After the storm, Max finds Furiosa repairing the Rig, accompanied by the wives: Capable, Cheedo, Toast, the Dag, and the Splendid Angharad, the last of whom is heavily pregnant with Joe's child. Max escapes and restrains Nux, but the car is destroyed. Furiosa drives into a sand storm, evading her pursuers, except Nux, who attempts to sacrifice himself to destroy the Rig. Nux joins the pursuit with Max strapped to his car, and a battle ensues between the War Rig and Joe's forces. When Joe realises that his five wives are fleeing with her, he leads his army in pursuit of Furiosa, calling on the aid of nearby Gas Town and the Bullet Farm. Meanwhile, Imperator Furiosa, one of Joe's lieutenants, is sent in her armoured 'War Rig' to extract gasoline and ammunition. Max is imprisoned and used as a 'blood bag' for a sick War Boy called Nux. With the world becoming a desert wasteland following a societal collapse from warfare over resources, a survivor named Max Rockatansky is captured and taken to Immortan Joe's Citadel by his army of War Boys. and Miller delayed early efforts to produce follow-up projects, a prequel, Furiosa, was announced as being in 'advanced development' in 2020, with Miller set to return as writer and director. Considered one of the greatest action films of all time and one of the best films of the 2010s, Fury Road received numerous accolades, with ten Academy Award nominations at the 88th Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and won the most awards of the ceremony with six awards for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.Īfter a pay dispute between Warner Bros. Despite this, the film was praised by critics for Miller's direction, screenplay, action sequences, musical score, cinematography, editing, costume design, visuals, and its performances (particularly from Hardy and Theron). Although it is the highest-grossing Mad Max film, Fury Road underperformed at the box office, grossing $374.7 million worldwide against its $154.6–185.1 million production budget and incurring overall losses of up to $20–40 million. The film wrapped in December 2012, although additional footage was shot in November 2013.įury Road premiered at Los Angeles on, and was released in Australia on 14 May. Principal photography was delayed several more times before beginning in July 2012. Hardy was cast as Max in June 2010, with production planned to begin that November.

In 2009, Miller announced that filming would begin in early 2011. Miller decided to pursue the film again in 2007, after the release of the animated comedy Happy Feet.

Attempts to shoot the film in 20 were delayed due to the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War, respectively. Miller came on the idea for Fury Road in 1987 however, the film was in development hell for many years before the idea occurred in 1998. Set in a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland where gasoline and water are scarce commodities, Fury Road follows Max Rockatansky, who joins forces with Imperator Furiosa to flee from cult leader Immortan Joe and his army in an armoured tanker truck, leading to a lengthy road battle. The film stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton. The fourth instalment and a ' revisiting' of the Mad Max franchise, it was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, Kennedy Miller Mitchell and RatPac-Dune Entertainment and distributed by Roadshow Entertainment in Australia and by Warner Bros. Pictures internationally. Miller collaborated with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris on the screenplay. Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller.

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