Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a 2024 post-apocalyptic action adventure film co-produced and directed by George Miller, who co-wrote it with Nico Lathouris. It serves as both a spin-off and a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), as well as the fifth film in the Mad Max franchise. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the titular character Imperator Furiosa, with Chris Hemsworth also starring.
In March 2020, Miller conducted casting auditions for the title role of the film. In October, Taylor-Joy, Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II were cast in starring roles, but due to a scheduling conflict, Abdul-Mateen was replaced by Tom Burke in November. Several crew members from Fury Road returned for the film, including screenwriter Lathouris, film editor Margaret Sixel, costume designer Jenny Beavan, and composer Tom Holkenborg. Principal photography took place in Australia from June to October 2022.
Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Furiosa is scheduled to be released in theatres in Australia on 23 May 2024 and in the United States on 24 May 2024.
Premise
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and into the hands of a Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. While two Tyrants war for dominance over the Citadel, Furiosa survives many trials as she plots a way back home through the Wasteland.
Cast
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Imperator Furiosa
- Chris Hemsworth as Warlord Dementus
- Tom Burke
- Alyla Browne
- Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus
- Angus Sampson as The Organic Mechanic
- Quaden Bayles
- Daniel Webber as War Boy
- Lachy Hulme
A younger version of Immortan Joe, previously portrayed by Hugh Keays-Byrne in Mad Max: Fury Road, is set to appear in the film.
Production
Development and casting
In March 2020, Variety reported that George Miller was using Skype to conduct casting auditions for the title role of Furiosa, a Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) spin-off film centered on the character of Imperator Furiosa. Anya Taylor-Joy was among the candidates. In October, the film was in advanced development, with Taylor-Joy confirmed to be playing the title role, and Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II cast to co-star. Multiple Fury Road crew members were to be returning for the film, including film editor Margaret Sixel, production designer Colin Gibson, sound mixer Ben Osmo, and makeup designer Lesley Vanderwalt. Taylor-Joy received advice from Nicholas Hoult, who had previously portrayed Nux in Fury Road.
In February 2021, composer Junkie XL, who previously scored Fury Road, confirmed he would return for Furiosa. Jenny Beavan would also return to work on the costume design. Miller chose Taylor-Joy for the title role after seeing her performance in an early cut of the film Last Night in Soho and for her audition he assigned her the “Mad as Hell” monologue from Sidney Lumet’s Network. She was paid $1.8 million for her involvement.nDue to a scheduling conflict, Abdul-Mateen exited the project in November, with Tom Burke cast to replace him.
In January 2022, it was reported that Simon Duggan would be serving as cinematographer. In June 2022, it was reported Nathan Jones and Angus Sampson were set to reprise their roles from Fury Road. In August, Quaden Bayles, who worked on Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing after a video about his mistreatment at school went viral, was announced to be appearing in Furiosa, in a small role.
The film was awarded a AU$175 million filming incentive, and spent a total of US$233 million (AU$343.2 million) in Australia, the most-ever for a film production in the country.
Filming
After multiple different dates were reported for the start of filming, Deadline confirmed in a May 2022 interview with Miller that second unit filming was underway in Australia in advance of principal photography. In May 2022, second unit filming moved to Hay with more scheduled to take place in Silverton. Principal photography began on 1 June 2022, in Australia, and was expected to wrap by September. Filming officially wrapped by October 2022.
Release date
Furiosa is scheduled to be released theatrically in Australia on 23 May 2024, and in the United States on 24 May 2024, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was originally scheduled to be released on 23 June 2023.
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