This article contains Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga spoilers.
Furiosa’s world is not a romantic place. George Miller’s post-apocalyptic Wasteland is barely habitable and fit for the toughest of survivors only. The young Furiosa (Alyla Browne) must learn this fast in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga when she is snatched from her idyllic home. Her mother tries desperately to rescue her and very nearly manages but instead is caught, tortured, and killed by Dementusm (Chris Hemsworth) and his men in front of her daughter. Dementus wants to know where Furiosa’s home is. But Furiosa knows she can’t tell him, even if it means watching the person she loves most in the world burned, maimed, and murdered. That is what love gets you: vulnerability and pain. And so the young Furiosa becomes the property of Dementus, and is later bartered to Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme) who...
Furiosa’s world is not a romantic place. George Miller’s post-apocalyptic Wasteland is barely habitable and fit for the toughest of survivors only. The young Furiosa (Alyla Browne) must learn this fast in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga when she is snatched from her idyllic home. Her mother tries desperately to rescue her and very nearly manages but instead is caught, tortured, and killed by Dementusm (Chris Hemsworth) and his men in front of her daughter. Dementus wants to know where Furiosa’s home is. But Furiosa knows she can’t tell him, even if it means watching the person she loves most in the world burned, maimed, and murdered. That is what love gets you: vulnerability and pain. And so the young Furiosa becomes the property of Dementus, and is later bartered to Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme) who...
- 5/25/2024
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Anya Taylor-Joy is taking New York City by storm! She’s in the Big Apple to promote her latest action-adventure movie, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, now in theaters. And, not surprisingly, she’s doing it in style.
Her exquisite outfit selections, mainly highlighting her slim legs, have turned the Furiosa press tour into a fashion show. While going around the NYC media circuit, Taylor-Joy has been putting on a leggy display in stunning designer mini-dresses and gorgeous heels.
Anya Taylor-Joy turns the Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga New York City press tour into a fashion show, showcasing a string of leggy looks in designer dresses and heels (Credit: Roger Wong / INSTARimages)
From sexy strappy heels to racy thigh-high boots and alluring red pumps, let’s have a look at Anya’s stylish fashion display, which her stylist Ryan Hastings put together.
Exuding Simplicity in Little White Dress and Strappy...
Her exquisite outfit selections, mainly highlighting her slim legs, have turned the Furiosa press tour into a fashion show. While going around the NYC media circuit, Taylor-Joy has been putting on a leggy display in stunning designer mini-dresses and gorgeous heels.
Anya Taylor-Joy turns the Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga New York City press tour into a fashion show, showcasing a string of leggy looks in designer dresses and heels (Credit: Roger Wong / INSTARimages)
From sexy strappy heels to racy thigh-high boots and alluring red pumps, let’s have a look at Anya’s stylish fashion display, which her stylist Ryan Hastings put together.
Exuding Simplicity in Little White Dress and Strappy...
- 5/25/2024
- by Anne De Guia
- Your Next Shoes
Friday Afternoon: Ouch, it’s looking really bad. Warner Bros.’ Furiosa is possibly posting the lowest opening for a Memorial Day movie in 41 years with a 4-day between $31M-$35M. How the holy heck is that? If the George Miller-directed prequel comes in on the low end, the last time a No. 1 movie or Memorial Day opening title filed a 4-day gross take that was lower was back in 1983, when Return of the Jedi made $30.5M — and that was a lot of money back then.
If Furiosa hits at the high end of its current range at $35M, then that’s the lowest Memorial Day weekend opening since 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which did $33.9M. Those ’80s grosses are not adjusted for inflation.
Furiosa is seeing an estimated $11M for today (including previews) and around $27.5M for the 3-day at 3,804 theaters, and that includes Imax.
If Furiosa hits at the high end of its current range at $35M, then that’s the lowest Memorial Day weekend opening since 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which did $33.9M. Those ’80s grosses are not adjusted for inflation.
Furiosa is seeing an estimated $11M for today (including previews) and around $27.5M for the 3-day at 3,804 theaters, and that includes Imax.
- 5/25/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Prepare to witness the wildest movie ride of the year? George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga sees the mastermind filmmaker return to the Fury Road, unleashing a brand new odyssey chronicling the past of the mysterious Imperator – with Anya Taylor-Joy behind the wheel, and Chris Hemsworth screeching into the desert as deranged new Wasteland Warlord, Dementus. To celebrate, we’re diving into exclusive photos from Entertainment Weekly’s cover shoot featuring the stars and key scenes from this highly anticipated film. The power of character preparation Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Furiosa, who delved extensively into understanding her character’s background. She
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- 5/25/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Typically, reboot film franchises don’t surpass the originals. The first films are so iconic and firmly entrenched in the popular consciousness that the reboots get dinged for any changes they make — and sometimes the changes they don’t make. But there are exceptions — just check the “Planet of the Apes.” And maybe no film series inverts this trend more than “Mad Max.”
For decades, George Miller’s Australian apocalypse series was an iconic apocalyptic action series that helped create an entire sci-fi aesthetic in its own right. Starring Mel Gibson pre-fame, the trilogy of films from 1979 to 1985 were fondly remembered as an iconoclastic action franchise, with the second entry in particular often cracking lists of the best in the genre.
And yet, when Miller resurrected the franchise in 2015, he miraculously came back with a film that eclipsed all of them in respect and attention. “Mad Max: Fury Road” wasn...
For decades, George Miller’s Australian apocalypse series was an iconic apocalyptic action series that helped create an entire sci-fi aesthetic in its own right. Starring Mel Gibson pre-fame, the trilogy of films from 1979 to 1985 were fondly remembered as an iconoclastic action franchise, with the second entry in particular often cracking lists of the best in the genre.
And yet, when Miller resurrected the franchise in 2015, he miraculously came back with a film that eclipsed all of them in respect and attention. “Mad Max: Fury Road” wasn...
- 5/25/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Fans and critics alike are buzzing about the release of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in theaters. George Miller, the esteemed filmmaker of the prior Mad Max films returned to direct this installment of the series, which functions as a prequel. Miller looked for a new face for this prequel, and after Charlize Theron’s memorable portrayal of Imperator Furiosa in the first film, he cast Anya Taylor-Joy, who is a superb actress best known for The Queen’s Gambit. Taylor-Joy revealed the whirlwind of emotions she experienced when Miller reached out, inviting her to audition. (Click on the media bar below to hear Anya Taylor-Joy) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Anya_Taylor_Joy-_Getting...
- 5/24/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Fan-favorite “Mad Max: Fury Road” character Furiosa gets her story expanded with the prequel film “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” Anya Taylor-Joy takes the reins from Charlize Theron as the title character but there are many new and familiar faces popping up throughout the movie. Let’s meet them all.
Here’s the official logline: “As the world falls, young Furiosa (Taylor-Joy) is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. She will spend the rest of her life battling to get back home.”
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa “Furiosa” (Warner Bros.)
Anya Taylor-Joy takes over the role of Furiosa from Charlize Theron in this prequel. In “Furiosa,” the titular character struggles to escape after being kidnapped by a warlord and falling in with Dementus’s biker hoard.
Taylor-Joy’s career has exploded in the last few years.
Here’s the official logline: “As the world falls, young Furiosa (Taylor-Joy) is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. She will spend the rest of her life battling to get back home.”
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa “Furiosa” (Warner Bros.)
Anya Taylor-Joy takes over the role of Furiosa from Charlize Theron in this prequel. In “Furiosa,” the titular character struggles to escape after being kidnapped by a warlord and falling in with Dementus’s biker hoard.
Taylor-Joy’s career has exploded in the last few years.
