Is Jeremy Renner the Next Mad Max?
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers, Casting, RumorMonger, Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels
It's a quiet day (so far) on the Interwebs, which has led to everyone noticing and buzzing about a great little rumor that Ain't It Cool News discovered thanks to The Modesto Bee. The Bee caught up with up and comer Jeremy Renner (currently turning heads in the much buzzed about The Hurt Locker), and he revealed that he was trying to get behind the wheel of a famous black Interceptor. "I'm also fighting to do the new Mad Max film with George Miller. That might be next summer. I'm screen-testing and meeting George Miller."A screen test is a long way from a casting announcement (just think about who all screen tested for The Green Lantern), but it's the first news to come out of the long delayed Max Max reboot / remake project in some time. Obviously, Renner is being vague enough that he might not even be referring to trying out for the part of Mr. Rockatansky, but come on. If you name drop Mad Max, you're trying out for Max, which suggests this will be a straight up remake.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-03-2009 @ 4:02PM
Stan Winsome said...
You wanna get outta here? You talk to ME!
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8-31-2009 @ 5:28PM
Konstantine said...
Jeremy Renner is the one....anyone else and it could be more comical movie than Beyond Thunderdome...
His acting ability, his look it all leads to the raw character that Mel Gibson played in Mad Max 1.
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9-04-2009 @ 12:34PM
Dread said...
Jeremy has been listening to http://www.TheFugitiveMind.com to get into character
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10-30-2009 @ 4:14PM
Malt Liquor said...
You do realise that Australian actor Steve Innes has already been cast as Mad Max?
TMZ or some similar site said that Renner, who really, really wanted to be Max, actually called Innes in Perth to beg him to reconsider accepting the role and this call got recorded and broadcast.
I can't see Innes or George Miller taking Renner seriously on this.
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10-11-2009 @ 6:35AM
5th and Magnolia said...
It's Steve Innes for sure.
I never heard of him but I was in Sydney Australia less than a month ago and they were talking about it on local radio and on the news and there was a story in a weekend paper TV supplement but I didn't get the chance to read that.
Look's like it'll get off the ground once a few other movies are out of the way first.
So, who is this guy???
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