George Miller's unrealized projects

Following Mad Max, Miller was offered plenty of Hollywood jobs, but he turned most of them down because he wanted to develop a rock and roll movie, the working title of which was Roxanne.

After working together on the novelization of Mad Max, Miller and Terry Hayes teamed up in Los Angeles to write Roxanne, but the script was ultimately shelved.

Warner Bros. was hoping to have the film ready for release by Christmas 1996, but under Miller's direction pre-production lasted longer than expected.

[5] The following month roughly 40 actors and actresses were auditioning for the ensemble superhero roles, among them were Joseph Cross, Michael Angarano, Max Thieriot, Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki and Scott Porter.

[9] The character was also linked to actresses Teresa Palmer and Shannyn Sossamon, along with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who confirmed that she had auditioned.

[12] The script for Justice League: Mortal would have featured the John Stewart character as the Green Lantern, a role originally offered to Columbus Short.

[13] Hip hop recording artist and rapper Common was cast,[14] with Adam Brody as The Flash / Barry Allen,[15] and Jay Baruchel as the lead villain, Maxwell Lord.

Marit Allen was hired as the original costume designer before her untimely death in November 2007,[17] and the responsibilities were assumed by Weta Workshop.

"[25] In 2011, Miller and McCarthy found during the writing process for Mad Max: Fury Road that they had enough story material for two additional scripts.

[26] In March 2015, during an interview with Esquire, Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more Mad Max films following Fury Road.

Anya Taylor-Joy has been cast to portray a young Furiosa, while Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II were also to star.

[38] In 2015, Miller was planning on directing Akira, the live-action remake of the film of the same name, but he left due to scheduling conflicts with Mad Max: Fury Road.