The road to movie Valhalla and the world premiere of Furiosa, George Miller’s anticipated Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, could lead all the way to Cannes 2024. According to Variety, Miller has his sights set on the festival to be the first place where eager viewers can die happy, shiny and chrome, taking in the follow-up to what many believe is the best blockbuster action movie ever.
This is far from confirmed, though, even if Miller has pretty good recent history with Cannes. It was there in 2022 that he premiered his most recent film, Three Thousand Years of Longing. Nine years ago in 2015 it was where he debuted Fury Road, as well.
That fact hasn’t escaped Cannes festival chief Thierry Fremaux, who really wants Furiosa there, too…
“We kept an extraordinary memory of the world premiere of ‘Fury Road’ at Cannes,” Fremaux said. “It would be wonderful to welcome them again with ‘Furiosa,’ especially since George Miller was a marvelous jury president in 2016. I know he’s working on the film and I hope it will be at Cannes.”
Furiosa stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a younger Imperator Furiosa, taking over the role from Charlize Theron. Chris Hemsworth joins her as a young Immortan Joe. Ex-WWE superstar Nathan Jones returns as Rictus Erectus, and so does Angus Sampson as The Organic Mechanic. Tom Burke joins the cast as Warlord Dementus, leader of the biker gang that snatched Furiosa from the Green Place of Many Mothers.
Currently, Furiosa is set to open on May 24th 2024. Cannes’s Opening Night is May 17th, so the timing definitely fits.
