Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Cannes review – Fury Road prequel is emotional, witty and filled with purposeful savagery
7 months, 1 week ago

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Cannes review – Fury Road prequel is emotional, witty and filled with purposeful savagery

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The fifth Mad Max movie, which has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, arrives on screen without one seemingly vital ingredient – Max himself. We meet Furiosa as a youngster, played by actor Alyla Browne – half of the film has elapsed before we catch our first glimpse of its star, Anya Taylor-Joy. Director George Miller combines speed, grace and explosive violence, emulating Sam Peckinpah westerns and even, at times, the work of Charles Dickens – Furiosa is a bit like a young Artful Dodger, using her wits and courage to stay alive. But even in an action role almost entirely bereft of quieter moments, Taylor-Joy is still able to convey plenty about Furiosa’s raw inner emotions.

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Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron delivers verdict on Furiosa
5 months ago

Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron delivers verdict on Furiosa

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Charlize Theron has given her opinion on Furiosa: A Mad Max …

Mad Max Furiosa actor Quaden Bayles says he's 'a whole different person' four years after viral bullying video
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mad Max Furiosa actor Quaden Bayles says he's 'a whole different person' four years after viral bullying video

ABC  

Quaden Bayles has had his share of battles but the day he emerged from a post-apocalyptic contraption after an epic road war in the Mad Max universe was one of his finest triumphs. "You would think being a young kid like me," Quaden says, "just going through stuff in life wouldn't really make it. Lights, camera, action: Quaden in his …

Mad Max Saga roars into Chinese theaters
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mad Max Saga roars into Chinese theaters

China Daily  

Mad Max's new saga premiered in Beijing on June 5. After a 45-year hiatus since the iconic Australian dystopian action film Mad Max first graced screens in 1979, the highly anticipated fifth installment, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is set to premiere in domestic theaters on Friday, heralding the franchise's inaugural wide release across Chinese mainland. In a specially crafted …

Mad Max Saga roars into Chinese theaters
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Mad Max Saga roars into Chinese theaters

China Daily  

Mad Max's new saga premiered in Beijing on June 5. After a 45-year hiatus since the iconic Australian dystopian action film Mad Max first graced screens in 1979, the highly anticipated fifth installment, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is set to premiere in domestic theaters on Friday, heralding the franchise's inaugural wide release across Chinese mainland. In a specially crafted …

Chris Hemsworth On Working With Wife Elsa Pataky In Furiosa: 'We Hang Out At Work'
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Chris Hemsworth On Working With Wife Elsa Pataky In Furiosa: 'We Hang Out At Work'

News 18  

George Miller directed Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has finally hit theatres, nearly a decade after Fury Road. Featuring actors Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Tom Burke in the lead roles, the film also has the Marvel star’s wife, Elsa Pataky, in a double role. “As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers …

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is Australia's biggest, most expensive film to date. George Miller explains how he pulled it off
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is Australia's biggest, most expensive film to date. George Miller explains how he pulled it off

ABC  

Furiosa – the fifth film in the Mad Max action series, set in a post-apocalyptic Australia — has arrived just shy of a decade after the last instalment, Fury Road. Old story, new tricks Miller's expansive vision required a scale of filmmaking previously unseen in Australia, with the film shot predominantly in regional NSW between Broken Hill and Hay, a …

'Furiosa': A Mad Max Saga movie review: Go for the action, fall for the emotion
7 months ago

'Furiosa': A Mad Max Saga movie review: Go for the action, fall for the emotion

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: As Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga begins, you expect to be greeted by arid desert land—perhaps with a manic army or two in hot pursuit of some hapless victim of chaos. That’s perhaps why Furiosa never really seems to be trying to upstage Mad Max: Fury Road, of which this is both a prequel and a spinoff. This film …

'Furiosa A Mad Max Saga' Review: Fun, enthralling but not on par with 'Fury Road'
7 months ago

