Following numerous delays, mostly due to weather issues, it looks as if George Miller's next "Mad Max" installment has found an official start date. According to The Daily Telegraph Aussie filmmaker Miller said that the next "Mad Max" has targeted a January 2012 date to kick off filming.
Miller said to the paper: "We've built the vehicles. We've designed the movie. The principal cast is locked in. The film is funded. It's all ready to go. We just wait."
The film had originally aimed to begin production around the Broken Hill in the Australian state of New South Wales this Spring, but the production was shut down last October due to unseasonal rains in the area. The terrain had once been perfect to depict a post-apocalyptic landscape but due to the rain had turned much more green and fertile.
Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron are still set to star in the film, which will kick off pre-production later this year.
Although that seems like a way off, it could turn out to be great timing for the project. Hardy has only become a bigger star since starring in "Inception" and he should only continue to rise as time goes on, considering he is starring in Hollywood's next most anticipated film. "The Dark Knight Rises." Theron is beautiful, talented and an Oscar winner so bringing the two together should be a great combination for the project.
Miller is a professional and he has already been through problems with weather on the first "Mad Max" film, so this is nothing new to him and he should be able to fight through the delays.
