Furiosa, the highly anticipated Mad Max prequel is looking to premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
The blockbuster stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a younger version of Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa seen in Mad Max: Fury Road and is directed by George Miller. Miller has been in charge of Max’s journey since the character’s debut in 1979 and will finally allow a new protagonist to take the spotlight in the Mad Max franchise.
Story details of what Furiosa will entail have not been revealed, but we do know that it will explore the formative years of the titular character. It will also explain why by the time Fury Road takes place, Immortan Joe has the power to convince several warriors to go after Furiosa and Max.
Joining Taylor-Joy in the cast and playing Joe is Thor actor Chris Hemsworth. The role of Joe was portrayed by Hugh Keays-Byrne in Fury Road. Tom Hardy was Max. The cast will be rounded out by Tom Burke (Strike, The Musketeers) in the role of Dementus and retired professional wrestler Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus.
Miller has had much success launching his movies at the Cannes Film Festival. Fury Road premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 and was released in theatres shortly after. It grossed US$374 million worldwide and went on to be nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. It won six awards.
Most recently, Miller debuted Three Thousand Years of Longing at Cannes Film Festival 2022. Furiosa‘s potential premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2024 has yet to be confirmed by studio Warner Bros. any premiere plan for the movie depends on the actors’ schedules, and talks about movie promotions can only happen after the SAG-AFTRA strike is resolved.
“We kept an extraordinary memory of the world premiere of Fury Road at Cannes,” the festival’s chief Thierry Fremaux told Variety. “It would be wonderful to welcome them again with Furiosa, especially since George Miller was a marvelous jury president in 2016. I know he’s working on the film and I hope it will be at Cannes.”
Still, the studio remains hopeful, and so will we.
Furiosa hits theatres on 24 May 2024.
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