'Furiosa A Mad Max Saga' Review: Fun, enthralling but not on par with 'Fury Road'

India Today  

Director George Miller first thought of ‘Fury Road’ in 1987, and it is almost surreal that the franchise still continues to give you an adrenaline rush. Returning as the director and writer for ‘Furiosa,’ eight years after the fantastically-mounted ‘Fury Road', Miller’s new film focusses on showing the journey of Furiosa. But her memories of Green Place and young Furiosa …

With a new War Rig and a fleet of motorbikes, ‘Furiosa’ restarts the motorized mayhem of ‘Mad Max’
7 months ago

With a new War Rig and a fleet of motorbikes, ‘Furiosa’ restarts the motorized mayhem of ‘Mad Max’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When it was time to start making “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” production designer Colin Gibson went to a garage in Australia to find some old friends. The characters and actors of “Mad Max” may come and go across the saga’s 45 years, but the marauding mechanized horde keeps chugging. Furiosa ultimately has that vehicle we call …

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ movie review: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth bring Miller’s manic vision to life
7 months ago

‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ movie review: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth bring Miller’s manic vision to life

The Hindu  

It’s ridiculous to think that George Miller made his debut in 1979 with the first Mad Max, and that 45 years later, he is still obsessed enough with his own ingenious invention to be swimming in its high tide. In 2015, Miller rebooted the franchise with Mad Max: Fury Road, arguably the greatest action film of the last decade, thanks …

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has all the trappings of a prequel that exists to milk a hit movie. Does that matter?
7 months ago

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has all the trappings of a prequel that exists to milk a hit movie. Does that matter?

ABC  

For a 45-year-old franchise that began as a scuzzy, low-budget exploitation movie set in a near-future Australia, George Miller's Mad Max series has extracted a surprising amount of mileage from its rusty tank of guzzoline. Directed with age-defying vigour by the 79-year-old Miller, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the series' fifth and latest instalment, and a prequel to 2015's …

Furiosa's 'Mad Max' origin story is packed with explosives and extremes
7 months ago

Furiosa's 'Mad Max' origin story is packed with explosives and extremes

NPR  

Furiosa's 'Mad Max' origin story is packed with explosives and extremes toggle caption Jasin Boland/Warner Bros. Nine years after the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, it doesn't feel too soon to call it one of the greatest Hollywood action movies ever made. Sponsor Message A character this unforgettable was destined to resurface, and now Miller has given us a …

Anya Taylor-Joy flashes her toned legs in two stylish ensembles as she steps out to promote Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in New York
7 months ago

Anya Taylor-Joy flashes her toned legs in two stylish ensembles as she steps out to promote Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in New York

Daily Mail  

Anya Taylor-Joy strutted her stuff in thigh-high heeled boots on Tuesday as she stepped out in New York to promote Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Anya Taylor-Joy, 28, strutted her stuff in thigh-high heeled boots on Tuesday as she stepped out in New York to promote Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga The actress changed into a second look of the …

Movie Review: The ‘Mad Max’ saga treads (hard-to-find) water with frustrating ‘Furiosa’
7 months ago

Movie Review: The ‘Mad Max’ saga treads (hard-to-find) water with frustrating ‘Furiosa’

Associated Press  

At the beginning of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” we are introduced to a kick-ass woman who rides a horse, then a motorbike, nails a few bad guys with sharpshooting finesse and fights off a mob. That’s one of the oddities of this latest offering in the Mad Max Cinematic Universe: Creator and director George Miller has taken the coolest …

Furiosa: New Mad Max movie is a welcome return to movie Valhalla.
7 months ago

Furiosa: New Mad Max movie is a welcome return to movie Valhalla.

