What A Lovely Day: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Sequel Will Happen, According To Director George Miller
IfMad Max: Fury Roadwas the only movie directorGeorge Millerhad ever made, that film is such a miracle that it would have guaranteed him a place in the pantheon of action filmmakers. But after years of waiting around and legal battles, it sounds like he’s ready to drive back into Valhalla once again, because in a new interview, Miller strongly indicates that three moreMad Max-related movies are finally going to happen, including one that centers onCharlize Theron’s Furiosa. Read his latest comments below.
In an interview withIndiewire, Miller was asked if there were indeed twoMad Max Fury Roadsequel films in the works (as had long been rumored), and here’s how he responded:
“There are two stories, both involving Mad Max, and also a Furiosa story. We’re still solving, we’ve got to play out the Warners thing, it seems to be pretty clear that it’s going to happen.”
The “Warners thing” is alegal battle with Warner Bros.over a multi-million dollar bonus that Miller’s production company believes it is entitled to for completingMad Max: Fury Roadunder budget. But WB has disagreed, and the case has beeneking its way through the court systemfor years.
Later in the interview, Miller seems to imply that even though he has a different film coming up next, he and his team are already in pre-production on aFury Roadsequel:
“I’ve been there too often when you announce movies are going to happen and then they fall away. It happened three times onFury Road, and eventually we got the damn thing made. We’re just coming out of a meeting as we speak, and we’re well into pre-production on this one. I’m cautiously optimistic. It’s going well.”
It’s possible that when Miller says “this one” at the end there, he’s referring to being in pre-production onhis genie love storyThree Thousand Years of Longing. But if you read the full interview, just a few sentences before that he says he hopes to begin pre-production onThree Thousand Years of Longingbefore the end of this year, so we’re not entirely certain where all of these projects stand at the moment. Either way, it’s great news to hear him speaking so optimistically about the future of theMad Maxfranchise, because people who were impressed byFury Road(read: everyone who saw it) have been eagerly anticipating a follow-up ever since the originalblew mindsback in 2015.
