Maybe: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ getting Black & White release in 2016
You may recall that George Miller made a black and white cut of Fury Road. He did. He wanted it on the home release. He didn’t get what he wanted. But now! Now that wild (purportedly intended) version of his may see life — in the futzing theaters.
You might recall that throughout the promotion for ‘Fury Road,’ Miller spoke at length about cutting a black-and-white version of the movie, and that he had insisted to the studio they make it available on the home video release.That didn’t happen. While a fan version of a monochrome ‘Fury Road’ brieflyhit the web in September, it was quickly yanked offline, but it seems there’s still hope for Miller’s vision.
Screen Daily reveals that an official black-and-white version does exist, “which Miller confirms was his original intent,” and producer Doug Mitchell says it might be released in 2016. Big news, indeed.
I would imagine Warner Bros. are still waiting to see how the film does when the Oscar nominations are unveiled next month, and even if it were to do well, I’d wager they won’t go wide with a black-and-white “Mad Max: Fury Road.” I’d guess it might be a special event screening, or something that might make its way in limited release to theaters like Alamo Drafthouse. But, we’ll just have to wait and see. However, it’s probably worth noting that the re-cut of Alfonso Cuarón‘s “Gravity” featuring just the score and sound effects, never hit the big screen, and was only released on a special edition Blu-ray of the film. And the sci-fi flick did far better box office numbers than ‘Fury Road.’ Food for thought.