Agreed Justin. A revamp is a TERRIBLE mistake.

No Gibson = No Max.

Replacing Gibson as Mad Max Rockatansky is like replacing Eastwood as Dirty Harry or his Man With No Name character, or replacing Stallone as Rocky Balboa or John Rambo, or replacing Kurt Russell as Snake Plisskin, or replacing Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones or Han Solo, or Sigourney Weaver as Ripley. Some actor/character combinations are just so iconic, with some characters being linked so closely to the actor who played them, that trying to fill those shoes with any other actor is almost pre-destined to fail, almost regardless of who the new actor may be, or how talented they may happen to be.

In fact the only example I can think of where they really got away with it was with James Bond, but of course even that was a rocky road to acceptance. After all the first man to replace Connery, George Lazenby, was not well accepted, and in his own opinion, it took until after his second film for Moore to become accepted in the role as well, while Dalton never really was by the public at large (though he was actually a damn good Bond, pre-dating Craig's grittier and icier killer Bond by 20 years), Brosnan had an easier ride though, and Craig had to prove himself (which he did, quite well in fact) after being royally beaten up in the press and on line prior to the release of Casino Royale.

I just can't see someone else playing Mad Max himself as working out and being widely accepted. Now if they were to use Mad Max/The Road Warrior as a mythical presence in the film, maybe get a cameo by Gibson, or maybe just have Bruce Spence as the Gyro Pilot, or others talk about Max, without actually showing him, and have the film take place in that same universe, but focusing on new characters, or perhaps even older versions of previously seen characters such as the feral kid, maybe have some character retracing Max's steps through the wasteland trying to find out what happened to the man they called Max, then that might work. But you can't replace Gibson as Mad Max. No way, no how.

@TO OLD FOR THIS **** yeah your right cause there wasn't any effects in the first Mad Max and who said anything about CGI...not Me!

They should make a prequel focusing on the downfall of civilization and the formation of the MFP to combat growing crime and gang warfare . This movie could perhaps include a cameo / side plot of Max's dad who , if memory serves me correct , was a lawyer . Maybe he could be killed by a bike gang as revenge . This could be an origin of why Max joins the MFP .