Turns out they’re tied together — according to Moviehole, Gibson’s company Icon Entertainment is co-producing the movie. Icon has a bit of clout, since they made a few bucks with THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST.
That doesn’t necessarily mean Mel will slip on the leather again as lawman-turned-road warrior “Mad” Max Rockatansky, yet it’s certainly more involved than what he told the Australian Herald Sun just last month about MAX: “Oh gosh, I don’t know what [Miller] is up to.”
And the movie’s new star Tom Hardy apparently doesn’t even know who he’s playing, so the keys to the Interceptor would seem to be still up for grabs.