- 5/24/2024
- by Jacob Bryant
- The Wrap
This article has some pretty big Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga spoilers.
For 18 years and 148 minutes of runtime, Furiosa simply wants to go home. This primal, human need is a universal motivation, and it takes on mythic proportions in a movie where audiences know that quest is doomed. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is of course being marketed as an “odyssey;” an epic about the formative years of the most badass character to ever cross the Wasteland. Yet because you should remember that the Green Place is long destroyed by the time Mad Max: Fury Road rolls along, this film and Anya Taylor-Joy’s characterization of this woman at its heart is haunted by an air of futility.
… Which makes the unexpectedly hopeful ending all the more beautiful as we discover what exactly Furiosa does beneath a tree with the man who took everything from her.
George Miller...
For 18 years and 148 minutes of runtime, Furiosa simply wants to go home. This primal, human need is a universal motivation, and it takes on mythic proportions in a movie where audiences know that quest is doomed. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is of course being marketed as an “odyssey;” an epic about the formative years of the most badass character to ever cross the Wasteland. Yet because you should remember that the Green Place is long destroyed by the time Mad Max: Fury Road rolls along, this film and Anya Taylor-Joy’s characterization of this woman at its heart is haunted by an air of futility.
… Which makes the unexpectedly hopeful ending all the more beautiful as we discover what exactly Furiosa does beneath a tree with the man who took everything from her.
George Miller...
- 5/24/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Plot: Stolen from her people as a child and forced to witness her mother’s execution, young Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) sets out on an epic quest for vengeance against the warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth).
Review: George Miller’s Mad Max series contains not one but two of the most incredible action movies ever made. Sure, there’s Fury Road, but there’s also The Road Warrior. Both are masterpieces of their genre, so the bar has been set pretty high for Miller’s return to the Wasteland. The early reviews seem overly concerned that Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga isn’t a replay of Mad Mad: Fury Road, with it telling an epic, fifteen-year tale, the likes of which has never been attempted in the series before. From the 1979 original onward, all the movies told relatively compact stories, so Miller and co-writer Nico Lathouris deserve praise for doing something different.
Review: George Miller’s Mad Max series contains not one but two of the most incredible action movies ever made. Sure, there’s Fury Road, but there’s also The Road Warrior. Both are masterpieces of their genre, so the bar has been set pretty high for Miller’s return to the Wasteland. The early reviews seem overly concerned that Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga isn’t a replay of Mad Mad: Fury Road, with it telling an epic, fifteen-year tale, the likes of which has never been attempted in the series before. From the 1979 original onward, all the movies told relatively compact stories, so Miller and co-writer Nico Lathouris deserve praise for doing something different.
- 5/24/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
When the follow-up to a commercially and financially successful film is announced – whether a sequel, prequel, or spin-off – the usual question arises: why? Why not let the originally planned movie stand alone in peace? Is there a need or even enough story to create another film in the same fictional world? What will this new installment have to offer? The questions are numerous, but in the end, they will disappear if Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga meets the tremendous anticipation of the general public and critics worldwide.
George Miller created the Mad Max franchise in the ’80s, but despite its tremendous success at the time, it was only with Fury Road – with the help of his co-writer, Nico Lathouris – that the saga reached a whole other level of appreciation. Considered by the vast majority of viewers as a true masterpiece of the action genre, the character brilliantly portrayed by Charlize Theron...
George Miller created the Mad Max franchise in the ’80s, but despite its tremendous success at the time, it was only with Fury Road – with the help of his co-writer, Nico Lathouris – that the saga reached a whole other level of appreciation. Considered by the vast majority of viewers as a true masterpiece of the action genre, the character brilliantly portrayed by Charlize Theron...
- 5/24/2024
- by Manuel Sao Bento
- Talking Films
The Cannes Film Festival will crown its Competition winners tomorrow night and the consensus seems to be building around a few titles.
All films have now been seen and it’s fair to say that things really heated up in the back nine. The Competition section took a few days to catch fire sparking rumor that this was unlikely to be a vintage crop of movies but Emilia Perez‘s bow last Saturday finally kicked the contest into another gear and since then multiple films have fared well among critics. There have been some notable highs on trade jury grids. The Palme d’Or winner is often not the movie with the highest final score on such lists but the impressively high numbers reveal a range of critically appreciated movies this edition.
One of the trends to emerge from this year’s lineup is the foregrounded position of women within the most buzzed-about films.
All films have now been seen and it’s fair to say that things really heated up in the back nine. The Competition section took a few days to catch fire sparking rumor that this was unlikely to be a vintage crop of movies but Emilia Perez‘s bow last Saturday finally kicked the contest into another gear and since then multiple films have fared well among critics. There have been some notable highs on trade jury grids. The Palme d’Or winner is often not the movie with the highest final score on such lists but the impressively high numbers reveal a range of critically appreciated movies this edition.
One of the trends to emerge from this year’s lineup is the foregrounded position of women within the most buzzed-about films.
- 5/24/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
This weekend brings the action-packed odyssey of "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" to theaters for all to witness and enjoy. While the movie acts as a prequel to incredible "Mad Max: Fury Road," it does differ from George Miller's fast-paced franchise revival from 2015 by spanning years, even decades, as we learn the origins of Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) and see how her quest for vengeance against the maniacal Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) becomes tied up in the legacy of Mad Max and the Wasteland's wars.
But where "Furiosa" matches "Fury Road" is in the unbelievable, adrenaline-fueled vehicular mayhem and brutal combat between both humans and customized cars, trucks, and pretty anything with wheels. However, the prequel does enhance one particular element of the "Mad Max" franchise, and it's a detail that almost made it into "Fury Road."
Along with the usual post-apocalyptic mash-ups of hot rods and monster trucks, as well...
But where "Furiosa" matches "Fury Road" is in the unbelievable, adrenaline-fueled vehicular mayhem and brutal combat between both humans and customized cars, trucks, and pretty anything with wheels. However, the prequel does enhance one particular element of the "Mad Max" franchise, and it's a detail that almost made it into "Fury Road."
Along with the usual post-apocalyptic mash-ups of hot rods and monster trucks, as well...
- 5/24/2024
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Furiosa."
Even though there are currently only five films within the "Mad Max" saga, the movies span an impressive number of decades, from the late 1970s to 2024. Naturally, there has been quite an evolution within cinema during that time, both for the medium itself as well as for the saga's director, George Miller. At age 79, Miller shows no interest in settling into any rigid stylistic groove.
As times have changed, so has the look and feel of the "Mad Max" films, and one could make the case that each successive installment of the series has expanded in ambition and scope concurrent with most long-running film franchises. With the second film, "Mad Max 2," and the fourth, "Fury Road," being (as of now) the most popular and influential installments of the saga, there's never been any real call to do what so many less successful franchises tend to do,...
Even though there are currently only five films within the "Mad Max" saga, the movies span an impressive number of decades, from the late 1970s to 2024. Naturally, there has been quite an evolution within cinema during that time, both for the medium itself as well as for the saga's director, George Miller. At age 79, Miller shows no interest in settling into any rigid stylistic groove.
As times have changed, so has the look and feel of the "Mad Max" films, and one could make the case that each successive installment of the series has expanded in ambition and scope concurrent with most long-running film franchises. With the second film, "Mad Max 2," and the fourth, "Fury Road," being (as of now) the most popular and influential installments of the saga, there's never been any real call to do what so many less successful franchises tend to do,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa has stormed onto the scene with a solid 96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. This also interestingly cements it as the first-ever film in the Mad Max saga to reach such a remarkable milestone upon release. Once again, the action poet George Miller has defied expectations, proving his mastery of the genre yet again.
