Mad Max: The rest of the saga could be served in series
The Wasteland would take place a year before the events of Fury Road.
Shock in the post-apocalyptic desert: the continuation of the Mad Max saga, initially planned in the cinema under the title The Wasteland, could finally take the form of a series.
Nothing is yet official, but after failure at the Furiosa box office (2024), which has only brought in $ 174 million for an estimated budget at 233 million, George Miller would have decided to change his rifle and floor rifle on a television variant.
It is the specialist in the Podcast Mad Max Bible, who reveals in his last video that The Wasteland had initially been thought of as a series before evolving towards a film project and even a video game. Today, he therefore regains his episodic form, allowing to explore this dystopian universe in depth and Max’s fights to survive. The story would follow a year from Max’s life, before Fury Road, while it does not very clear jobs to recover parts to make a new “interceptor” vehicle.
George Miller’s prequel must therefore extend the adventures of Max Rockatansky in a sorry and ruthless world. There remains a question: will Tom Hardy resume his role as Max for this new version? For the moment, no confirmation has been given.
Nothing guarantees either that Warner Bros. will give, in the end, its green light for a series (intended for HBO Max?) Which would cost to produce …
