Tom Hardy has urged George Miller’s Mad Max: The Wasteland isn’t occurring, quashing hopes of a second Fury Road prequel after Furiosa.
The actor, who performed Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road, provided Forbes an replace on the rumored prequel film, which might happen after Furiosa however one yr earlier than Fury Road with Hardy again within the lead function. “I do not assume that is occurring,” he mentioned, signalling {that a} return to the wasteland isn’t on the horizon.
Fury Road hit theaters in 2015 and adopted Max (Tom Hardy) as he joined forces with Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) in opposition to the tyrannical Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his military, resulting in a lethal high-speed jaunt throughout the wasteland — which made it onto IGN’s listing of finest ever on-screen automobile chases.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga jumps again 15 years earlier to inform the origin story of the titular renegade warrior earlier than she joined forces with Mad Max, together with the quite a few trials she confronted after being snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falling into the fingers of Chris Hemsworth’s cape-wearing warlord.
Miller revealed in May that he had a “complete story” deliberate for a Furiosa follow-up, which he has been toying with for years, but it surely looks like that will not be shifting ahead anytime quickly. Perhaps unsurprising after Furiosa had the worst Memorial Day field workplace opening in 30 years, bowing to a disappointing $32 million within the U.S.
Box Office Mojo confirms that Furiosa, which arrived in theaters in May, has to date grossed $160 million on the worldwide field workplace in opposition to a price range of $168 million. The movie has, nevertheless, acquired optimistic critiques and at present has a 90% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. IGN additionally gave the film a uncommon 10/10 score.
Our evaluate praised Furiosa for weaving “a hero’s journey of epic proportions, ushering in a strong reflection on what it means to reside and love in a dying world.”
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