Anya Tylor-Joy’s role in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Following the monumental success of Tom Hardy’s Fury Road, many were left wondering how Miller and his team could possibly surpass such a victory. However, Furiosa has not only met but exceeded those expectations. In the eyes of audiences, it is by far the best Mad Max saga movie!
Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa Kicks Off with a Stellar 96% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes
The Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth starrer ventures into the world of Charlize Theron’s beloved Fury Road character,...
Anya Tylor-Joy’s role in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Following the monumental success of Tom Hardy’s Fury Road, many were left wondering how Miller and his team could possibly surpass such a victory. However, Furiosa has not only met but exceeded those expectations. In the eyes of audiences, it is by far the best Mad Max saga movie!
Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa Kicks Off with a Stellar 96% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes
The Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth starrer ventures into the world of Charlize Theron’s beloved Fury Road character,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Sampurna Banerjee
- FandomWire
By creating the Mad Max universe, director George Miller allowed himself a never-ending stream of projects for as long as he wishes. But admittedly, Miller isn’t looking forward to turning Mad Max into an overblown franchise with countless spin-offs no one asked for. What he wants is one more prequel following the recently released Furiosa, and his idea for it will get you more excited than you’d think.
Miller Has More Untold Mad Max Stories
While working on Fury Road, George Miller had to deeply understand the movie’s characters to make sure their mannerisms, lines, and even vehicles reflect their lives. Thanks to that process, the director now has backstories of several important characters that he couldn’t touch upon in Fury Road himself due to how condensed and action-packed Tom Hardy’s iconic movie was.
In fact, Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa was largely created based on...
Miller Has More Untold Mad Max Stories
While working on Fury Road, George Miller had to deeply understand the movie’s characters to make sure their mannerisms, lines, and even vehicles reflect their lives. Thanks to that process, the director now has backstories of several important characters that he couldn’t touch upon in Fury Road himself due to how condensed and action-packed Tom Hardy’s iconic movie was.
In fact, Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa was largely created based on...
- 5/24/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
“Screen Talk: went live at the American Pavilion in Cannes this year and drew a lively crowd. Anne Thompson raved about one of the big-epic Hollywood titles playing out of competition, George Miller’s prequel “Furiosa” (Warner Bros.), starring Anya Taylor-Joy in the title role, which opens May 14, while both Thompson and cohost Ryan Lattanzio panned Kevin Costner’s old-fashioned three-hour Western “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One” (Warner Bros.).
They both agree that this vanity project makes mad genius Francis Coppola’s self-funded $120 million “Megalopolis” look brilliant by comparison. Even if the Competition title is “unhinged,” at least he’s treading new ground, unlike Costner, who has spent some $100 million so far for the first two chapters of a planned four (the second part releases August 16). Coppola still awaits a North American buyer.
Both hosts admire Jacques Audiard’s Competition title “Emilia Perez,” a Spanish-language musical shot in Mexico...
They both agree that this vanity project makes mad genius Francis Coppola’s self-funded $120 million “Megalopolis” look brilliant by comparison. Even if the Competition title is “unhinged,” at least he’s treading new ground, unlike Costner, who has spent some $100 million so far for the first two chapters of a planned four (the second part releases August 16). Coppola still awaits a North American buyer.
Both hosts admire Jacques Audiard’s Competition title “Emilia Perez,” a Spanish-language musical shot in Mexico...
- 5/24/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio and Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
After a high-profile debut at the Cannes Film Fesitval, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has started off its North American box office run with $3.5 million in Thursday previews.
The prequel to Max Max: Fury Road hops to win Memorial Day weekend with $40 million-$45 million for for the four days, but will have to battle a subdued moviegoing marketplace. So far, Furiosa is doing comparable business to Fury Road, which earned $3.l7 million preview on its way to a three-day gross of $45.4 million.
The new film sees Anya Taylor Joy play-imperator Furiosa, a character made famous by Charlize Theron in Fury Road. Chris Hemsworth also stars.
The other big Memorial Day opener is Sony’s The Garfield Movie, which took in a solid $1.9 million, a solid start for a family film.
Garfield is tracking to open in the $30 million to $35 million range thanks to the demand for movies playing to younger kids.
The prequel to Max Max: Fury Road hops to win Memorial Day weekend with $40 million-$45 million for for the four days, but will have to battle a subdued moviegoing marketplace. So far, Furiosa is doing comparable business to Fury Road, which earned $3.l7 million preview on its way to a three-day gross of $45.4 million.
The new film sees Anya Taylor Joy play-imperator Furiosa, a character made famous by Charlize Theron in Fury Road. Chris Hemsworth also stars.
The other big Memorial Day opener is Sony’s The Garfield Movie, which took in a solid $1.9 million, a solid start for a family film.
Garfield is tracking to open in the $30 million to $35 million range thanks to the demand for movies playing to younger kids.
- 5/24/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For more than 60 years, Bob Mackie has reigned as the over-the-top couturier for Hollywood’s elite. After gaining attention as the costumer for The Carol Burnett Show, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and Cher’s solo variety show, the designer became the go-to choice for divas like Judy Garland, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Madonna and Elton John, and created clothes for 60 Barbies. In the process he won an impressive nine Emmys, a Tony and a Cfda lifetime achievement award, plus three Oscar nominations.
Now with a long-awaited documentary devoted to his life in showbiz, Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, arriving this summer (a distribution deal has not yet been finalized), the so-called Sultan of Sequins, Rajah of Rhinestones and Guru of Glitter seems to be having yet another major moment, with his archival pieces worn today by the likes of Anya Taylor-Joy and Zendaya.
“It’s kind of weird,” the 85-year-old designer tells THR.
Now with a long-awaited documentary devoted to his life in showbiz, Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion, arriving this summer (a distribution deal has not yet been finalized), the so-called Sultan of Sequins, Rajah of Rhinestones and Guru of Glitter seems to be having yet another major moment, with his archival pieces worn today by the likes of Anya Taylor-Joy and Zendaya.
“It’s kind of weird,” the 85-year-old designer tells THR.
- 5/24/2024
- by Merle Ginsberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival is underway with Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act starring Léa Seydoux and Louis Garrel serving as the opening-night film.
This year’s lineup includes major Hollywood premieres like Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, Kevin Costner’s first film of a planned four-part series Horizon: An American Saga, Francis Coppola’s long-gestating Megalopolis, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness in a reteam with Emma Stone, Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada and Andrea Arnold’s Bird to name a few.
They are joined by new films from stalwart auteurs including David Cronenberg, Jacques Audiard, Ali Abbasi, Jia Zhang-Ke, Christophe Honoré, Paolo Sorrentino, Gilles Lellouche, Mohammad Rasoulof, Michel Hazanavicius, Guy Maddin, Noémie Merlant and Oliver Stone.
Read all of Deadline’s takes below throughout the festival, which runs May 14-25. Click on the title to read the full review and keep checking back as we update the list.
This year’s lineup includes major Hollywood premieres like Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, Kevin Costner’s first film of a planned four-part series Horizon: An American Saga, Francis Coppola’s long-gestating Megalopolis, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness in a reteam with Emma Stone, Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada and Andrea Arnold’s Bird to name a few.
They are joined by new films from stalwart auteurs including David Cronenberg, Jacques Audiard, Ali Abbasi, Jia Zhang-Ke, Christophe Honoré, Paolo Sorrentino, Gilles Lellouche, Mohammad Rasoulof, Michel Hazanavicius, Guy Maddin, Noémie Merlant and Oliver Stone.
Read all of Deadline’s takes below throughout the festival, which runs May 14-25. Click on the title to read the full review and keep checking back as we update the list.
