George Miller Says “There’s Certainly More Stories” In The ‘Mad Max’ World – Cannes

“There’s certainly more stories there,” emphasized George Miller at the Cannes Furiosa press conference about whether there’s more Mad Max on the horizon.

“Maybe because in order to tell the story of Fury Road, we needed to know about Furiosa and Max in the years before,” said the Oscar winning filmmaker.

“I’ll definitely see how this goes,” he added meaning the box office for Furiosa.

Miller has said that there’s a script for The Wastleland, and while he’s mum on it, it sounds like another prequel. One source close to the film hinted to Deadline that we have yet to see the backstory of Immortan Joe; that storyline has been fleshed out and it wouldn’t be a shocker if that’s next in the wings.

Miller wrote Furiosa before Fury Road and showed that script to Charlize Theron. It was part of the reason why he got her to sign on to Fury Road. In regards to using her in this prequel, it wasn’t an option given the fact that Furiosa is told over the character’s ages of 8 to 18. Miller wasn’t impressed with the younger age tech that was out there used in The Irishman, hence the reason why he went with Alyla Browne as the younger Furiosa and Anya Taylor-Joy as the older.

Furiosa received a near eight minute standing ovation at its premiere in the Grand Lumiere Theatre last night.

The Warner Bros/Village Roadshow production opens on May 24. Four-day domestic opening outlook is $50M.