According to the filmmaker, "Games were the poor cousin to feature films when it came to storytelling but I think it's flipping. Games allow you be much more like a novelist."

He goes on to describe the title as a "hybrid game", adding that he's interested in both the game-play and the emotional investment. "I'm curious how much you can engage with the characters through the game-play," Miller says. "It's the opportunity to make a novel."

Miller has teamed with God of War II director Cory Barlog for an upcoming Mad Max game. Last fall, Barlog stated that he had no idea when actual production on the game would begin. Miller presently states that they are still in the early stages of writing an designing.

When can we expect the game? Says Miller, "A really good game you need two and half years." So, pencil you in for late 2011, then?

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Yes, it's going to be a long wait for your digital Mad Max fix, kids, with Barlog writing that they're "working with some publishers to get a deal locked down so we can start making this bad boy." Temper your excitement for now, as Barlog warns "I have no idea when actual production will begin."

Fortunately, Barlog notes that he's also got a "little multi-player ditty" in the works, which is in the negotiations stages as well. He says it's "freaking awesome." It better not be Calling All Cars 2, Cory.

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While Miller's been working on the film, Barlog's been responsible for coming up with a "script" for the game, using the same resources and material as the film crew have had access to. Once he's done, Miller says they'll be doing something not that common in the games industry: they'll workshop the story. The film guys, the game guys, they'll chew through the title's outline and collaboratively brainstorm. Miller says of this breaking down of traditional borers on a movie project:

My expertise is in cinema, but it's about seeing where those disciplines overlap and bringing people together—by workshopping or whatever you want to call it—bringing together all these disciplines and basically telling the story of the same characters and the same world, but putting them out in all these different platforms. Does that make sense?

I see myself not so much as a filmmaker but as a storyteller. If I'm a storyteller first and a filmmaker second, then all of this other stuff is a legitimate part of telling the story. So that's how I'm seeing it. And my job—my specific job is to tell the story through film; at the same time it's someone like Corey's job to tell the story through the game. But there's a cohesion between the two.