Some potentially great news for
Mad Max fans here, as a new rumor claims that director George Miller is indeed planning a follow-up to
Fury Road, and is expected to begin prep as soon as he's done filming his current project,
Three Thousand Years of Longing.
According to Collider’s
SneiderCut podcast, the movie is indeed being developed as a
Fury Road prequel and will focus on a younger Furiosa before she became one of Imortan Joe's Imperators. Sneider seems doubtful that Charlize Theron will reprise the role, however, and believes a younger actress will wind up being cast.
He has also heard that
Watchmen and
Aquaman actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is being eyed for the male lead.
It's very early days and Sneider cautions that we should take this with a pinch of salt for now, but hopefully it does come together. It would be disappointing if Theron didn't return as Furiosa, but perhaps we could see her and Tom Hardy back in the saddle for a more direct sequel to
Fury Road at some point.
What do you guys make of this? Let us know in the usual place.