Saturday, October 20, 2012

Mad Max Fury Road Gets A Suit Set Visit

George Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road"--the reboot of the Mad Max franchise movie is running into more trouble. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Warner Bros. suit Jeffrey Robinov flew to the set in Namibia a few weeks ago to evaluate the film's progress. 


The production has already run over budget and has fallen almost a week behind schedule.

Following that visit, producer Denise Di Novi will now been visit the set to supervise and will serve as a "studio representative" to oversee the film's progress. Di Novi however will not be made a producer on the film.

Shooting on the project began in July and Robinov is apparently optimistic the $100-125 million feature will wrap on schedule at the end of November.

The news of fresh hurdles comes as no surprise. Namibia is one of the most challenging places to film a massive epic such as this due to its harsh environs and lack of a support system for a large scale production. Miller has a reputation for going over budget and over schedule.

Tom Hardy will star as post-apocalyptic drifter Max Rockatansky made famous first by Mel Gibson.

Nicholas Hoult, Riley Keough, Charlize Theron Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Adelaide Clemens also star. Aussie Supermodel Abbey Lee Kershaw will make her acting debut in the pic.

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