#MAD MAX CHARACTERS SERIES#

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This section shows characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise. In July 2019, a question regarding unpaid earnings had to be resolved before moving forward with production which was resolved. By January 2016, and after misleading reports which stated that the franchise was over, Miller re-affirmed that he is working on follow up movies. After the release of Fury Road, Miller announced that a sequel is in development, with the working title of Mad Max: The Wasteland. In March 2015, Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more Mad Max films, following Fury Road. Filming began in July 2022 for a release date of May 24, 2024. Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke will also star in unspecified roles.

Colin Gibson and John Seale will return as production designer and cinematographer, respectively. Though he had originally wanted to digitally de-age Theron to reprise the role, he decided against this after seeing The Irishman and deciding that technology has not yet overcome the uncanny valley. The filmmaker announced that the primary character will be recast. Miller explained that extensive backstories were created for the characters in Fury Road, and that with Furiosa an entire script was written. By May of the same year, the untitled prequel centered around Furiosa, was confirmed to be in active development. In March 2020, it was announced that a spin-off film centered around Furiosa was in development with auditions via Skype, including Anya Taylor-Joy. Miller and McCarthy found during the writing process for Mad Max: Fury Road that they had enough story material for two additional scripts. George Miller, Doug Mitchell and PJ Voeten George Miller, Brendan McCarthy & Nico Lathouris George Miller, Terry Hayes & Brian Hannant 2.2 Additional crew and production details.North American rights to the original film were previously owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (via the libraries of Orion Pictures and American International Pictures), however, in 2021, North American rights to the original film reverted to Warner Bros., thus WB now owns the entire Mad Max franchise (except for Australia and New Zealand). In 2016, Fury Road became the first film of the Mad Max franchise to receive Academy Award recognition, winning six of its ten nominations.

#MAD MAX CHARACTERS SERIES#

The series has also had a significant influence on popular culture, most notably apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and encompasses works in additional media, including video games and comic books. The series has been well received by critics, with each film marked 'Certified Fresh' on the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes Mad Max 2 and Fury Road in particular have been ranked among the best action films ever made. Despite his motives initially being nothing more than to obtain fuel and supplies, they gradually become more selfless and altruistic. As Australia devolves further into barbarity, Max finds himself helping pockets of civilization on several occasions. When his wife and child are murdered by a vicious biker gang (who also burned Max's partner to death), Max avenges his loved ones by wiping out the gang and becomes a drifting loner in the 'Wasteland'. The series follows the adventures of Max Rockatansky, a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages. Mel Gibson starred in the first three films and Tom Hardy took over as Max in the fourth film. It began in 1979 with Mad Max, and was followed by three sequels: Mad Max 2 (1981, released in the United States as The Road Warrior), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Miller directed or co-directed all four films. Mad Max is an Australian post-apocalyptic action film series and media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy.

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