Furiosa Director Further Teases Fury Road Prequel Following Mad Max in the Wasteland

Summary

• George Miller teases a
  Fury Road
  prequel titled focusing on Mad Max’s backstory before meeting Furiosa.
• Plans for a
  Mad Max
  sequel led by Furiosa have also been revealed, exploring her role after the events of
  Fury Road
  .
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  , the first spinoff in the franchise, has received acclaim despite struggling at the box office.

Mad Max director George Miller has several ideas for further movies in the franchise following this year’s Furiosa, with the filmmaker teasing his idea for another Fury Road prequel. Discussing the idea with USA Today, Millers summed up the idea as “Max in the Wasteland,” and would follow the titular antihero in the year before he crashes into Imperator Furiosa in 2015’s critically acclaimed sequel.

“In terms of where we are going, there’s this account of Max in the year before we meet him in Fury Road, which we still have. I don’t want to jinx it, but it’s the story we call ‘Max in the Wasteland,’ and it looks at what forges him as a character. If the planets align, I’d love to do it.”

A further Mad Max outing titled Mad Max: The Wasteland has been in the works for some time, and based on this tease from Miller, this is presumably the same project. This is not the first time that the filmmaker has offered details of this Fury Road prequel recently, with Miller revealing that the idea sprung from preparation on the 2015 outing…

“In doing what we did in the preparation of Mad Max: Fury Road, we also wrote what happened to Max in the year before we encounter him in [that film]. And as we get towards the end of this movie, the chronology… Basically, we had to see that Mad Max was lurking around somewhere because we do know what happened. The writers know what happened to Mad Max in that year before, and we have a whole story of that, which I would like to do sometime if I get the chance.”

George Miller Has Also Revealed Plans of a Mad Movie: Fury Road Sequel Led by Furiosa

Miller clearly has big plans for the Mad Max franchise, with the director having also teased his idea for another movie led by Furiosa. One set after Mad Max: Fury Road.

“I’ve often speculated when we see Furiosa go up to the Citadel on that platform at the very end [of Fury Road] and nod goodbye to Max who wanders to the Wasteland… I often think: ‘What does she do, sitting up at the top of the dominant hierarchy? Does she fall into the trap that most revolutionaries do? You know, yesterday’s hero becomes tomorrow’s tyrant, which is classic in storytelling.”

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For now, audiences have plenty to enjoy with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Directed by George Miller, who co-wrote the movie with Nico Lathouris, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga serves as the first spinoff in the Mad Max franchise and boasts an ensemble cast that includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne, Nathan Jones, Angus Sampson, Daniel Webber, Lachy Hulme, Hugh Keays-Byrne, and Chris Hemsworth.

You can check out the official synopsis below.

“As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.”

Furiosa
has been met with much acclaim
but has sadly floundered at the box office so far, earning a worldwide total of $58.8 million against its $168 million budget.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
is out now in theaters.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

3.5/5

A prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa is an action-adventure film that tells the origin story of the headstrong and fearless Furiosa. Set shortly after the beginning of the “end of the world,” Furiosa is kidnapped and brought before a powerful warlord, now forced to work for him. To find her way back home, Furiosa will adapt to the new harsh and arid world as she grows into the Furiosa she becomes known to be. 

Release Date May 24, 2024

Runtime 2h 28m

Studio

Tagline Remember her.

Studio(s) Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures

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