Mad Max: Fury Road nearly cut the guitar-wielding, fan-favourite character, Doof Warrior, thanks to negative test screenings. Mad Max: Fury Road was a huge hit with both fans and critics. It’s whacky and zany characters were a big part of what made the film so enjoyable, with a particular standout being the crazy, guitar playing […]
Jodie Comer in contention to replace Charlize Theron as Furiosa in Mad Max spinoff
Last week, Mad Max creator George Miller confirmed rumours that he plans to move ahead with his Mad Max: Fury Road spinoff centred on a young Furiosa, with Charlize Theron set to make way for a younger actress in a prequel taking place some twenty years prior to the 2015 film. It has previously been […]
Mad Max director confirms Furiosa prequel spinoff, without Charlize Theron
Having sorted out legal issues with Warner Bros. surrounding 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, director George Miller announced back in December that “there’s certainly another Mad Max [movie] coming down the pike” and now the filmmaker has confirmed the recent rumours that he’s prepping a Fury Road spinoff centred on Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa – […]
Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron open up about their on-set conflicts while shooting Mad Max: Fury Road
While Mad Max: Fury Road is one of the best action movies of the past decade, the film had a troubled production which included being shut down several times, director George Miller’s sheer ambition, and on-set conflicts between stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. However, in an oral history of the making of Mad Max: Fury Road […]
The Greatest Action Directors of All Time
Tom Jolliffe looks at the greatest action directors of all time… The action genre has never particularly had the greatest respect associated with it. Maybe there’s a feeling that they’re dramatically anaemic, or sometimes intellectually inferior, but this isn’t always the case. It’s a genre that doesn’t always have consistent specialists, because certain directors who […]
Justice League Mortal photo offers new look at Megan Gale’s Wonder Woman
The Amazon Princess is set to make her big screen return this summer with Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984, and with the news this week that the Gal Gadot-headlined sequel has been pushed back to August, documentary filmmaker Ryan Unicomb has dropped a little treat for Wonder Woman fans by sharing a previously-unseen image of […]
George Miller says “there’s certainly another Mad Max coming down the pike”
Although director George Miller initially planned to follow up 2015’s acclaimed action blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road with at least one sequel, a legal dispute between the filmmaker and Warner Bros. over Fury Road finances appeared to put the brakes on any further outings for Tom Hardy’s Max Rockatansky. However, with that now settled, Miller […]
George Miller provides positive update on Mad Max sequels and Furiosa spin-off
In 2015, director George Miller wowed audiences and critics alike with the return to the post-apocalyptic world of the Mad Max franchise with Mad Max: Fury Road. The film grossed over $400 million worldwide and became a hit, seemingly primed for a new set of Mad Max films with Tom Hardy reprising his role and even a spin-off centred around […]
Mad Max: Fury Road with film critic Rafael Motamayor – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #34
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Rafael Motamayor comes by to explore the vehicular carnage of acclaimed blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic and occasional […]
Rumour: Mad Max: Fury Road sequel may be revving its engine
During the lengthy development and production stage on Mad Max: Fury Road, franchise creator George Miller revealed that he’d also devised two further scripts for sequels, entitled Mad Max: Furiosa and Mad Max: The Wasteland. In the wake of Fury Road’s critical and commercial success, Miller announced his intention to move forward with The Wasteland, […]
