Fury Road, filmmaker George Miller turned the spotlight back on the 2015 movie’s breakout character, Furiosa, for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Anya Taylor-Joy inherited the role from Charlize Theron for this prequel chronicling the decade+ leading up to her meeting Tom Hardy’s Max Rockatansky.

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After nearly a decade, filmmaker George Miller returned to the world of Mad Max with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. The prequel focuses on the story of Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, as she takes on a role originally portrayed by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road.

The Wasteland receives an update from franchise director George Miller almost one year after Furiosa flopped at the box office.