Nearly five decades after he first sent Max Rockatansky barreling through the Australian outback, George Miller may be looking for one last ride through the Wasteland—and perhaps a succession plan for the entire franchise. According to a new report from Puck’s Matthew Belloni, Miller was recently in Hollywood meeting with studios about a new “Mad Max” movie.
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The filmmaker reportedly generated interest from Amazon, Universal, and Sony Pictures, while longtime franchise home Warner Bros. is apparently not in the mix. Per the report, Miller’s proposed plan is ambitious: make one final “Mad Max” film, potentially follow it with a TV series, and then sell the property to the highest bidder. Puck notes that Miller visited the Burbank lot, but both the film and TV divisions at Warner Bros. passed on it.
That is a fairly seismic development for a franchise that has been tied to Warner Bros. for more than 40 years. The studio has been involved in distributing all five previous “Mad Max” films, from the original 1979 classic through 2024’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” But while “Fury Road” became an instant action landmark and went on to win six Oscars, “Furiosa” was a much tougher commercial proposition. Puck notes that the prequel grossed roughly $175 million worldwide, about what it cost to produce.
That likely explains some of the caution. “Furiosa” was well-reviewed and deeply admired by the Miller faithful, but it also arrived nearly a decade after “Fury Road,” without Tom Hardy or Charlize Theron, and centered on a younger version of Furiosa played by Anya Taylor-Joy opposite Chris Hemsworth. For Warner Bros., that result may have cooled enthusiasm for another expensive return to the Wasteland, even if Miller remains one of the few filmmakers capable of making the franchise feel mythic rather than merely recycled.
What the new film would be is still unclear. Fans have long known that Miller developed additional “Mad Max” material around the making of “Fury Road,” including the long-discussed “Mad Max: The Wasteland,” a potential Max-centered follow-up presumably featuring Tom Hardy again (though it would be nice to see Theron in the mix again, too). This could be the movie Miller is now trying to make, though Puck does not name it specifically.
The TV component is also intriguing. A “Mad Max” series has been floated in various forms over the years, and the Wasteland is broad enough to support anthology-style storytelling, spin-offs, or a deeper dive into the world’s factions, citadels, warlords, and road warriors. The bigger question is whether the 81-year-old Miller would be directly involved beyond the initial launch, especially given the report’s suggestion that he is also thinking about the franchise’s long-term future after him.
For now, this is all early-stage, and no studio has officially landed the package. But if Warner Bros. really is out and Sony, Universal, and Amazon are circling, “Mad Max” may be entering its strangest phase yet: one last Miller-driven movie, a possible expansion into television, and then a new corporate custodian for one of cinema’s great post-apocalyptic creations.
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