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    'Mad Max' Prequel Scheduled for 2023 Release

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    The upcoming movie that is expected to focus on a young Furiosa before she teamed up with Max Rockatansky in the ‘Fury Road’ has been set for summer 2023 release.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The “Mad Max” prequel, starring “The Queen’s Gambit” star Anya Taylor-Joy, is set to be released on June 23, 2023.
    George Miller’s new movie, which will focus on the character of Furiosa, has had a release date scheduled by Warner Bros.
    Anya-Taylor Joy will play the lead role in the upcoming film, which tracks the story of of Imperator Furiosa before she teamed up with Max Rockatansky in “Mad Max: Fury Road”.
    The 24-year-old actress has taken over the part from Charlize Theron, who portrayed Furiosa in 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” – the movie that revived the action franchise in which Tom Hardy replaced Mel Gibson in the role of Max.
    Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II have also been cast as the characters of Dementus and Pretorian respectively.

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    George is producing the film with long-term partner Doug Mitchell and has penned the script with “Fury Road” co-writer Nico Lathouris.
    Anya recently explained how she is desperate to do her own stunts in the movie.
    The “Peaky Blinders” star said, “I’ve never wanted to do anything halfway and I have been looking forward to a role like this for my whole life. So yes, I will be doing as much as I can physically do.”
    Miller admitted he felt it was necessary to cast a younger actress in the flick as he did not feel the technology was good enough to de-age Charlize.
    The 75-year-old director said, “For the longest time, I thought we could just use CG de-ageing on Charlize, but I don’t think we’re nearly there yet.”
    “Despite the valiant attempts on The Irishman, I think there’s still an uncanny valley. Everyone is on the verge of solving it, particularly Japanese video-game designers, but there’s still a pretty wide valley, I believe.”

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      Chris Hemsworth Joins Cast of 'Mad Max' Spin-Off 'Furiosa' Led by Anya Taylor-Joy

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      The ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ actor and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are tapped to star in the movie that will track the genesis of Furiosa, with the ‘Glass’ actress in the title role.
      Oct 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Warner Bros. is gearing up for a new “Mad Max” film by signing an actress in the lead role. After “Mad Max: Fury Road” director George Miller expressed his interest in casting Anya Taylor-Joy for the title role in “Furiosa”, the studio has officially tapped the actress to portray the young version of Charlize Theron’s character in the upcoming standalone movie.
      Taylor-Joy isn’t the only actor attached to the project as Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II have also been cast to star in the spin-off film. Their roles are not immediately announced, but it was previously reported that Hemsworth was circling a role called Dementus.
      The idea of “Furiosa” was first developed from Miller and “Fury Road” co-writer Nick Lathouris’ extensive backstory for the heroine that they wrote during the years they were working on “Fury Road”. “It was purely a way of helping Charlize and explaining it to ourselves,” he revealed back in May.
      They found Furiosa’s story so compelling that they decided to write a second screenplay even before a frame of “Fury Road” had been shot. After being locked in a legal battle for years, Miller has been finally given the go-ahead to proceed.

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      He also explained the decision to recast the role with a younger actress, “For the longest time, I thought we could just use CG de-aging on Charlize, but I don’t think we’re nearly there yet.” Theron, meanwhile, admitted the decision was “a tough one to swallow,” but she had nothing but respect for Miller and added, “He’s a master, and I wish him nothing but the best.”
      “Furiosa” was supposed to start shooting this spring, but it was delayed after coronavirus pandemic shut down all Hollywood productions. Miller will return to direct the movie and produce with his longtime Oscar-nominated producing partner Doug Mitchell.
      Taylor-Joy garnered critical acclaim through her role in M. Night Shyamalan’s psychological horror film “Split” (2016) and its sequel “Glass” (2019). She recently starred in X-Men film “The New Mutants” and will be seen in Netflix’s miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit”.
      Hemsworth is best known for his Marvel character Thor, which he last portrayed for the 2019 blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame”. He also led the cast of Netflix’s hit action thriller “Extraction” and is expected to return for its planned sequel.
      As for Abdul-Mateen, he’s fresh off winning his Emmy Award for HBO’s series “Watchmen” on which he plays Cal Abar/Doctor Manhattan. He will also appear in the new “Candyman” movie, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, and “The Matrix 4”.

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      George Miller Ditches Charlize Theron for Younger Actress in 'Mad Max' Spin-Off

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      The ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ director prefers casting a younger star as he abandons plans to make the original Furiosa depicter look younger for the upcoming spinoff.
      May 16, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Charlize Theron’s dreams of reprising her “Mad Max: Fury Road” character Furiosa for a new spin-off has been dashed by director George Miller.
      The filmmaker admits he did consider making the Oscar winner look younger, using the same computer-generated technology that made Robert De Niro look younger in last year’s 2019 “The Irishman”, but realised he couldn’t make a whole movie that way – and now he has abandoned the idea.
      “For the longest time, I thought we could just use CG de-ageing on Charlize, but I don’t think we’re nearly there yet,” Miller said in an interview with The New York Times. “Despite the valiant attempts on The Irishman, I think there’s still an uncanny valley. Everyone is on the verge of solving it, particular Japanese video-game designers, but there’s still a pretty wide valley, I believe.”
      But Theron has seen the script for the “Furiosa” spin-off as she was given that to help her create a background for her character. “It was purely a way of helping Charlize and explaining it to ourselves,” Miller explains.
      Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who appeared in “Fury Road”, says, “I got to read it when I was cast. It’s genius. I’ve always wondered if that movie’s going to get made.”
      Reports suggest Anya Taylor-Joy is the front-runner to play the younger version of Charlize’s “Furiosa”.
      Meanwhile, “Mad Max” star Tom Hardy has revealed there are plans for him to star in another two films and Theron has stated she’d return for another film if Miller directs.
      The two actors recently went public with their feud on the set, telling The New York Times they both could have done more to be better castmates.

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