- 5/24/2024
- by Pete Hammond, Joe Utichi, Damon Wise, Stephanie Bunbury and Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Are you ready to head back to the Wasteland? In 2015, George Miller brought Mad Max back to rev up his engines in a massive way. Mad Max: Fury Road thrilled audiences and critics alike. The new chapter did something unexpected for a colossal summer action flick; it earned six Academy Awards and nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. That’s pretty great for what started as an Ozploitation flick in 1979.
What’s truly special about this franchise is that it’s all from Miller, aside from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, co-directed by him and George Ogilvie. Even still, every film in the franchise has delivered. The Road Warrior and Fury Road are top picks for this viewer. Even still, every movie in the series resonates, and it’s easily one of my favorite franchises. Whether it’s Mel Gibson or Tom Hardy, this is a fantastic world that I...
What’s truly special about this franchise is that it’s all from Miller, aside from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, co-directed by him and George Ogilvie. Even still, every film in the franchise has delivered. The Road Warrior and Fury Road are top picks for this viewer. Even still, every movie in the series resonates, and it’s easily one of my favorite franchises. Whether it’s Mel Gibson or Tom Hardy, this is a fantastic world that I...
- 5/24/2024
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Box Office (North America): Projections Are Aiming At $45 Million+ Collection In Its Debut Weekend(Photo Credit –IMDb)
George Miller is back with yet another post-apocalyptic dystopian action movie, this one starring Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor Joy. However, it is a spin-off and a prequel to the 2015 magnum opus Mad Max: Fury Road. The film was released in the United States on Friday, and here’s how much it is expected to earn on its debut weekend.
It is the fifth film in the franchise. The first movie came out in 1979, starring Mel Gibson as Mad Max Rockatansky. He is a police officer turned vigilante in a dystopian near-future Australia in the middle of a societal collapse. It was followed by Mad Max 2 in 1981, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985, and Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015. According to reports, besides the 2024 spin-off, another...
George Miller is back with yet another post-apocalyptic dystopian action movie, this one starring Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor Joy. However, it is a spin-off and a prequel to the 2015 magnum opus Mad Max: Fury Road. The film was released in the United States on Friday, and here’s how much it is expected to earn on its debut weekend.
It is the fifth film in the franchise. The first movie came out in 1979, starring Mel Gibson as Mad Max Rockatansky. He is a police officer turned vigilante in a dystopian near-future Australia in the middle of a societal collapse. It was followed by Mad Max 2 in 1981, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985, and Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015. According to reports, besides the 2024 spin-off, another...
- 5/24/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Witness her: “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” is off to the races at the box office this holiday weekend.
Director George Miller’s R-rated prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road” has made $3.5 million in previews so far. The Warner Bros. action film is expected to bring in $40 million to $45 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, roughly the same as what “Fury Road” made across three days in 2015.
“Fury Road,” which starred Tom Hardy as wasteland warrior Max Rockatansky and introduced Charlize Theron as the badass driver Imperator Furiosa, opened with $45.4 million after $3.7 million in Thursday previews.
“Furiosa” winds back the clock and stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a younger version of Theron’s character. It shows how she became a fearless sharpshooter working for the evil Immortan Joe and his War Boys, later seen in “Fury Road.” Chris Hemsworth also stars as Dementus, the leader of a pack of biker warriors.
Director George Miller’s R-rated prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road” has made $3.5 million in previews so far. The Warner Bros. action film is expected to bring in $40 million to $45 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend, roughly the same as what “Fury Road” made across three days in 2015.
“Fury Road,” which starred Tom Hardy as wasteland warrior Max Rockatansky and introduced Charlize Theron as the badass driver Imperator Furiosa, opened with $45.4 million after $3.7 million in Thursday previews.
“Furiosa” winds back the clock and stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a younger version of Theron’s character. It shows how she became a fearless sharpshooter working for the evil Immortan Joe and his War Boys, later seen in “Fury Road.” Chris Hemsworth also stars as Dementus, the leader of a pack of biker warriors.
- 5/24/2024
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for "Furiosa."
In the medium of cinema, sequels still feel like a relatively recent phenomenon, especially as studios continue to seek to exploit intellectual property and squeeze as much blood (re: money) out of the same stone as possible. Yet despite the obvious capitalistic aims of film franchises, cinematic universes, and what have you, the tradition of continuing a story and/or telling new tales featuring evergreen characters is very ancient.
The "Mad Max" films, as conceived by the series' mastermind, George Miller, deliberately seek to continue those ancient, mythical traditions of storytelling rather than service more modern concepts of how to present a serialized narrative. Of course, this may not have always been the case, given that the original "Mad Max" from 1979 was made partially to exploit then-popular trends like the criminal biker film, the vigilante action movie, and so on. Certainly, beginning with 1981's...
In the medium of cinema, sequels still feel like a relatively recent phenomenon, especially as studios continue to seek to exploit intellectual property and squeeze as much blood (re: money) out of the same stone as possible. Yet despite the obvious capitalistic aims of film franchises, cinematic universes, and what have you, the tradition of continuing a story and/or telling new tales featuring evergreen characters is very ancient.
The "Mad Max" films, as conceived by the series' mastermind, George Miller, deliberately seek to continue those ancient, mythical traditions of storytelling rather than service more modern concepts of how to present a serialized narrative. Of course, this may not have always been the case, given that the original "Mad Max" from 1979 was made partially to exploit then-popular trends like the criminal biker film, the vigilante action movie, and so on. Certainly, beginning with 1981's...
- 5/24/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
What To Watch This Weekend: Crew, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
If you are wondering What To Watch This Weekend, we have some interesting options for you. The month of May has seen limited releases in theatres. But on streaming platform, there are good options available. From movies to Ott movie releases to web shows, there’s everything in this article that will make your weekend exciting.
What to Watch This Weekend on Ott or Streaming Platforms
Netflix Crew
Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Kriti Sanon’s hit heist comedy is now streaming on Netflix. Directed by Rajesh K Krishnan, “Crew” has mostly received positive reviews.
Atlas
Jennifer Lopez’s science-fiction movie, “Atlas,” was released on May 24. Directed by Brad Peyton, it also stars Simu Liu from “Shang Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings.” The story revolves around an AI revolution against humans.
Trending Kareena Kapoor Khan’s...
If you are wondering What To Watch This Weekend, we have some interesting options for you. The month of May has seen limited releases in theatres. But on streaming platform, there are good options available. From movies to Ott movie releases to web shows, there’s everything in this article that will make your weekend exciting.
What to Watch This Weekend on Ott or Streaming Platforms
Netflix Crew
Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Kriti Sanon’s hit heist comedy is now streaming on Netflix. Directed by Rajesh K Krishnan, “Crew” has mostly received positive reviews.
Atlas
Jennifer Lopez’s science-fiction movie, “Atlas,” was released on May 24. Directed by Brad Peyton, it also stars Simu Liu from “Shang Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings.” The story revolves around an AI revolution against humans.
Trending Kareena Kapoor Khan’s...
- 5/24/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
Anya Taylor-Joy is one of the few, but increasing number of bonafide female superstars in Hollywood. Once upon a time, the industry was regularly criticized for a perceived poor representation of women in its arcs. Often used to inculcate glamor than a genuine vehicle for storytelling, times have indeed been changing, with a number of women-centric roles and projects giving them the kind of representation they have always deserved.
Anna Taylor-Joy is no stranger to fighting for rage representation. l Gaga Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons
Sometimes, however, as Anya Taylor-Joy went in detail during an interview earlier this month, they still need to fight, in some ways, to ensure better contextual representation for their roles. Having portrayed a range of genuinely important roles in projects such as Furiosa, The Northman and The Witch, the actress went in detail over her fight for ‘better rage representation’ of women in these roles,...
