George Miller Says Mad Max: Fury Road Sequel is Happening

Posted by on May 19th, 2015   Filed under: Action, Sci-fi
Source: Variety

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After Mad Max: Fury Road opened to $45 million domestically and $110 million worldwide, the big question on everyone’s mind has been whether or not that will be enough to warrant a sequel. The movie should at least recoup its $150 million budget but at this point it’s not quite a huge hit. George Miller has made it clear from the start that he wants to do a whole new series of Mad Max films; in fact, he was originally going to try to shoot Fury Road back to back with the follow-up entitled Mad Max: Furiosa. Now this week he has taken to Twitter to let fans know that there are more Mad Max movies on the way. Of course, it’s unclear if he has the support of Warner Brothers just yet. Here’s what he had to say:


He also recently appeared on The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith where he revealed that the next movie would be called Mad Max: The Wasteland. Tom Hardy is attached to star in at least three more sequels, but everything is dependent on how the movies perform. My guess is that Warner Brothers will wait and see how Fury Road holds over the next few weeks before they make a decision on a sequel. Do you think we’ll get another Mad Max film in the near future or is this just wishful thinking by George Miller?



  • Lori Cerny

    Yeah, a sequel!

    Any conjecture on why this film isn’t drawing an audience? In my screening, there were, at most, 25 people.

  • Colin

    Dude is 70… hope he lasts long enough to see it through.

  • Colin

    It’s an R-rated action movie in a series that’s been dead for 30 years that took in over 45 million on a weekend when another new movie – a sequel to a popular film – took in over 69 million… it’s doing just fine.

  • Thurston

    Sean baby I need the Film Junk podcast review ASAP! The wait is killing me. I’m just dying to know if anybody will pop the cork on the 1st 6/5 stars…

  • devolutionary

    I want to say that Pitch Perfect 2 stole a lot of its limelight (considering it too is a ‘pro-female’ film but let’s be real, the pre-Internet hype could’ve done this film a disservice. Thankfully, I don’t imagine that to be the case.

  • Xidor

    George Miller didn’t use any greenscreen. I bet George Lucas is turning over in his grave when he thinks about how he returned to his franchise.

  • devolutionary

    I’m pretty sure George Lucas is still alive and kicking. His perceived life as a credible director on the other hand…

  • 1138sw

    So far the movie has made 115 million, both foreign and domestic combined. With a budget of 150 million I would assume it is OK? I’m would think the WB would want something over 200 million before granting a sequel. As of now I hope it makes it. I haven’t seen it yet but word of mouth has got my interest piqued for sure so catching it this week with a friend.

    I remember Batman Begins was kind of in limbo about whether a sequel was going to get green lit. It really felt like it took forever for BB to reach the 200 million mark with a budget of 150 million. But once that happened the WB greenlit what is one of the most profitable trilogies in movie history.

    Let’s hope that’s what in store for Mad Max/George Miller!

  • ECONOMYpolitica

    Women smell bad.

  • Deven Science

    I saw it opening day, and my theater was pretty packed. I hope the numbers stay strong for this next weekend.

  • Mrespony

    I’m curious about the demographic appeal for Fury Road and any subsequent sequels. I grew up with The Road Warrior on repeat, it’s as near and dear to me as Star Wars or The Goonies. Everyone I know, all in the over 30 camp, were ready to pop after the trailers for this hit the web, but I don’t know how a younger generation receives something like this. If you didn’t grow up thinking that this was a possible future, i.e. cold war nuclear annihilation, then maybe Mad Max seems silly.

  • Justin H

    I’d say its still a pretty popular setting for a post-apoc movie and its “silliness” is part of the draw. Though I think the first seems the most plausible, society and law and order crumbling slowly as chaos takes over, most likely due to economic collapse. Its like a less depressing version of The Rover.

  • Colin

    This feels like a movie that’s going to be huge on the home video, Netflix, TV market and gain a big following there… which, combined with a solid theatrical showing, should make for an easy greenlit sequel

  • 1138sw

    I don’t know about silly. “Post apocalyptic” seems to be the rage these days whether it’s nuclear, left behind, zombies, viruses, monster destruction, aliens or some natural world disasters…end of world stuff/post apocalyptic seems be the running theme through a lot of movies/tv shows. Maybe it’s just the SIGNS of the times. : )

  • pcch7

    Hell yeah