Brendan McCarthy discusses how he landed the gig of scripting explosive action film Mad Max: Fury Road with director George Miller. He also describes his time on the set in Africa’s Namibia desert, a suitably sun-scorched stand-in for the post-apocalyptic Australian outback.
You co-wrote the screenplay for Mad Max: Fury Road. How did that come about?
I […]
By BBC Reporter Steven McKenzie
British comic book artist and writer Brendan McCarthy started out as a Mad Max fan but almost 30 years later he has co-written Fury Road, the new instalment of one of cinema’s best-known franchises.
Set in an energy-scarce, dustbowl apocalyptic future where filling up with fuel can cost a life rather than […]
By Douglas Wolk of the Washington Post
Between 1978 and 1990, two Brits — writer Peter Milligan and artist Brendan McCarthy — collaborated on a string of bizarre and wonderful comics, most of which are collected in this oversize volume, “The Best of Milligan & McCarthy.”
“We felt we were fine artists doing comics,” they note, “seeing […]
By Karl Keily of Comic Book Resources
CBR News: Brendan, how exactly did you come to be involved with “Mad Max: Fury Road” and what’s the journey been like to get it to the screen?
Brendan McCarthy: I used to write to George Miller when I was much younger, as I was totally enthralled by “Mad Max 2: […]