Warner Bros. Pictures’ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will make its global streaming debut on Friday, August 16, exclusively on Max, the company announced today. The film was rated R for sequences of strong violence and grisly images.
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth star in Academy Award-winning mastermind George Miller’s iconic dystopian world he created more than 40 years ago with the seminal Mad Max films. Miller turns the page with an all-new original and standalone action-adventure film that reveals the origins of the powerhouse character from the multiple Academy Award-winning global smash Mad Max: Fury Road.
As the world fell, 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 The 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.
Following its release in theaters this May, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga grossed $172.8 million worldwide, with $67.5 million coming from North American theaters and $105.3 million from international markets. Released in 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road earned $380.4 million globally, with $154.3 million from domestic theaters and $226.1 million from overseas.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars in the title role. Along with Chris Hemsworth, the film also stars Alyla Browne and Tom Burke.
Director George Miller wrote the script with Mad Max: Fury Road co-writer Nico Lathouris. Miller’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes first assistant director PJ Voeten and second unit director and stunt coordinator Guy Norris.
There’s also director of photography Simon Duggan (Hacksaw Ridge, The Great Gatsby), composer Tom Holkenborg, sound designer Robert Mackenzie, editor Eliot Knapman, visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson, and colorist Eric Whipp.
The team also includes other longtime collaborators: production designer Colin Gibson, editor Margaret Sixel, sound mixer Ben Osmo, costume designer Jenny Beavan, and makeup designer Lesley Vanderwalt, each of whom won an Oscar for their work on Mad Max: Fury Road.
Warner Bros. Pictures is presenting, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, A Kennedy Miller Mitchell production and a George Miller Film.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.