Could Charlize Theron become 'Mad Max'?

There's an interesting report going around that Charlize Theron may be in the running to take the lead role in George Miller's reboot of Mad Max. It's called Mad Max 4 at the moment, but whether or not it retains the "4" remains to be seen.

The rumor seems to have come via E!Online who are throwing out the buzz that Miller may be interested in casting Max as a woman.  Personally I think that would be awesome.  Firstly, Max will always be Mel Gibson to me, so I'm not that interested in Mad Max 4 without Mel Gibson and, apparently, he's not interested (or rather, Miller thinks he's too old).  But, after the wonder-turd that was Mad Max 3 I think if a new film is to be made it should be a re-imagined version and, to my mind, Charlize Theron would make an awesome ass-kicking Max (or is that Maxine).

Let's hope it turns out to be more than a rumor.