Anna Taylor-Joy is no stranger to fighting for rage representation. l Gaga Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons
Sometimes, however, as Anya Taylor-Joy went in detail during an interview earlier this month, they still need to fight, in some ways, to ensure better contextual representation for their roles. Having portrayed a range of genuinely important roles in projects such as Furiosa, The Northman and The Witch, the actress went in detail over her fight for ‘better rage representation’ of women in these roles,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Rishabh Bhatnagar
- FandomWire
The Mad Max series has consistently pushed the boundaries of what action cinema can achieve, and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is no exception. As the summer of 2024 anticipates a bleak landscape for blockbuster films, George Miller returns with another explosive addition to his post-apocalyptic universe. The prequel stars the magnetic Anya Taylor-Joy in the titular role, taking over from Charlize Theron. This time, audiences are taken on a journey through Furiosa’s origin story, set against the desolate and dangerous wasteland fans love. The Cast and Characters As many have noted, Taylor-Joy isn’t alone in her efforts. Chris Hemsworth,
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- 5/24/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
George Miller returns to his dystopian universe with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, charting the early days of the fierce Imperator Furiosa. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, the prequel has already garnered high praise from critics, adding yet another feather to Miller’s directorial hat. The film will explore Furiosa’s origin story, with Taylor-Joy stepping into the role made iconic by Charlize Theron. An action-packed odyssey The movie is set against the scorched backdrop of the Wasteland. According to initial reactions, it promises an intense and exhilarating visual experience. Anya Taylor-Joy praised George Miller’s innovative approach and his dedication to
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The post First Reactions for Furiosa Mad Max Prequel Praise George Millers Work first appeared on TVovermind.
- 5/24/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
At this point in his 40+ year career, it can be said that filmmaker George Miller is a mythmaker. Despite his cinematic range, which spans brutal, violent live-action movies to family-friendly animated fare, all of his works have a spark of myth about them, whether he's dealing with women experimenting with the occult (as in "The Witches of Eastwick") or anthropomorphized animals venturing beyond their comfort zones (as in "Babe" and "Happy Feet").
Of course, Miller's magnum opus is what has now been officially dubbed the "Mad Max" saga, a series of films that has spanned the entire breadth of Miller's career to date. The fifth in the saga, "Furiosa," is in theaters now, and it's a picture that should silence anyone who still refers to these films as merely action movies. Unlike the previous "Mad Max" film, 2015's "Fury Road" (which "Furiosa" is a prequel to), this movie is a...
Of course, Miller's magnum opus is what has now been officially dubbed the "Mad Max" saga, a series of films that has spanned the entire breadth of Miller's career to date. The fifth in the saga, "Furiosa," is in theaters now, and it's a picture that should silence anyone who still refers to these films as merely action movies. Unlike the previous "Mad Max" film, 2015's "Fury Road" (which "Furiosa" is a prequel to), this movie is a...
- 5/24/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga faces up against The Garfield Movie at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend.
Warner Bros’ Furiosa opens in 715 locations, one of the widest openings of the year so far behind that of Studiocanal’s Back To Black (719) and fellow Warner Bros title Dune: Part Two (717).
The fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise is opening wider than its predecessor Fury Road which debuted in 546 sites back in 2015. That film opened on £4.5m and went on to make £17.4m.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, an origin story surrounding the renegade warrior...
Warner Bros’ Furiosa opens in 715 locations, one of the widest openings of the year so far behind that of Studiocanal’s Back To Black (719) and fellow Warner Bros title Dune: Part Two (717).
The fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise is opening wider than its predecessor Fury Road which debuted in 546 sites back in 2015. That film opened on £4.5m and went on to make £17.4m.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, an origin story surrounding the renegade warrior...
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
In 1979, George Miller made his feature debut with Mad Max, a modest, near-future indie about a cop taking on a biker gang. More than four decades later, amazingly, he’s still playing in that insane sandpit. Furiosa represents a lot of things: an epic slice of myth-making, a Homeric odyssey that broadens the ever-expanding dystopian world in which it is set; a prequel to 2015’s Fury Road, a historically exceptional action movie which may never be bettered; and perhaps the most ambitious film Miller has ever made.
It is a lot. Where Fury Road was set over a mere 36 hours, this story spans 15 years. Where Fury Road was singular, unstoppable action ecstasy, this is more episodic tension, divided into five chapters, each with cryptic titles like ‘The Pole Of Inaccessibility’. It is markedly different from that last film in so many ways, and yet inextricably tied to it, deepening our...
It is a lot. Where Fury Road was set over a mere 36 hours, this story spans 15 years. Where Fury Road was singular, unstoppable action ecstasy, this is more episodic tension, divided into five chapters, each with cryptic titles like ‘The Pole Of Inaccessibility’. It is markedly different from that last film in so many ways, and yet inextricably tied to it, deepening our...
- 5/24/2024
- by John Nugent
- Empire - Movies
As far as iconic franchises go, George Miller’s Mad Max films are right up there among Hollywood’s favorite film series. Similar to his namesake George Lucas and his brainchild Star Wars, Miller created the dystopian action series back in 1979 with Mel Gibson, which was followed by two successful sequels in the 80s.
Hollywood filmmaker George Miller (image credit: George Biard/Wikimedia Commons)
After returning with 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, the director roped in one of Hollywood’s big draws Anya Taylor-Joy along with fellow Australian Chris Hemsworth for the highly anticipated 2024 prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Hemsworth in a recent appearance, expressed his admiration towards Miller for putting their country front and center through this blockbuster franchise.
Why Chris Hemsworth Believes That George Miller Is His Country’s Pride
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga directed by George Miller will be released on May 24th, 2024, and is...
Hollywood filmmaker George Miller (image credit: George Biard/Wikimedia Commons)
After returning with 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, the director roped in one of Hollywood’s big draws Anya Taylor-Joy along with fellow Australian Chris Hemsworth for the highly anticipated 2024 prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Hemsworth in a recent appearance, expressed his admiration towards Miller for putting their country front and center through this blockbuster franchise.
Why Chris Hemsworth Believes That George Miller Is His Country’s Pride
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga directed by George Miller will be released on May 24th, 2024, and is...
- 5/24/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
Chicago – It’s no “Fury Road,” but “Furiosa” is a suitably high octane summer blockbuster that delivers the eye popping action that Mad Max fans come for. The film is a prequel to that Oscar winning film, with Anya Taylor-Joy taking over for Charlize Theron as the one armed, shaved headed all around world-class bad ass.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film starts with a pint-sized Furiosa picking a piece of fruit in a lush landscape known as The Green Place. She’s abducted by a biker gang and taken back to Dementus’ fiefdom. Her mother nearly pulls off a daring rescue by cutting down bikers with a sniper rifle and fighting off whole hoards single handedly. Furiosa is held captive by Dementus and then essentially traded to rival warlord Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme) after Dementus lays siege to Gastown, one of the three fortresses of the wasteland, along with Immortan Joe’s Citadel,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The film starts with a pint-sized Furiosa picking a piece of fruit in a lush landscape known as The Green Place. She’s abducted by a biker gang and taken back to Dementus’ fiefdom. Her mother nearly pulls off a daring rescue by cutting down bikers with a sniper rifle and fighting off whole hoards single handedly. Furiosa is held captive by Dementus and then essentially traded to rival warlord Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme) after Dementus lays siege to Gastown, one of the three fortresses of the wasteland, along with Immortan Joe’s Citadel,...
- 5/24/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chris Hemsworth is the latest actor to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His Marvel co-star Robert Downey Jr. was present at this special occasion. While the other Og Avengers stars couldn’t make it to the ceremony, they sent their best wishes via Downey Jr. Knowing their bond, it wouldn’t be a surprise that the stars chose to roast Hemsworth on his special day.
Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder | Marvel Studios
While the fellow Avengers had some pretty on-point things to say about Hemsworth in their roasts, it was Chris Evans with his savage one-liner that stood out. The recognition came a day before Hemsworth’s movie Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga opened in theaters.
Chris Evans Had The Best Roast For Chris Hemsworth Among The Og Avengers
Chris Hemsworth and his Marvel co-stars in a still from The Avengers...
Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder | Marvel Studios
While the fellow Avengers had some pretty on-point things to say about Hemsworth in their roasts, it was Chris Evans with his savage one-liner that stood out. The recognition came a day before Hemsworth’s movie Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga opened in theaters.
Chris Evans Had The Best Roast For Chris Hemsworth Among The Og Avengers
Chris Hemsworth and his Marvel co-stars in a still from The Avengers...
- 5/24/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Never knowingly upstaged, George Miller’s latest Mad Max film features the franchise’s biggest stunt yet. Here’s how the Furiosa team pulled off the War Rig chase.
“If we were gonna make an action film”, production designer Colin Gibson said of Fury Road, “This was gonna be the last great action film”.
Six Oscars, $400m and almost a decade later, Gibson found himself and the Mad Max team back in the desert. Their mission? Make the last great action film. Again.
True to the series’ unsubtle ideology, almost everything about Furiosa is bigger. It’s 28 minutes longer, for a start, more a decade-spanning odyssey than Fury Road’s comparatively low-key 3-day car chase.
Its biggest stunt sequence, too, dwarfs anything in the last film. Shot over roughly 78 days (accounts vary on the exact number) with 200 stunt performers trying very hard not to get run-over or blown up, Furiosa...
“If we were gonna make an action film”, production designer Colin Gibson said of Fury Road, “This was gonna be the last great action film”.
Six Oscars, $400m and almost a decade later, Gibson found himself and the Mad Max team back in the desert. Their mission? Make the last great action film. Again.
True to the series’ unsubtle ideology, almost everything about Furiosa is bigger. It’s 28 minutes longer, for a start, more a decade-spanning odyssey than Fury Road’s comparatively low-key 3-day car chase.
Its biggest stunt sequence, too, dwarfs anything in the last film. Shot over roughly 78 days (accounts vary on the exact number) with 200 stunt performers trying very hard not to get run-over or blown up, Furiosa...
- 5/24/2024
- by James Harvey
- Film Stories
Anya Taylor-Joy in “Furiosa” would give Ryan Gosling’s “The Fall Guy” a run for his money.
“Furiosa” writer/director George Miller admitted to GQ UK that while filming the sprawling “Mad Max” prequel, he sometimes got confused between Taylor-Joy and her stunt double. Turns out, Taylor-Joy did more of her own stunts than even her director realized.
It took one scene where Furiosa (Taylor-Joy) had to climb into the front seat of a war rig through its smashed windscreen for Miller to realize just how down and dirty Taylor-Joy was going.
“I was watching it and I saw her stunt double, Hayley, and thought, ‘Gee, she looks a lot like Anya,'” Miller said. “I spoke to [second unit director and stunt coordinator] Guy [Norris] and he said, ‘That wasn’t Hayley, that was Anya.’ That happened a lot.”
“I can put my body through so much that it becomes a bit frightening when you don’t crash,...
“Furiosa” writer/director George Miller admitted to GQ UK that while filming the sprawling “Mad Max” prequel, he sometimes got confused between Taylor-Joy and her stunt double. Turns out, Taylor-Joy did more of her own stunts than even her director realized.
It took one scene where Furiosa (Taylor-Joy) had to climb into the front seat of a war rig through its smashed windscreen for Miller to realize just how down and dirty Taylor-Joy was going.
“I was watching it and I saw her stunt double, Hayley, and thought, ‘Gee, she looks a lot like Anya,'” Miller said. “I spoke to [second unit director and stunt coordinator] Guy [Norris] and he said, ‘That wasn’t Hayley, that was Anya.’ That happened a lot.”
“I can put my body through so much that it becomes a bit frightening when you don’t crash,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
This article contains massive spoilers for "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga."
With the release of "Furiosa," the fifth film in the "Mad Max" saga, it is abundantly clear that these movies never intended to be a single, serialized narrative. Instead, each film is a piece of mercurial mythology — stories that aren't concerned with strict continuity. They're legends, in the way that stories about Moses or King Arthur are legends; they aren't chronicles of what exactly did happen, but what may have happened.
This approach to the "Mad Max" films began with the 1979 original (which opens with the vague "A Few Years From Now..." title card) and continued in earnest with 1981's "Mad Max 2," which is narrated by an older version of one of the principal characters (whom we only hear and never see). Only 2015's "Fury Road" is narrated by Max himself, and even then, he's not of sound mind.
With the release of "Furiosa," the fifth film in the "Mad Max" saga, it is abundantly clear that these movies never intended to be a single, serialized narrative. Instead, each film is a piece of mercurial mythology — stories that aren't concerned with strict continuity. They're legends, in the way that stories about Moses or King Arthur are legends; they aren't chronicles of what exactly did happen, but what may have happened.
This approach to the "Mad Max" films began with the 1979 original (which opens with the vague "A Few Years From Now..." title card) and continued in earnest with 1981's "Mad Max 2," which is narrated by an older version of one of the principal characters (whom we only hear and never see). Only 2015's "Fury Road" is narrated by Max himself, and even then, he's not of sound mind.
- 5/23/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
The Cannes Croisette has been busy with receptions, parties, pop ups, dinners and the hustle and bustle of celebrities trying to get to the red carpet. Because fashion and film are entwined in a relationship that’s stronger than ever before, film festivals like Cannes are filled with fashion brand events that extend the style conversation beyond the flamboyant clothes of the red carpet. This year, brands from Saint Laurent, Lanvin and Dior to Michael Kors and Kilian Paris have all been having parties bringing together friends of their respective houses all amid the city’s celebration of film.
On Wednesday night, May 22, fragrance brand Kilian Paris hosted a star-studded party at a restaurant-turned-nightclub, where the brand launched its newest scent Sunkissed Goddess. Kilian Hennessy, the founder of Kilian Paris, greeted guests and posed for photos with them. Attending the party were Kelly Rowland (who had previously had a tense...
On Wednesday night, May 22, fragrance brand Kilian Paris hosted a star-studded party at a restaurant-turned-nightclub, where the brand launched its newest scent Sunkissed Goddess. Kilian Hennessy, the founder of Kilian Paris, greeted guests and posed for photos with them. Attending the party were Kelly Rowland (who had previously had a tense...
- 5/23/2024
- by Allyson Portee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The post-apocalyptic R-rated action feature “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga", directed by Oscar winner George Miller as a prequel to Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road”, stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke, opening May 24, 2024 in theaters:
“…as the world falls, young ‘Furiosa’ is snatched…
“.. from the ‘Green Place of Many Mothers’ …
“…and falls into the hands…
‘…of a great ‘Biker Horde’ led by the ‘Warlord Dementus’.
“Sweeping through the ‘Wasteland’ they come across the ‘Citadel’ …
‘…presided over by ‘Immortan Joe’.
“While the two ‘Tyrants’ war for dominance…
“…Furiosa must survive many trials...
"...as she puts together the means to find her way home…”
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“…as the world falls, young ‘Furiosa’ is snatched…
“.. from the ‘Green Place of Many Mothers’ …
“…and falls into the hands…
‘…of a great ‘Biker Horde’ led by the ‘Warlord Dementus’.
“Sweeping through the ‘Wasteland’ they come across the ‘Citadel’ …
‘…presided over by ‘Immortan Joe’.
