Attentive target audience individuals could have spotted the unique hero of the Mad Max movies, Max Rockatansky, in Furiosa, now in theaters. Within the briefest of scenes, Furiosa races previous a dune within the wilderness. On most sensible of that dune stands a person subsequent to a automotive. That guy, staring at the motion from above, is probably Max, along his well-known automobile, the Interceptor.
If director George Miller has his approach, we can see Max once more. Miller has spent over 40 years operating on quite a lot of Mad Max movies. However at 79 he is not slightly performed but. Because the director lately advised TIME, he has finished any other tale targeted on Max tentatively titled The Desolate tract. Whether or not that long-rumored movie strikes forward will depend on the destiny of Furiosa on the field workplace.
“Relying on whether or not Furiosa will get traction or now not, that film is at the horizon,” he says. Will Tom Hardy go back to play Max? Miller smiles conspiratorially. “If the planets align.”
Miller has shared little knowledge on The Desolate tract. However here’s what we all know.
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What’s The Desolate tract?
The 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Street diverged from the Mad Maxfranchise in different tactics. First, Miller changed Mel Gibson with Tom Hardy within the function of Max, the grizzled cop who misplaced his circle of relatives initially of the apocalypse. 2nd, he targeted the motion of Fury Street now not on Max however a brand new protagonist: Imperator Furiosa (performed through Charlize Theron in Fury Street and Anya Taylor-Pleasure in Furiosa).
When Miller used to be growing Fury Street—a just about two-decade-long procedure—he wrote a complete backstory for Furiosa and shared it together with his forged and staff in order that they may perceive her motivations. That starting place story changed into the root for Furiosa.
He additionally wrote a tale targeted on Max that crammed within the blanks between Max’s remaining look within the franchise, in 1985’s Mad Max Past Thunderdome (when the nature used to be nonetheless performed through Gibson) and the occasions of Fury Street. Set a couple of yr prior to the occasions of Fury Street, it follows Max on some journey within the barren, post-apocalyptic wilderness.
When does the Desolate tracthappen relative to Furiosa?
Miller advised TIME that the Desolate tract is about twelve months prior to the occasions of Mad Max: Fury Street. For the reason that the motion of Furiosa runs as much as the occasions of Fury Street—Furiosaactually ends with a montage previewing Fury Street’s epic chase scene—that implies The Desolate tract will overlap with the tip of Furiosa.
Who’s starring in The Desolate tract?
The movie has now not been inexperienced lit and has now not begun casting, so it isn’t but recognized who will celebrity within the 6th Mad Max movie. However Miller advised TIME he’s hoping that Hardy will reprise his function as Max.
We all know that Max and Furiosa do not meet till the occasions of Fury Street, so it’s not going Taylor-Pleasure will display up in The Desolate tract. On the other hand, there is a probability lets see different characters from Furiosa, like Chris Hemsworth’s villain Dementus, pop up.
