Best of 2024: “Furiosa” Art Director Jacinta Leong on That Breathtaking 15-Minute Action Sequence
Nine years after Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron wreaked havoc as bad-ass adult Furiosa, director George Miller revisits his post-apocalyptic nightmare with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (in theaters now). The prequel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and the mighty first-generation War Rig truck, features one of the year’s most spellbinding action sequences, a relentless, 15-minute mind-melter that took 78 days to film.
While the 15-minute sequence is the most thrilling action scene of the year (in any film),
“Furiosa” Composer Tom Holkenborg Takes us on a Wild Musical Ride
George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Story has given us the best action sequence of the year, a relentless, 15-minute literal thrill ride that pits a young Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy), her War Rig mentor Praetorian Jack (Tom Burke), and some assorted War Boys against the onslaught of Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and his Biker Horde. This includes the Mortiflyers, a team of motorcyclists who get airborne using a number of inventive techniques,
“Furiosa” Art Director Jacinta Leong on Building Flying Motorcycles & That Breathtaking 15-Minute Action Sequence
Nine years after Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron wreaked havoc as bad-ass adult Furiosa, director George Miller revisits his post-apocalyptic nightmare with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (in theaters now). The prequel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and the mighty first-generation War Rig truck, features one of the year’s most spellbinding action sequences, a relentless, 15-minute mind-melter that took 78 days to film.
While the 15-minute sequence is the most thrilling action scene of the year (in any film),
After “Furiosa” Blows the Doors off Cannes, George Miller Revs Up the Possibility of Another “Mad Max” Film
George Miller is currently riding high at the Cannes Film Festival after Furiosa, his scorching sequel to Fury Road, made its world premiere last night. The premiere came nine years after Fury Road blew the roof off the fest, and, once again, Miller, his team, and his talented cast have managed to wow the Cannes crowd. Furiosa‘s screening ended with a seven-minute standing ovation. So far,
Anya Taylor-Joy Forges Her Path in Explosive New “Furiosa” Trailer
Nine years after George Miller’s more or less flawless Mad Max: Fury Road introduced an unbelievable Charlize Theron as Furiosa, the story of how Theron’s one-armed warrior supreme came to be is racing toward theaters. The latest trailer for Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga paints a clearer picture of what kind of story Miller aims to tell, and that’s one of vengeance. Furiosa is, of course,
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” Reveals a Younger (But Still Psychotic) Immortan Joe
One of the great villains of 21st-century cinema was also in a movie with one of its greatest heroes—Mad Max: Fury Road revealed the colossal fascist warlord Immortan Joe (the late, great Hugh Keays-Byrne), a carapace-wearing, skeleton-masked despot who ruled over a parched wasteland where he kept its inhabitants on the brink of starvation, dying of thirst, and much worse for the young women he took as wives. Yet he had in his midst a figure stronger than he was,
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” Drops its Scorching First Trailer
The first trailer for George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has arrived, easily one of 2024’s most feverishly awaited films. Furiosa arrives nine years after Miller’s nearly flawless Fury Road, which starred Tom Hardy as the titular Max and an unbelievable Charlize Theron as Furiosa, the ferocious, fearless heroine who was easily the heart and soul of the movie. Furiosa’s exploits in Fury Road were significant—risking life and what was left of her limbs,