“While the two ‘Tyrants’ war for dominance…
“…Furiosa must survive many trials...
"...as she puts together the means to find her way home…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 5/23/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, Nathan Jones, Alyla Browne | Written by Nico Lathouris, George Miller | Directed by George Miller
Set before the events of Mad Max: Fury Road, a young Furiosa (Alyla Browne) is stolen from her homeland of The Green Place by a group of post-apocalyptic bikers who follow a maverick leader called Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). Handing her over to the citadel years later, Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) works her way up the ranks to get revenge on the man who took her mother’s life.
If you were a frequent moviegoer in 2015, chances are you had a front-row year for the objective masterpiece of that year — Mad Max: Fury Road. In fact, the film has been so well received that demand for more in the nine years since has been at a consistent high, finally manifesting itself in the form of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
Set before the events of Mad Max: Fury Road, a young Furiosa (Alyla Browne) is stolen from her homeland of The Green Place by a group of post-apocalyptic bikers who follow a maverick leader called Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). Handing her over to the citadel years later, Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) works her way up the ranks to get revenge on the man who took her mother’s life.
If you were a frequent moviegoer in 2015, chances are you had a front-row year for the objective masterpiece of that year — Mad Max: Fury Road. In fact, the film has been so well received that demand for more in the nine years since has been at a consistent high, finally manifesting itself in the form of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
- 5/23/2024
- by Jasmine Valentine
- Nerdly
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival continues on Day 11 with the world premieres of The Seed of the Sacred Fig and The Most Precious of Cargoes.
As the festival comes to a close in anticipation of tomorrow’s awards ceremony, legendary filmmaker George Lucas will be honored with the prestigious Honorary Palme d’Or on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, May 25.
The Jury, chaired by director Greta Gerwig will be tasked with awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in the Competition.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’ Cannes Film Festival Premiere Photos: Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Shia Labeouf, Aubrey Plaza & More
The jury includes Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green and Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino,...
As the festival comes to a close in anticipation of tomorrow’s awards ceremony, legendary filmmaker George Lucas will be honored with the prestigious Honorary Palme d’Or on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, May 25.
The Jury, chaired by director Greta Gerwig will be tasked with awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in the Competition.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’ Cannes Film Festival Premiere Photos: Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Shia Labeouf, Aubrey Plaza & More
The jury includes Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green and Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
When Ving Rhames goes from impossible missions to the squared circle for the upcoming boxing drama Uppercut, emotions will fly like so many shots to the breadbasket. Grindstone Entertainment is ringing the bell for the North American rights to Uppercut, which stars Rhames as a trainer who agrees to mold the mind and body of a new female fighter.
Uppercut marks German writer-director Torsten Ruether’s English-language debut for the adaptation of the filmmaker’s 2021 film Leberhaken. The original film’s star, Luiii, aka Luise Grossmann, a former professional pole vaulter-turned-actress, is Duking it out alongside Rhames in the upcoming sports drama. Joanna Cassidy and Jordan E. Cooper add more power to the project’s punch.
Uppercut takes place in New York City in 2014. The hard-hitting tale focuses on Toni (Luii) as she seeks wisdom from Elliott (Rhames), a former boxer turned gym owner in Bushwick. Reluctant to train her,...
Uppercut marks German writer-director Torsten Ruether’s English-language debut for the adaptation of the filmmaker’s 2021 film Leberhaken. The original film’s star, Luiii, aka Luise Grossmann, a former professional pole vaulter-turned-actress, is Duking it out alongside Rhames in the upcoming sports drama. Joanna Cassidy and Jordan E. Cooper add more power to the project’s punch.
Uppercut takes place in New York City in 2014. The hard-hitting tale focuses on Toni (Luii) as she seeks wisdom from Elliott (Rhames), a former boxer turned gym owner in Bushwick. Reluctant to train her,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Anya Taylor-Joy is calling for a more authentic and powerful portrayal of women’s rage. The actress, who has given numerous remarkable performances within a decade of her debut, has earned a place among some of the best-rising stars in the industry.
Anna Taylor-Joy l Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
As she gears up to make her debut as the fierce and strong-willed Imperator Furiosa, Taylor-Joy recently opened up about how she has pushed several of her characters to express more than just tears in their scenes, emphasizing challenging the stereotypical portrayal of feminine rage on-screen.
Anya Taylor-Joy Advocates for Authentic Female Rage Portrayal
Anya Taylor-Joy is set to captivate audiences once again with her upcoming film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, taking on a role that allows her to showcase a broad spectrum of emotions, including rage and anger, something she has constantly advocated for.
Suggested“She needs to...
Anna Taylor-Joy l Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
As she gears up to make her debut as the fierce and strong-willed Imperator Furiosa, Taylor-Joy recently opened up about how she has pushed several of her characters to express more than just tears in their scenes, emphasizing challenging the stereotypical portrayal of feminine rage on-screen.
Anya Taylor-Joy Advocates for Authentic Female Rage Portrayal
Anya Taylor-Joy is set to captivate audiences once again with her upcoming film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, taking on a role that allows her to showcase a broad spectrum of emotions, including rage and anger, something she has constantly advocated for.
Suggested“She needs to...
- 5/23/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Wenige Tage nach seiner Cannes-Premiere ist George Millers Prequel am gestrigen Mittwoch bereits in einigen Territorien gestartet. Erste Zahlen liegen aus Südkorea vor.
Aus Südkorea liegen bereits Zahlen zum Start von „Furiose: A Mad Max Saga“ vor (Credit: Warner Bros.)
George Millers “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (die Spot-Besprechung) ist wenige Tage nach seiner Cannes-Premiere am gestrigen Mittwoch bereits in ersten Territorien gestartet; erste Zahlen liegen aus Südkorea vor.
Nach Angaben des vom Korean Film Council betriebenen Marktforschers spielte das „Mad Max Fury Road“-Prequel mit Anya Taylor-Joy in der Rolle der jungen Kriegerin Furiosa an seinem Starttag in Südkorea als neuer Spitzenreiter der Kinocharts 575.000 Dollar ein, das entspricht rund 37 Prozent des Gesamteinspiels am gestrigen Mittwoch. Dazu kommen weitere rund 22.000 Dollar aus Previews.
Zum Vergleich: „The Fall Guy”, einer der jüngsten Hollywood-Flops in Südkorea, spielte dort in zwei Wochen insgesamt lediglich 1,6 Mio. Dollar ein und ist aktuell nicht mehr...
Aus Südkorea liegen bereits Zahlen zum Start von „Furiose: A Mad Max Saga“ vor (Credit: Warner Bros.)
George Millers “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (die Spot-Besprechung) ist wenige Tage nach seiner Cannes-Premiere am gestrigen Mittwoch bereits in ersten Territorien gestartet; erste Zahlen liegen aus Südkorea vor.
Nach Angaben des vom Korean Film Council betriebenen Marktforschers spielte das „Mad Max Fury Road“-Prequel mit Anya Taylor-Joy in der Rolle der jungen Kriegerin Furiosa an seinem Starttag in Südkorea als neuer Spitzenreiter der Kinocharts 575.000 Dollar ein, das entspricht rund 37 Prozent des Gesamteinspiels am gestrigen Mittwoch. Dazu kommen weitere rund 22.000 Dollar aus Previews.
Zum Vergleich: „The Fall Guy”, einer der jüngsten Hollywood-Flops in Südkorea, spielte dort in zwei Wochen insgesamt lediglich 1,6 Mio. Dollar ein und ist aktuell nicht mehr...
