CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Filmmaker George Miller’s much-awaited movie “Furiosa” will have its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
The movie, which is the latest installment in Miller’s famed film franchise “Mad Max”, is a prequel to the 2015 hit “Mad Max: Fury Road”, which also had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
Officially titled “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”, the new movie will be screened Out of Competition at the Grand Theatre Lumiere at the Palais des Festivals on May 15, the organisers said in a statement.
“Furiosa” marks Miller’s return to the iconic dystopian world he created more than 30 years ago with the Mel Gibson-led Mad Max films and then in “Fury Road”, which featured Tom Hardy in the title role and Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa.
The new movie is a standalone action-adventure that is headlined by Anya Taylor-Joy, who takes over the role of Furiosa. It also features Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke in pivotal roles.
“The idea of this prequel has been with me for over a decade. I couldn’t be more thrilled to return to the Festival de Cannes – along with Anya, Chris and Tom – to share ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’. There is no better place than La Croisette to experience this film with audiences on the world stage,” Miller said.
