Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
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Directed by	George Miller
Written by	George Miller Nico Lathouris
Based on	Characters by George Miller Byron Kennedy Nico Lathouris
Produced by	Doug Mitchell George Miller
Starring	Anya Taylor-Joy Chris Hemsworth Tom Burke Alyla Browne
Cinematography	Simon Duggan
Edited by	Eliot Knapman Margaret Sixel
Music by	Tom Holkenborg
Production companies	Kennedy Miller Mitchell Domain Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	15 May 2024 (2024-05-15) (Cannes) 23 May 2024 (2024-05-23) (Australia) 24 May 2024 (2024-05-24) (United States)
Running time	148 minutes[1]
Countries	Australia United States
Language	English
Budget	$168 million[2]
Box office	$172.8 million[3][4]

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a 2024 post-apocalyptic action film directed and produced by George Miller, who wrote the screenplay with Nico Lathouris. It is the fifth installment in Miller's Mad Max franchise, and the first not focused on series protagonist Max Rockatansky, instead acting as both a spin-off prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and an origin story for the Fury Road character Furiosa, portrayed by Anya Taylor-Joy and Alyla Browne in the prequel.

Set 15 to 20 years before the events of Fury Road, the film follows the title character's life for over a decade, from her kidnapping by the forces of warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) to her ascension to the rank of Imperator. Tom Burke also stars as Praetorian Jack, a military commander who befriends Furiosa.

Several Fury Road cast members return in supporting roles, including John Howard, Nathan Jones, and Angus Sampson reprising their characters. Miller initially intended to shoot Furiosa back-to-back with Fury Road, but the former spent several years in development hell amidst salary disputes with Warner Bros. Pictures, Fury Road's distributor. Several crew members from Fury Road returned for Furiosa, including Lathouris, producer Doug Mitchell, composer Tom Holkenborg, costume designer Jenny Beavan and editor Margaret Sixel (Miller's wife). Filming took place in Australia from June to October 2022.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2024. It was released theatrically in Australia on 23 May 2024 and in the United States the following day. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the story, action sequences and performances (particularly Taylor-Joy and Hemsworth), but became a box-office bomb, grossing $172.8 million against its budget of $168 million.^[5]