Director George Milleris planning a long-awaited follow-up to his Mad Max movies – but the action sequel will not include original leading man Mel Gibson, because he’s too “old”.

Australian Miller directed Gibson as police officer ‘Mad’ Max Rockatansky living in a post-apocalyptic world in three Mad Max movies in 1979, 1981 and 1985.

The director says, “I do want to make another Mad Max movie and get stuck back into that. “It (the lead) won’t be Mel. He was 21 when he made the first one, now he’s a lot older and his passion is for film making and directing. “I don’t think he is into acting and I don’t think he would be interested in being involved at all.”

So here is the AFTER picture. 

And these are the BEFORE pictures.  Here is Mel partying it up with some random chicks just hours before being busted.

Thanks to the vigilant gossip-mongers at TMZ, we learned that Mel Gibson was arrested early this morning by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department in Malibu, CA. TMZ managed to get in contact with a spokesman for the department, who had this to say:

“Mel Gibson was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. He was released later this morning. The investigation was still ongoing, just like it would be with any other person.”