Say it isn't so! George Miller says he's done with 'Mad Max' movies

Mad Max: Fury Road was director George Miller's triumphant return to his post-apocalyptic franchise, and has garnered critical acclaim, awards and accolades since it premiered in 2015.

But that might be all we get.

The DGA-nominated director told Page Six that he wants to get out of the Mad Max business. He said:

“I won’t make more Mad Max movies. Fury Road with Charlize Theron, Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Riley Keough was forever getting completed. If you finish one in a year, it’s considered a leap of faith. Start, stop, start again. ... I’ve shot in Australia in a field of wild flowers and flat red earth when it rained heavily forever. We had to wait 18 months and every return to the U.S. was 27 hours. Those Mad Maxes take forever. I won’t do those anymore.”

OK, but does he mean that he's done directing them or producing them or writing them? Because for Fury Road he's credited as all of the above. So maybe if he doesn't have to sit in the Australian desert for months on end and instead can just write in the comfort of his own home, he'll be good.

And plus, remember when J.K. Rowling said she was "done" with Harry Potter but now she wrote a prequel movie? Let's all give Miller some time to collect himself (and hopefully an Oscar) before we jump to conclusions.