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Mad Max: Fury Road prequel rumoured to be in pre-production in Australia

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In the build up to the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, director George Miller revealed that he was developing a further two instalments of the post-apocalyptic action franchise, and would be looking to move ahead with the next, Mad Max: The Wasteland, as soon as possible. Since then, we’ve heard little in the way […]

Mad Max: Fury Road prequel comics announced for May

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As we await the arrival of Mad Max: Fury Road, DC Comics imprint Vertigo has announced the release of the hardcover book Mad Max: Fury Road: Inspired Artists, which includes art influenced by George Miller’s seminal post-apocalyptic action series, along with four character-centric prequel comics. Check out the front and back cover to Inspired Artists, […]

Propelled to Greatness by Set Pieces: A Maverick Approach to Action Cinema

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Tom Jolliffe looks at two of the best action films of the last decade, Mad Max: Fury Road and Top Gun: Maverick… There are great films. There are great action films. Attaining greatness through your action amounts to nailing your set pieces and imbuing proceedings, with just enough characterisation to give the propellant action some […]

Anya Taylor-Joy says Mad Max: Furiosa made her “tougher than she ever thought she could be”

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As filming Mad Max: Furiosa comes to a close, Anya Taylor-Joy has looked back at her journey in the Wasteland. In a new Instagram post, Taylor-Joy praised the Mad Max prequel’s cast and crew, while claiming the film made her stronger than before. She calls the film an honor and a privilege and also notes that […]

Official synopsis for Mad Max spinoff Furiosa teases a great Biker Horde, Warlords and a young Immortan Joe

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Having kicked off production in Australia earlier this month, we now have an official synopsis for Furiosa, director George Miller’s upcoming prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, which sees Anya Taylor-Joy (The Northman) starring as a younger version of Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa. The synopsis for the spinoff reads: “As the world fell, young Furiosa […]

Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa begins production with Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth

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After a trip to Cannes for the premiere of his latest film 3000 Years of Longing, Australian director George Miller is back in the Outback, with filming now officially underway on his Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa. The film sees Anya Taylor-Joy portraying a young Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron alongside Tom Hardy […]

George Miller says don’t expect to see Mad Max: The Wasteland any time soon

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While George Miller is in Cannes with his fantasy-romance Three Thousand Years of Longing, it has afforded journalists the opportunity to ask him about the sequels and prequels to his 2015 modern classic Mad Max: Fury Road, one of which is currently in production, and another that he says reveals is “further down the chain”. […]

Tom Burke replaces Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Mad Max spinoff Furiosa

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Tom Burke (Mank) has joined Warner Bros. and George Miller’s Furiosa, the spinoff to Mad Max: Fury Road. Burke has replaced Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who had to part ways with the project due to scheduling conflicts. The film marks the first major studio film for Burke, who played Orson Welles in Netflix’s Mank and has credits including […]