Slate  

The 2015 release of Mad Max: Fury Road, a 30-years-later sequel to the last installment of George Miller’s 1979–1985 action trilogy, occasioned a critical and popular response that was nothing short of rapturous. Fury Road, which ran exactly two hours, took place in an equally compact time frame, with Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa and Tom Hardy’s Max Rockatansky first chasing, …

Boyfriend's perfect reaction to his girlfriend as she loses it after meeting Chris Hemsworth
7 months ago

Boyfriend's perfect reaction to his girlfriend as she loses it after meeting Chris Hemsworth

Daily Mail  

A boyfriend's hilarious reaction to his girlfriend meeting Chris Hemsworth for the first time has gone viral on TikTok Catherine from Louisiana broke down in tears when she met the Australian actor, 40, after her future sister-in-law's graduation at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. A Chris Hemsworth, 40, mega fan broke down in tears when she met …

Cannes 2024: ‘Furiosa’ debuts, Anya Taylor-Joy gets megawatt movie-star moment
7 months, 1 week ago

Cannes 2024: ‘Furiosa’ debuts, Anya Taylor-Joy gets megawatt movie-star moment

The Hindu  

“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolled into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, returning George Miller's dystopia-on-wheels to the French Riviera festival and lending Anya Taylor-Joy a fairy tale moment on the Cannes red carpet. The latest “Mad Max” film, starring Chris Hemsworth and Taylor-Joy as a young Furiosa, premiered in Cannes almost exactly nine years after “Mad Max: Fury …

Chris Hemsworth gets emotional during 6-minute standing ovation for Furiosa at Cannes
7 months, 1 week ago

Chris Hemsworth gets emotional during 6-minute standing ovation for Furiosa at Cannes

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chris Hemsworth was reportedly “teary-eyed” by the …

‘Mad Max’ has lived in George Miller’s head for 45 years. He’s not done dreaming yet
7 months, 1 week ago

‘Mad Max’ has lived in George Miller’s head for 45 years. He’s not done dreaming yet

Associated Press  

CANNES, France — Only recently has George Miller realized just how influential his medical education was to the world of “Mad Max.” Miller was briefly a doctor before finding filmmaking and his twin brother, whom he attended university with, remained one. The 79-year-old filmmaker has written and directed every film, from 1979’s “Mad Max” to the new “Furiosa: A Mad …

‘Furiosa’ debuts in Cannes, giving Anya Taylor-Joy a megawatt movie-star moment
7 months, 1 week ago

‘Furiosa’ debuts in Cannes, giving Anya Taylor-Joy a megawatt movie-star moment

Associated Press  

CANNES, France — “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolled into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, returning George Miller’s dystopia-on-wheels to the French Riviera festival and lending Anya Taylor-Joy a fairy tale moment on the Cannes red carpet. The latest “Mad Max” film, starring Chris Hemsworth and Taylor-Joy as a young Furiosa, premiered in Cannes almost exactly nine years after …

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: buckle in for cinema at its most soul-pricklingly primal
7 months, 1 week ago

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: buckle in for cinema at its most soul-pricklingly primal

The Telegraph  

Alright, stop me if you’ve heard this one before. But then Furiosa, the new Mad Max film, which premiered at Cannes tonight, is cinema at its most soul-pricklingly primal. It’s the sort of film that makes you feel like the past century of Hollywood might have been a detour, and the machine has now been hauled back on course. Mad …

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review: 'More exhausting than exhilarating'
7 months, 1 week ago

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review: 'More exhausting than exhilarating'

BBC  

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review: 'More exhausting than exhilarating' Warner Bros Pictures "The dizzying circus stunts and pedal-to-the-metal drag-racing are still spectacular" – but Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is "more exhausting than exhilarating". Nine years after he reinvented the action movie with Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller has added another film to the savagely dystopian series he …

Mad Max director addresses Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s notorious on-set feud
7 months, 1 week ago

Mad Max director addresses Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s notorious on-set feud

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller …

'Furiosa' first reviews: Critics call Anya Taylor film 'myth-making at its finest'
7 months, 2 weeks ago

