In a Q&A for Edge of Darkness, Mel Gibson elaborated on a few of his forthcoming projects and the fourth Mad Max film, and Collider has bought us this to chew on.
With George Miller taking on the reins of directing Fury Road, or Mad Max 4 to the rest of us, the first port of call following the years of development the film has stewed in was to assemble a stellar cast. Tom Hardy, recently so impressive in Bronson, is signed on to take the lead alongside Charlize Theron but what devoted fans (Maxims?) want to know is has Mel Gibson signed on to play his part?
At one point I was involved and it fell to bits and then this and that…so now it’s probably gone through a lot of changes and I can’t wait to see it.
It would be something to see Gibson return to that world, and with most of the revisiting franchises, Ghostbusters 3 and The A-Team being prime examples, the iconic stars of the source material are mostly returning in one form or another.
Collider also bought us news of Gibson’s Viking movie, set to star Leonardo DiCaprio. There’s no surprise that he wants to go all out and make this film as realistic as possible.
I think it’s going to be English – the English that would have been spoken back then – and Old Norse. Whatever the 9th century had to offer. I’m going to give you real.
I want a Viking to scare you…I want to see somebody who I have never seen before speaking low guterl German who scares the living shit out of me coming up to my house. What is that like?
So, expect scary Germans and Old Norse. Oh, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Sounds like fun.
