George Miller Gives ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Sequel A Title
With a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes and a strong domestic opening weekend, hitting nearly $45m forMad Max: Fury Road, it’s pretty obvious there’s a thirst for more Max. The film itself certainly leaves that world wide open to continue the character’s story andfor a long time, writer/directorGeorge Millerhad said he conceived this film as the first of a trilogy.Tom Hardyeven revealedhe’s signed to reprisethe character a few more times.
Nothing has been officially announced in regards to aMad Max: Fury Roadsequel, but Miller has been thinking about it. In a new interview, he revealed he’d like to call the next filmMad Max: The Wasteland.
Miller was being interviewed byThe Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith(viaThe Playlist) when he talked about theMad Max: Fury Roadsequel:
We’ve got one screenplay and a novella. It happened because with the delays [on ‘Fury Road’], and writing all the backstories, they just expanded.
That’s when he revealed the potential sequel titleMad Max: The Wasteland.
Both points are different fromwhat he said four years ago, beforeFury Roadwent into production. At that time, Miller said he had two sequels in mind, with one script totally done and the other almost complete. He said the second film would potentially be calledMad Max: Furiosa. Four years changes a lot though so you’d imagine the newer quote is more accurate. Or, maybe Max and Furiosa each get their own sequel, which is an unsubstantiated rumor we’ve been hearing for a while.
It’s also worth mentioning that over the weekend, someone claiming to be Miller appeared on Twitter and teased more Max. However, this account is not verified so don’t take it as gospel:
Whether or not that’s really Miller, the real Miller definitely has been thinking aboutMad Maxsequels and the success ofFury Road, especially internationally, will probably give him the ability to make a follow up.
Do you likeMad Max: The Wastelandas a title for aFury Roadsequel?