'Furiosa' first reviews: Critics call Anya Taylor film 'myth-making at its finest'

India Today  

The first reviews of Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy's Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga are here. The film has been helmed by George Miller and tells the 'origin' tale of one of its lead characters, Furiosa, earlier played by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road. Slashfilm's review stated, "Furiosa is myth-making at its finest; a powerful, moving, gritty tale …

Nicole Kidman's niece Lucia Hawley puts on an elegant display in a black gown as she steps out at the Aussie premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Nicole Kidman's niece Lucia Hawley puts on an elegant display in a black gown as she steps out at the Aussie premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Daily Mail  

Lucia Hawley looked as sophisticated as ever as she stepped out for the Australian premiere of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga on Thursday. The niece of Nicole Kidman, 26, captured attention as she stormed Sydney's State Theatre alongside huge stars including Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth. Lucia Hawley looked as sophisticated as ever as she stepped out for the Australian …

George Miller's 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' set for world premiere at Cannes Film Fest
9 months ago

George Miller's 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' set for world premiere at Cannes Film Fest

Hindustan Times  

Cannes, Filmmaker George Miller’s much-awaited movie "Furiosa" will have its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. HT Image The movie, which is the latest installment in Miller's famed film franchise "Mad Max", is a prequel to the 2015 hit "Mad Max: Fury Road", which also had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Officially titled "Furiosa: A …

‘Furiosa,’ the follow-up to ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ will premiere at Cannes Film Festival
9 months ago

‘Furiosa,’ the follow-up to ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ will premiere at Cannes Film Festival

Associated Press  

“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” George Miller’s eagerly awaited follow-up to “Mad Max: Fury Road, ” will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May. “Furiosa,” a prequel to “Fury Road” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, will roar down the Croisette nine years after Miller’s previous “Mad Max” film did. After its 2015 bow at Cannes, “Fury Road” went …

Mad Max and Furiosa stuntman Grant Page dies in car crash
9 months, 1 week ago

Mad Max and Furiosa stuntman Grant Page dies in car crash

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Grant Page, a stuntman who worked on the Mad Max films, …

Anya Taylor-Joy turns the streets of Los Angeles into her personal runway as she cuts a fashionable figure while visiting a friend
11 months ago

Anya Taylor-Joy turns the streets of Los Angeles into her personal runway as she cuts a fashionable figure while visiting a friend

Daily Mail  

Anya Taylor-Joy turned the streets of Los Angeles into her personal runway while visiting a friend on Thursday afternoon. Anya Taylor-Joy turned the streets of Los Angeles into her personal runway while visiting a friend on Thursday afternoon The performer is currently preparing for the release of the upcoming action-thriller feature Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, in which she will …

Anya Taylor-Joy flashes taut tummy in white crop top and sheer skirt as she and Chris Hemsworth promote Furiosa at CCXP 2023 in Brazil
1 year ago

Anya Taylor-Joy flashes taut tummy in white crop top and sheer skirt as she and Chris Hemsworth promote Furiosa at CCXP 2023 in Brazil

Daily Mail  

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth kicked off the first day at Comic-Con Experience in São Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday. The Miami born beauty stunned as she put her toned midriff on display in a sheer cream co-ord, featuring a ruched crop top and a matching Grecian style skirt. Anya Taylor-Joy, 27, flashed her taut tummy as she kicked off the …

Furiosa trailer unlocks Anya Taylor-Joy's fierce rise in the Mad Max saga as she clashes with immortan Chris Hemsworth
1 year ago

Furiosa trailer unlocks Anya Taylor-Joy's fierce rise in the Mad Max saga as she clashes with immortan Chris Hemsworth

Hindustan Times  

Furiosa Trailer: 'Whatever you have to do, however long it takes, promise me you will find your way back home, Furiosa.' On December 1st, Warner Bros. UK & Ireland dropped the much-awaited first trailer of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Furiosa Furiosa trailer welcomes Anya Taylor-Joy; let the Mad Max Saga begin Explaining how this return to the iconic dystopian …

