How big do grains of salt come these days? A new report from Australia’s Herald Sun states that a Mad Max: Fury Road prequel is not only in the works over at Warner Bros., it could start filming in Australia as soon as this year with George Miller returning at the helm. Now that is the kind of story I would love to believe, but there are a few odd bits that leave a lot of room for questions.
But first, here’s what the Herald Sun is saying:
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The prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road starring TOM HARDY will be filmed in and around Broken Hill…
Pre-production is gearing up on the multi-million-dollar action-packed Warner Bros franchise, with NSW’s Broken Hill Studios Miller’s first choice for shooting, which could start as soon as later this year. Mad Max 4 was plagued by delays when extended rain turned the desert green and the uber director had to move location to Namibia…
The script is said to focus on the backstory of Furiosa, played by Oscar winner CHARLIZE THERON.
While that’s a move that would make complete sense for the studio (Fury Road wasn’t a box office hit on the level of their Superhero films, but it earned the studio 6 Oscars and a huge cultural cache,) I’m still a bit dubious. For one thing, Miller has gone on record a couple times stating that, while he has more Mad Max stories to tell (two more, to be specific), he did not plan to immediately return to the franchise for his next project. Second, the report alleges that the prequel film will focus on the backstory of Charlize Theron‘s Furiosa, which is a move I can totally see the studio making, but would mark a pretty seismic shift from Miller’s previous Mad Max pattern, which have followed our Road Warrior Mad Max Rockatansky from one high-octane wasteland story point to another with very little narrative overlap.
However, as anyone who follows the announced, dropped, and reannounced projects that litter the film trades (like say, Mad Max: Fury Road for example), plans change so Miller may have come around to making another Mad Max film his priority. And considering how popular Furiosa was, it certainly makes sense that the studio would want to return to the character. For her part, Theron has been unequivocally onboard for the idea of returning as Furiosa in a follow-up film. Bunker Hill also makes sense as a filming location, and indeed, was where Fury Road was intended to film before an unexpected rainfall turned the usually barren lands into a fertile, green landscape unfitting for a wasteland.
For my part, I’ll remain a bit dubious until we get official confirmation, but until then, we’ll just have to keep enjoying the glory of Fury Road‘s raw, CGI-free footage and the long-promised black-and-white cut when Mad Max: Fury Road Black and Chrome Edition, which finally arrives later this year.
What do you guys think? Are you buying this story? Is a prequel the right way to go with the franchise? Sound off in the comments.
No! I didn't want a Furiosa backstory, I wanted the current story to continue after the events of Fury Road. I don't want to know how she got to be such a badass, I want to see her continuing to be one.
This sounds fake. Miller said he wants to do a smaller film before he does another Mad Max; plus, why would Tom Hardy be in a Furiosa prequel? It just doesn't make any sense.
If this is real, then I'm slightly let down. I don'the need a Furiousa prequel revealing her backstop for the same reason I don't want a Han Solo prequel or Die Hard Year 1. Everything we need to know about her is already established in Fury Road. I don't care about how she lost her arm or how she fell in line with Immortan Joe because that doesn't further the story. I like how each film has a different protagonist, and we're introduced to them through Max.
There won't be another Miller directed Mad Max film. He's too old.
Too bad they didn't shot the last one with Mel, it would have been a brilliant exit.
Nobody is "too old" to direct a movie. Fury Road was released just last year and remains one of the best action movies of all time. Miller is clearly not "too old".
Saw this story on Collider the other day. Are this prequel and The Wasteland supposed to be the same thing?
No, they're different projects to my knowledge. Perhaps Miller was done working on The Wasteland and had some quick ideas for the prequel with Furiosa, and that's the one they want to greenlight right away. That is, if these aren't rumors.
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Hmm, I thought Theron didn't want to do another since she hates Hardy.
Hardy is supposedly not involved in this prequel according to Collider. It's Miller and Theron unless Hardy does a cameo.
Charlize Theron’s Furiosa was such a vital part of “Mad Max: Fury Road” that many considered her the film’s actual protagonist. This naturally led to speculation about a new installment in the series centering around her, rather than Tom Hardy’s Max, and Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper is now reporting that the supposed prequel is already in development.
A few details cast doubt on the report, namely that director George Miller will once again be returning to the helm of his post-apocalyptic franchise; the Aussie filmmaker has stated in interviews that, should he direct another “Mad Max” movie, it won’t be until he’s done something else first. The Herald Sun is saying that the untitled prequel “will be filmed in and around Broken Hill,” an area in New South Wales, and that shooting “could start as soon as later this year…The script is said to focus on the backstory of Furiosa, played by Oscar winner CHARLIZE THERON.”
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” which made $378 million worldwide, was arguably even more successful with critics and awards bodies than it was with audiences — Miller’s fourth entry in his iconic series was nominated for 10 Oscars (including Best Picture and Director; it won six technical awards).
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