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
"Like with Snow White And The Huntsman, there is so much potential to re-imagine that world. It's such an interesting world and how much it still resonates today after 20 years or whatever it's been. We're going back to that world but this is not a prequel or sequel or anything like that," she said.
Charlize - who stars as evil queen Ravenna in Snow White And The Huntsman - is excited to see what Tom has up his sleeve for his upcoming performance, which sees him stepping into Mel Gibson's shoes.
"Tom Hardy will be playing Mad Max but this is not the Mad Max that we know from that [film]. Only Tom Hardy can do this Mad Max and my character is a brand new character as well," she added.
According to a tweet, Aussie actor Nathan Jones is heading for Namibia. Jones had bit parts in Conan the Barbarian, Jet Li's Fearless, and Troy. He's a big guy.
John Seale is excited about shooting the long-awaited Mad Max: Fury Road in Namibia. "This one I swear won't disappoint," says the Oscar-winning cinematographer of The English Patient, Witness, Rain Man and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. "It's going to be a very deep and meaningful film as well as an astonishing action film. [Director] George Miller has got an amazing concept of an apocalyptic world and the people who live in it."
Shooting in an African nation with virtually no film industry is the latest challenge for the Australian director of photography. Miller was forced to head overseas for a post-apocalyptic landscape when rain made the desert bloom around Broken Hill.
Seale says most of the production support for the fourth Mad Max will come from Cape Town. All the vehicles will be shipped from Sydney. "We've already been into Namibia once on a survey and all the trucks are there with mechanics and panel-beaters shaping them to George's specifications," he says.
The shoot is scheduled to last from July until Christmas, with Tom Hardy taking over the lead role.
"We've got a fair big prep there because there's so many vehicles involved," Seale says. "We need to do of training with stuff – cars and cameras – and get that all in the mix to get what George wants."
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Seale believes the Namibian desert will be perfect for Fury Road. "Namibia hasn't got red earth, of course, but there's just nothing there – not a blade of grass for hundreds of kilometres, thousands of kilometres.
"It's very sad George has had to bail out of Australia but that's the movie industry."
Charlize Theron has revealed that Mad Max 4: Fury Road will not be a prequel or sequel to the previous films.
The Oscar-winning South African actress is set to star alongside Tom Hardy as Mad Max in the fourth instalment, which comes 27 years since the last movie, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
"Like with Snow White And The Huntsman, there is so much potential to re-imagine that world. It's such an interesting world and how much it still resonates today after 20 years or whatever it's been. We're going back to that world but this is not a prequel or sequel or anything like that," she said.
Charlize - who stars as evil queen Ravenna in Snow White And The Huntsman - is excited to see what Tom has up his sleeve for his upcoming performance, which sees him stepping into Mel Gibson's shoes.
"Tom Hardy will be playing Mad Max but this is not the Mad Max that we know from that [film]. Only Tom Hardy can do this Mad Max and my character is a brand new character as well," she added.
Question: I’m really looking forward to a certain Mad Max movie that is coming up. What can you tell people about that project and when do you begin filming?
Theron: “I leave in like two and a half weeks and we start shooting I think around mid-July in Namibia. I’m f**king dying, too, it’s been three years. It’s time to skin this cat already, so yeah, I’m very excited about it.”
Q: Is the script that you were given all that time ago exactly what you’re still doing?
Theron: “Yes, exactly the same script. I know. It was more logistics. It was the fact that he had to finish ‘Happy Feet.’ Then there was terrible floods in Australia, and the desert just never recovered from it. That sounds horrible. It did recover in a beautiful way, but not in a way that we needed it to, so that was a huge problem for us.”
Q: What is it about that project that you’re looking forward to taking on?
Theron: “I think that just like this (‘Prometheus’) that it’s an interesting world. I feel that I have a real interest in this world, and I think people will have an interest in this world because ‘Alien’ kinda set that up for us. I feel like the original ‘Mad Max’ created such a vivid world, that to go back and re-imagine it and kind of replay in that sandbox sounds like fun to me. George (Miller, the director of the film) really created a female character that I’ve never read anything like. I mean, I’m scared shitless.”
Q: What is it he’s asking of you? Is it something you’ve never done?
Theron: “No, it’s a really challenging piece of material. I think for me originally when they were like, ‘Oh, ‘Mad Max.’’ I was like, ‘Uh, I’m not going to play the fucking girl for ‘Mad Max.’’ Then I read it and I was like, ‘Oh, ‘Mad Max.’ I feel sorry for you.’ (Laughs) That rarely happens. It’s just really, it’s two great characters. It’s not the original ‘Mad Max.’ It’s the revamped ‘Mad Max.’ It’s Tom Hardy, who’s incredible. So, the whole thing is just exciting, very, very exciting.
Q: Is that one of those films where it’s going to be PG-13, or are you guys pushing for a hard R? Do you know?
Theron: “I can’t say. I mean, ultimately it’s going to be up to George Miller, but it feels like…”
Q: I know there’s some violence.
Theron: “Yeah, yeah, there’s some bad-ass violence in it. I mean, if we do what the script is, I don’t know how you can do, but then I feel like PG-13 is pushing a little bit, too, which is good. It feels like—I don’t know. I remember being like, young and watching ‘Alien’ and loving it.”
So I guess she's saying that the movie won't be a hard R, but it also doesn't come across to her as a PG-13 movie either.
Charlize Theron has had a publicity-packed last few months after adopting a baby boy and appearing in two Hollywood blockbusters: Snow White and the Huntsman and Prometheus! But the blonde bombshell is sure to grab headlines again after getting her head shaved!
Charlize was spotted Thursday dining in West Hollywood with a full buzz cut and ETOnline can confirm the loss of locks is for her new role in Mad Max: Fury Road. The film reboot of the 1979 classic also stars Tom Hardy, who reprises Mel Gibson's original role of Mad Max Rockatansky.
Ms. Theron arrived in Namibia to one of the main roles in the new Mad Max film, Fury Road, to play. The man starring in the film plays Tom Hardy, has already arrived in Swakopmund, and is apparently where he regularly saw between his hotel and the production offices of the movie business in the old Municipal building step.
