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The wheels have been greased on the hotly-anticipated Mad Max spin-off Furiosa, which is set to star Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth. A press conference with director George Miller and Hemsworth in attendance took place in Australian state New South Wales today to confirm that the spin-off is preparing to film in…

Hugh Keays-Byrne, most known for appearing as Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road and Toecutter in the original 1979 Mad Max film, has died. He was 73. Reps for the actor said he died peacefully on Tuesday morning. Director Brian Trenchard-Smith, who collaborated with Keays-Byrn on The Dragon Flies, paid tribute and…

George Miller told Deadline about Furiosa having a deep backstory in the Mad Max universe, and now we’ll finally get to see it: Warner Bros. is in advanced development with Furiosa, a spinoff feature of Miller’s multi-Oscar winning blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road about the renegade character (played in that film by…

EXCLUSIVE: George Miller has gotten his green light and a March production start in Australia on Three Thousand Years of Longing, with Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton now locked to star. That Miller is making this film isn't a surprise: independent distributors rarely get a shot at a big-ticket film from a commercially…

Charlize Theron, winner of an Oscar for 2003’s Monster, continues to sit atop Hollywood’s actress A-list no doubt in part because of her intriguing and varied choice of roles over the years, shifting from kick-ass action to moving character studies, comedy to drama, and everything in between. She is back in the awards…

Filmmaker George Miller is taking Warner Bros to court in Australia, alleging that the company reneged on paying him a multimillion-dollar bonus for the 2015 action hit Mad Max: Fury Road. The veteran Aussie writer-director, who launched the Mad Max franchise in 1979 with Mel Gibson in the title role, claims the…

A video showing footage from the Warner Bros.’ distributed Mad Max: Fury Road without the CGI effects posted last Thursday on YouTube is now trending on social media with 1.72M views (and climbing) in less than a week, which shows the film’s strong fan base and staying power of this action eye-candy from director Georg…

In a bid to attract Hollywood and local productions, the government of Australia’s New South Wales announced a $15M (AUD$20M) fund on Wednesday. The move by the Oz state was spearheaded by Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts, Troy Grant, who made no bones about the aim. “We have our sights firmly set on stealing…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has closed Charlize Theron to star in Fast 8, which director F. Gary Gray and producer Neal Moritz move into production next month for release on April 14, 2017. Theron, who’s coming off a memorable action turn in Mad Max: Fury Road, will play a new character in the blockbuster franchise…

EXCLUSIVE: Abbey Lee, last seen in Mad Max: Fury Road, has been set to co-star in Office Christmas Party opposite Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, TJ Miller and Kate McKinnon. Will Speck and Josh Gordon are directing the script by Laura Solon. Scott Stuber, Guymon Casady and Daniel Rappaport are producing. Lee will…

Tonight’s Oscars ceremony was filled with a mix of expected wins and a few key surprises. Mad Max: Fury Road rode the craft categories to the most wins of the night with six, twice its closest rival. That means it was good news for its studio Warner Bros in the final tally. It was also a good night for A24, the young…