- 5/23/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
On the upcoming episode of ‘Today with Hoda & Jenna,’ airing Wednesday, May 24, 2024, on NBC, the show welcomes acclaimed actress Anya Taylor-Joy, who will discuss her highly anticipated new film, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” The episode also includes a conversation with Ally Love, who will share insights about her Morning Mindset, joined […]
Today with Hoda & Jenna: Anya Taylor-Joy, Alejandra Ramos...
Today with Hoda & Jenna: Anya Taylor-Joy, Alejandra Ramos...
- 5/23/2024
- by Riley Avery
- MemorableTV
Fresh from its Cannes premiere George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” dashed into the lead at the South Korea cinema box office. In doing so, it deposed “The Roundup: Punishment,” the local crime actioner that has dominated Korean cinemagoing for the past month.
“Furiosa” earned $575,000 from 75,400 ticket sales on Wednesday, giving it a Korean total of $597,000, including a sprinkling of preview showings, according to data from the Kobis tracking service that is operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
South Korea was not the only territory to enjoy the “Furiosa” release on May 22 – others included France, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines – but by virtue of its geography and reliable, publicly-available data, it becomes the first to report the film’s commercial credentials.
Korea is also an important box office market. It had ranked as the world’s fourth largest in the pre-pandemic era, helped...
“Furiosa” earned $575,000 from 75,400 ticket sales on Wednesday, giving it a Korean total of $597,000, including a sprinkling of preview showings, according to data from the Kobis tracking service that is operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).
South Korea was not the only territory to enjoy the “Furiosa” release on May 22 – others included France, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines – but by virtue of its geography and reliable, publicly-available data, it becomes the first to report the film’s commercial credentials.
Korea is also an important box office market. It had ranked as the world’s fourth largest in the pre-pandemic era, helped...
- 5/23/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Anya Taylor-Joy is opening up about why she has fought for several of her characters to express onscreen rage.
During a wide-ranging interview for a GQ cover story, the Emmy-nominated actress revealed the instances where she pushed to change an emotional scene that saw her character crying to one that invoked anger.
“I’ve developed a bit of a reputation for fighting for feminine rage, which is a strange thing, because I’m not promoting violence — but I am promoting women being seen as people,” Taylor-Joy explained. “We have reactions that are not always dainty or unmessy.”
The first time the actress advocated for “female rage” was for her feature acting debut in Robert Eggers’ The Witch. Her character Thomasin is initially meant to cry when she is dragged from the family’s farmyard and accused of being the evil presence inside the house. However, Taylor-Joy said she couldn’t...
During a wide-ranging interview for a GQ cover story, the Emmy-nominated actress revealed the instances where she pushed to change an emotional scene that saw her character crying to one that invoked anger.
“I’ve developed a bit of a reputation for fighting for feminine rage, which is a strange thing, because I’m not promoting violence — but I am promoting women being seen as people,” Taylor-Joy explained. “We have reactions that are not always dainty or unmessy.”
The first time the actress advocated for “female rage” was for her feature acting debut in Robert Eggers’ The Witch. Her character Thomasin is initially meant to cry when she is dragged from the family’s farmyard and accused of being the evil presence inside the house. However, Taylor-Joy said she couldn’t...
- 5/23/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
George Miller's Fury Road prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, revs into theaters this weekend, and while the movie is quite a bit more brutal than our previous trip to the Wasteland, it seems there was one scene that proved a little too gruesome for the legendary filmmaker.
Spoilers relating to the ending of the film follow.
During an interview with GQ, star Anya Taylor-Joy revealed that she convinced Miller to shoot a scene in which her character cuts out the tongue of her nemesis, the cruel warlord Demenetus (Chris Hemsworth), who was responsible for the death of her mother - and plenty more besides.
However, the gory moment didn't make the theatrical cut of the film.
“It was really important to me that the confrontation between Furiosa and Dementus be a physical one, and that it was hard-won,” said the actress. “It needed it; she needed it. I...
Spoilers relating to the ending of the film follow.
During an interview with GQ, star Anya Taylor-Joy revealed that she convinced Miller to shoot a scene in which her character cuts out the tongue of her nemesis, the cruel warlord Demenetus (Chris Hemsworth), who was responsible for the death of her mother - and plenty more besides.
However, the gory moment didn't make the theatrical cut of the film.
“It was really important to me that the confrontation between Furiosa and Dementus be a physical one, and that it was hard-won,” said the actress. “It needed it; she needed it. I...
- 5/23/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga roared through Cannes before it launches in theaters Friday after nearly 10 years in development. The prequel film builds on the Australian wasteland universe established in George Miller’s four other movies of the franchise: Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
In Fury Road, which became the first in the franchise to receive Academy Award nominations (winning six out of ten awards), Charlize Theron portrayed Imperator Furiosa. Anya Taylor-Joy takes on the titular role in this next installment, which shows her backstory of getting kidnapped by Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and his Biker Hord. At 10 years old, she is forced to grow up fast, and while she fights for survival, her only wish is to return home and reunite with her family.
Those looking for a refresher on the Mad Max franchise can find...
In Fury Road, which became the first in the franchise to receive Academy Award nominations (winning six out of ten awards), Charlize Theron portrayed Imperator Furiosa. Anya Taylor-Joy takes on the titular role in this next installment, which shows her backstory of getting kidnapped by Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and his Biker Hord. At 10 years old, she is forced to grow up fast, and while she fights for survival, her only wish is to return home and reunite with her family.
Those looking for a refresher on the Mad Max franchise can find...
- 5/23/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- Deadline Film + TV
Anya Taylor-Joy said an interview with British GQ that she has often fought for her characters to express rage on screen. It turns out there have been several films where in the script her character is supposed to cry, but Taylor-Joy just didn’t think that was the right emotional beat. She decided to speak up for herself and successfully convinced her directors to let her character have more rage.
“I’ve developed a bit of a reputation for fighting for feminine rage, which is a strange thing, because I’m not promoting violence – but I am promoting women being seen as people,” Taylor-Joy told the publication. “We have reactions that are not always dainty or un-messy.”
Taylor-Joy first fought for her character’s rage on her feature acting debut, Robert Eggers’ “The Witch.” It was written that her character, Thomasin, would cry during a scene in which she is...
“I’ve developed a bit of a reputation for fighting for feminine rage, which is a strange thing, because I’m not promoting violence – but I am promoting women being seen as people,” Taylor-Joy told the publication. “We have reactions that are not always dainty or un-messy.”
Taylor-Joy first fought for her character’s rage on her feature acting debut, Robert Eggers’ “The Witch.” It was written that her character, Thomasin, would cry during a scene in which she is...
- 5/22/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
It’s not always easy to find out which movies hit theaters each week, especially after the Hollywood strikes led to many release date changes. With the WGA and actors strikes resolved and summer blockbusters starting to roll in, May is filled with both big budget flicks and new indie releases.
Premiering May 24 is George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” which tells the origin story of the wasteland warrior princess before her run-in with Mad Max starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke and Alyla Browne. Also hitting theaters is family film “The Garfield Movie” and Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” which follows a straight-edge professor who discovers his calling as a fake assassin starring Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio and Molly Bernard. Two films getting limited releases this week are Disney’s “The Beach Boys,” a documentary about the legendary surf-rock band, and “Solo,” a foreign...
Premiering May 24 is George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” which tells the origin story of the wasteland warrior princess before her run-in with Mad Max starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke and Alyla Browne. Also hitting theaters is family film “The Garfield Movie” and Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man,” which follows a straight-edge professor who discovers his calling as a fake assassin starring Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio and Molly Bernard. Two films getting limited releases this week are Disney’s “The Beach Boys,” a documentary about the legendary surf-rock band, and “Solo,” a foreign...
- 5/22/2024
- by Pat Saperstein and Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
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