IndieWire will continue to update the list as breaking news around the project is announced. Production won’t start until next year, but there’s a lot to get excited about right now in regards to “Furiosa.” Our rundown below includes every detail we know about “Furiosa” so far. The future of “Mad Max” looked bright after “Fury Road” thanks to Theron and Furiosa, but Miller is choosing instead to continue the franchise by rewinding the clock for a prequel about everyone’s favorite Imperator.
“Initially unyielding in her toughness, steady revelations finally let Max - and the audience - into her deep emotional reserves, with Theron marrying Furiosa’s toughness and smarts with an unshakable sense of nostalgia and destiny.” “Furiosa is the real hero of the story, armed with not only intelligence and grit, but serious skill behind the wheel of a war rig,” IndieWire’s Kate Erbland wrote of the character. IndieWire named Charlize Theron’s performance as Furiosa the ninth best of the decade. It didn’t take long for the character to join Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley from the “Alien” franchise or Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor from “The Terminator” films as one of cinema’s most definitive action heroines. In 2020, a fifth film, to be titled Furiosa, was announced. While it’s fun to think of an alternate reality where Renner played Max, his particular brand of Hawkeye-centric exuberance may not have fit the bill.George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” is widely considered one of the greatest action movies ever made (the film ranked ninth on IndieWire’s list of the 100 best films of the 2010s), and a big reason why is Imperator Furiosa. The film became the first in the Mad Max series, giving rise to three sequels: Mad Max 2 (1981), Beyond Thunderdome (1985), and Fury Road (2015). Bane, for example, wears and speaks through a mask, making subtle mannerisms crucial to the performance.
Hardy has excelled at inhabiting very physical characters in films like Warriorand The Dark Knight Rises. Given the fact that Max’s mouth is muzzled for a good portion of Mad Max: Fury Road, Hardy was the right choice. He said Hardy possessed the same sort of charisma, charm, and depth Miller saw in Gibson long ago. In The New York Times article, Miller recounts finding Hardy to play Max. However, the nuanced elements of Max's portrayal in Mad Max: Fury Road proved more accessible to Hardy than Renner. invested time in him for what would be a very demanding project, one Tom Hardy lamented as being “dangerous” if not for the methodical preparation of the film’s stunt team. Producer Doug Mitchell mentioned looking at Uma Thurman for Furiosa and Zoë Kravitz (who played Toast in the film) talked about how she read with an Avenger as the lead: “ I did a chemistry test with Jeremy Renner reading for Max because they hadn’t hired Tom yet.”įresh off his outing as Hawkeye in The Avengers, Aaron Cross in The Bourne Legacy, and Hansel in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters(not to mention a critically acclaimed role in American Hustle), Renner’s stock fit the Mad Max criteria. In The New York Times' oral history of the film, the cast and crew of Mad Max: Fury Road were asked about the production process. Related: Mad Max: Fury Road’s Storyboards Were Used Instead Of A ScriptĪ lot of actors and actresses were looked at for the film’s two main leads: Max and Furiosa. Gibson's age and profile didn't suit Max Mad: Fury Road and a younger (and more physical) hero was necessary. However, before the adrenaline-infused practical effects and Oscar wins, the role of Max Rockatansky needed to be recast.
The fourth film was an instant critical and commercial hit, raising the bar for its genre.
By adopting the style of previous entries and incorporating a new premise, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road was born.
Twenty years later, he was reinvigorated by the idea of making a movie that is essentially one long chase sequence. He didn’t feel there was any more he could do. The increasingly gigantic franchise left Miller satisfied in the wake of 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
Those films changed the way people perceived post-apocalyptic cinema having a look and feel entirely their own. Plot Deets and Full Cast List for ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ 08-14-12 Film Posted by itadmin Because you can’t work on a project like Mad Max: Fury Road for going on two months and have no new details released about it, we get some new information as to what the movie’s about, and who all is in it, courtesy of Kennedy Miller Mitchell productions (via Bleeding Cool ). Mel Gibson infamously played Max Rockatansky throughout three entries. Before writer/director George Miller revisited his franchise with a fourth film, audiences hadn’t seen Mad Max on the big screen since 1985. Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Byron Kennedy.The film, starring the then-little-known Mel Gibson, was released internationally in 1980.Its narrative based around the traditional western genre, Mad Max tells a story of breakdown of society, murder and vengeance. Jeremy Renner was in consideration for the titular character of Mad Max: Fury Road long enough to do chemistry tests.