The plans for the return of “Mad Max” to the big screen were always ambitious. In its earliest stages, there was talk that “Mad Max: Fury Road” would shoot back-to-back with “Mad Max: Furiosa,” a companion film that would be part of a trilogy. George Miller has always said that writing went so well on ‘Fury Road,’ he wound up with three scripts, with one of the focusing solely on the backstory of Charlize Theron‘s Furiosa. Initially, Miller had planned to make ‘Furiosa’ as an anime companion film to ‘Fury Road,’ but things never came together. However, if and when Miller is ready to return to the world of ‘Mad Max,’ Theron is ready.
In an interview with Variety, the actress revealed she’s game to reprise her role as Furiosa, and even admits the scripts are there just waiting to be made.
“I’d love to. There were three scripts. They were written as back stories to Max’s character and to Furiosa’s character. But at the end of the day, this thing lives and breathes with [director] George [Miller]. I think Warner Bros. knows that. We are all waiting for him to show us the way,” she said.
Indeed, you can only imagine that franchise hungry Warner Bros. are sending flowers and chocolate to Miller to try and get started on the next chapter of the “Mad Max” saga. However, they’ll have to wait, as Miller has long insisted he wants to make a small, special effects-free movie first. Well, it’s been two years since ‘Fury Road’ came out and there’s been zero movement on that front, so we’ll just have to keep pining for Furious to find her fire on the big screen sooner rather than later. Fingers crossed, because we’d love to see it happen.
