Tag: Mad Max: Fury Road
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‘A fetish party in the desert’: the making of Mad Max: Fury Road
It is hailed as one of the greatest action movies ever, but making Mad Max: Fury Road was far from easy. Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, director George Miller and a huge cast of creatives recall what went down in the Namib desertPlenty of movies claim to be mad and filled with fury, taking it to…
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Dog skulls, choof tea and amputation: here’s what the new Mad Max book doesn’t tell you
Kyle Buchanan’s new authorised account of Mad Max: Fury Road is a detailed illustration of a challenging shoot. The author of an unauthorised tribute to the franchise reflects on another side to George Miller’s worldThere are countless talking points in the new oral history of Mad Max: Fury Road. As well as Tom Hardy v…
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‘Mad Max’ Casting Director Crashed Her Car After Seeing Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron’s Chemistry
Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s onscreen chemistry sizzles in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” but what is it like to experience that chemistry in person? For “Fury Road” casting director Ronna Kress, the answer is downright overwhelming. As part of Kyle Buchanan’s upcoming oral history book “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of…
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Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s Intense Chemistry on ‘Mad Max’ Made Casting Director Crash Her Car
The path to “Fury Road” is paved with off-the-charts sexual chemistry.While casting “Mad Max: Fury Road” took years, casting director Ronna Kress knew that Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy were the perfect actors to play Furiosa and Mad Max, respectively.Despite Hardy wowing in his audition — and beating out other actors like Michael Fassbender, Armie…
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Black And White Version Of Nightmare Alley Coming To Theaters
In the tradition of recent Oscar nominees for Best Picture like “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Parasite,” Guillermo del Toro has put together a black-and-white version of his new film, “Nightmare Alley.” Whereas “Fury Road” billed its black-and-white version as the “Black and Chrome Edition,” “Nightmare Alley” is calling its desaturated version “Nightmare Alley: Vision in…
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Oscars 2022: Best Sound Predictions
It’s a very competitive sound race, with frontrunner “Dune” being challenged from all sides by sci-fi (“The Matrix Resurrections”), horror, superheroes, spies, musicals, westerns, and film noir (“Nightmare Alley”).However, the sonic power and complexity of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” (Warner Bros.) is going to be hard to beat. Its great achievement is creating a grounded reality…
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Anya Taylor-Joy’s ‘Furiosa’ Prep: ‘Become Strong Enough’ Mentally to Carry the Entire Movie
Anya Taylor-Joy is in prep on George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa” ahead of filming next year, and she’s already loving getting the chance to work with the Oscar-nominated director. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly to promote Edgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho,” Taylor-Joy called Miller “incredibly generous and so passionate.” Taylor-Joy is taking…
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12 Awesome Sci-Fi Movies That Never Got Sequels
Many of the greatest science fiction franchises of all-time have benefitted from multiple cinematic installments that help expand their mythologies. Not every sequel to “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” and “Alien” is great, but few would argue that their legacies are isolated to just one film. Occasionally, a sequel is even better than the original; recent…
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Mad Max Spin-Off Furiosa Pushed Back One Year, Salem’s Lot To Haunt Theaters Next September
We’ve got some good news and some bad news on the release date front. The good news is, “Mad Max: Furiosa,” the long-awaited prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road,” has a new release date. The bad news is it’s a whole lot further away than was previously expected. But in further good news for Stephen…
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Tom Hardy Is Cool With George Miller Pivoting From ‘Mad Max’ To ‘Furiosa’
It’s starting to become extremely obvious to most that George Miller‘s “Mad Max: Fury Road” wasn’t just rebooting the world and character by having British actor Tom Hardy replace Mel Gibson, but also introducing a brand new leading character, Charlize Theron‘s Furiosa.Continue reading Tom Hardy Is Cool With George Miller Pivoting From ‘Mad Max’ To…