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 of the 2010s, Fury Road received numerous accolades, including ten Academy Award nominations at the 88th Academy Awards, which won the most awards of the ceremony with six awards for Costume Design, Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing.Īfter a pay dispute between Warner Bros. The film was widely praised by critics for its screenplay, Miller's direction, action sequences, score, cinematography, editing, costume design, visuals, and the performances of the cast, particularly Hardy and Theron. Although it is the highest-grossing Mad Max film, Fury Road was a box office disappointment, grossing just $375.4 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. He briefly considered producing Fury Road as a computer-animated film but abandoned it in favour of live-action.
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 petrol 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 Template:Not a typo and a " revisiting" of the Mad Max franchise, it was produced by Kennedy Miller Mitchell and RatPac-Dune Entertainment and distributed by Village Roadshow Pictures in Australia and by Warner Bros. 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.