Another Mad Max Film Will Hit Cinemas This Summer, But First It Will Premier At Cannes
Today, the Festival de Cannes announced that Warner Bros. film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga would premier at the 77th film festival, on May 15, 2024
It has been almost a decade since the last Mad Max film- Mad Max: Fury Road hit screens and George Miller, the film’s director, screenwriter, and producer from Australia is ready to unveil the film to the world, through the sun-kissed Cannes coast. Miller is known for his directorial work in the films Babe (1995) and Happy Feet (2006). He has also been a Festival de Cannes Jury member twice, and president in 2016. The film will no doubt bring buzz to the festival with Miller and the cast that includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and Tom Burke.
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo provided by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis
“As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.”
The franchise which includes Mad Max (1979), Mad Max II: The Challenge (1981), Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and the new film are like five episodes done over a period of a decade each. The Festival is calling Miller’s work as being “creating a cathartic myth, a cathartic mythology.” Each film takes place in a world gone wrong, a dystopia where speed and movement are a part of life and death. In this new film, Taylor-Joy plays Furiosa, who is trying to get back home even though various armed gangs are chasing her.
“The idea of this prequel has been with me for over a decade. I couldn’t be more thrilled to return to the Festival de Cannes – along with Anya, Chris and Tom – to share Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. There is no better place than La Croisette to experience this film with audiences on the world stage,” said Miller in announcement notes.
Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga
A film directed by George Miller
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke
Written by George Miller and Nico Lathouris
Produced by Doug Mitchell and George Miller
Released in France by Warner Bros. Discovery France
French release date: May 22, 2024
U.S. release date, only in theatres: May 24, 2024
Header Image-George Miller, Chris Hemsworth, and Anya Taylor-Joy on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jasin Boland