over unpaid “Fury Road” earnings, a case which was eventually settled. For years, though, it seemed that “Furiosa” would never be made, due to Miller’s legal battle with Warner Bros.
While they crafted Furiosa’s backstory solely for Theron’s sake, they found her tale rich enough to transform into a secondary screenplay that was written even before “Fury Road” went into production. While the oral history book “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road” chronicles the painstaking entirety of what it took to get Miller’s 2015 film to the silver screen, the short of it is that the project remained in development hell for years, taking more than a decade and a half to be completed due to various delays that resulted from issues like Gibson’s controversies (when he was still playing the lead role) and the Iraq War.ĭuring this time, Miller and co-writer Nick Lathouris devised complex backstories for all of the characters in “Fury Road,” spending a bulk of their attention on Furiosa’s history - her journey to leadership and the time she spent with the female warrior group known as the Vuvalini. According to former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian, “Furiosa” would be Australia’s biggest film ever, generating 350 million Australian dollars for the local economy.Ĭharlize Theron Calls Furiosa Being Recast for George Miller’s ‘Mad Max’ Prequel ‘A Little Heartbreaking’ How long has the film been in the works?Ī long time - essentially as long as it took to get “Fury Road” made. It’s also likely that the immense scope of the film - which will follow several years of Furiosa’s life - impacted its timeline. Miller also wanted to begin production on the film after completing his upcoming epic romance film “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, which is slated for release Aug. Delays are likely due to the pandemic, with Hemsworth’s Netflix film “Extraction 2” being pulled out of Australia - which had been on lockdown due to rising cases - to remain on schedule.įilming on “Furiosa” was set to begin in early 2022, though further updates have not been given. In September, it was announced that “Furiosa” would be pushed back nearly a year, with a release date of May 24, 2024. Everyone is on the verge of solving it - particular Japanese video-game designers - but there’s still a pretty wide valley, I believe.” When is the release date? “Despite the valiant attempts on ‘The Irishman,’ I think there’s still an uncanny valley. “For the longest time, I thought we could just use CG de-aging on Charlize, but I don’t think we’re nearly there yet,” Miller told the New York Times. However, he eventually decided against it, saying that the VFX technology has yet to be perfected. Fun fact: Miller originally thought to use CG de-aging tech so that Theron could reprise her role in “Furiosa” in a way that made sense.
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