Warner Bros. Sets 'Mad Max: Fury Road' for May 15th, 2015

You know that Mad Max film that was shot back in the summer of 2012 starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron?  The one George Miller - whose directed every film in the series - is helming and that recently went back to do reshoots?  It's finally got a release date...a year and a half from now.

Warner Bros. has set a 3D summer release of May 15th, 2015 for Mad Max: Fury Road, a great release date for a film hoping to attract old fans and bring in new ones for a franchise over 35 years-old.

What I don't understand for the life of me is why a film that completed it's principal photography last year is getting a release almost two years from now?

I've heard of films setting a release date early and completing principal filming way ahead of time to complete all the special effects (Man of Steel had roughly a year and a half of post-production) but this is definitely something I've never seen before, especially for a summer release.

By the time Mad Max: Fury Road comes out, it will have been almost three years since the film started filming, and about two and a half years since it finished.  That's A LOT of time to edit a film and make sure everything's fine tuned.  I have never seen any of the Mad Max movies (thought I should, and now I've got plenty of time), but I'm willing to bet if this next one ain't the best in the series with all the time given to put it together, that's a damn shame for all the filmmakers involved.

We'll keep you posted on this project as I'm sure WB will release some kind of footage soon.  It's not like they've got nothing to work with.

Source:  Warner Bros. Pictures