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga trailer drops. Here's what we know about it
1 year ago

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga trailer drops. Here's what we know about it

ABC  

Australian director George Miller has returned to the wasteland, giving fans a first look at the much-anticipated next film in the Mad Max series. While the original Mad Max came out in 1979, the series attracted a new legion of fans with Miller's 2015 instalment Mad Max: Fury Road. The trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga attracted more than …

Mad Max Furiosa: Anya Taylor-Joy sports messy brown hair and a CGI glove as she films in Sydney
2 years, 4 months ago

Mad Max Furiosa: Anya Taylor-Joy sports messy brown hair and a CGI glove as she films in Sydney

Daily Mail  

Hollywood darling Anya Taylor-Joy has been spotted for the first time on the set of George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, Furiosa. New role: Hollywood darling Anya Taylor-Joy, 26, was spotted for the first time on the set of George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, Furiosa, this week - she sported messy hair, tatty clothing and a CGI …

First look! Newest Mad Max film Furiosa begins shooting in Broken Hill
3 years, 2 months ago

First look! Newest Mad Max film Furiosa begins shooting in Broken Hill

Daily Mail  

Mad Max will be making a return to its roots after it was announced that filming for the latest instalment, Furiosa, would take place in Broken Hill, NSW, next April. Thrilled: Shooting for the newest Mad Max film, Furiosa, will take place in Broken Hill next April as Silverton hotel owner Peter Price revealed his excitement for the upcoming production …

'Mad Max: Fury Road' prequel ‘Furiosa’ delayed to 2024
3 years, 3 months ago

'Mad Max: Fury Road' prequel ‘Furiosa’ delayed to 2024

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The “Mad Max: Fury Road” …

New Mad Max film expected to bring 'massive influx' of jobs, cash to regional NSW
3 years, 8 months ago

New Mad Max film expected to bring 'massive influx' of jobs, cash to regional NSW

ABC  

Regional towns are preparing for a cash boost — and a celebrity sighting or two — when another instalment in the Mad Max franchise begins shooting in New South Wales next year. Key points: Furiosa is the prequel to 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road and will begin shooting next year Director George Miller says it will be shot "all over …

The upcoming Mad Max prequel Furiosa will be filmed in New South Wales
3 years, 8 months ago

The upcoming Mad Max prequel Furiosa will be filmed in New South Wales

Daily Mail  

The New South Wales government has announced that the highly anticipated Mad Max prequel, Furiosa, will be filmed locally. Coming soon: The New South Wales government has announced that the highly anticipated Mad Max prequel, Furiosa, will be filmed locally. Minister for the Arts Paul Fletcher said it was 'very important' that Australia supported the film industry, and described the …

Anya Taylor-Joy talks about playing the younger version of Furiosa in the upcoming Mad Max prequel
4 years, 2 months ago

Anya Taylor-Joy talks about playing the younger version of Furiosa in the upcoming Mad Max prequel

Daily Mail  

Just a day after it was revealed she will portray the younger version of Charlize Theron's Furiosa in a prequel to 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road, Anya Taylor-Joy is opening up about the role. She also showered praise upon Charlize Theron and her performance in Mad Max: Fury Road, which was both a critical and commercial smash hit five years …

Anna Taylor-Joy roped in to play titular role in Furiosa, Mad Max: Fury Road prequel
4 years, 2 months ago

Anna Taylor-Joy roped in to play titular role in Furiosa, Mad Max: Fury Road prequel

Firstpost  

Furiosa will recount the backstory of the renegade character that originated in Charlize Theron’s 2015 blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road The long-awaited prequel of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road will now see Anna Taylor-Joy in the role of Furiosa. According to a report in Deadline, the film, also named Furiosa, is already in advanced development with Warner Bros and …

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