13
Oct
It seems George Miller’s Furiosa, a prequel movie to Mad Max: Fury Road, is about ready to put it into drive. And its cast is providing a lot of horsepower out of the gate, with Anya Taylor-Joy, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Chris Hemsworth all also joining the new film set in the ‘Mad Max’ universe. The casting of Taylor-Joy is not entirely a surprise since Miller has made clear for the last year that he intended to cast a younger actor in her 20s to portray Furiosa’s origin story. While this has been bittersweet for fans, and Charlize Theron who…
08
Jul
George Miller is working on a Mad Max: Fury Road prequel. Here’s why he should keep Charlize Theron as young Furiosa. “George Miller is working on a prequel to his 2015 hit film Mad Max: Fury Road, which is meant to be a Furiosa-focused prequel. As a result, he is looking for a young actress in her 20s to play the role that Charlize Theron made iconic. Consider the amount of CGI work that has gone into making much older actresses than Theron look young enough to play films—I, and Theron herself, are heartbroken about this development.” Read more at…
15
May
Furiosa is set for a grandiose solo return to the big screen… just not Charlize Theron’s portrayal of the post-apocalyptic warrior woman who stole the show in 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, according to franchise mastermind George Miller. In a bit of news that essentially verifies what previous reports have come to accept, Miller, in an interview with The New York Times, confirms that his mooted prequel movie centered on Fury Road standout character Furiosa is in the works, having settled a highly-publicized legal dispute with Warner Bros. However, said sequel will not see a role reprisal by Theron. Thus,…
27
Mar
The coronavirus pandemic has not just delayed the release of several current or upcoming movies; it’s ground the wheels of development and/or film production to almost a total halt. Some studios and filmmakers, however, are trying to do as much work as they can remotely on future projects so that when physical production can eventually resume, they are ready to hit the ground running. And seriously what would badass Furiosa think of George Miller if he just closed-up shop on a Mad Max universe movie entirely? Yep, one of the projects trying to work around COVID-19 in a responsible way…
