Furiosais a prequel that will follow theeponymous character fromMad Max: Fury Road. Unfortunately, director George Miller film had to replace actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II due to scheduling conflicts.
Abdul-Mateen II has had breakout roles in major motion pictures these past few years. Recently, he has starred inAquamanas the fan-favorite Black Manta, played the lead role in the iconic horror filmCandyman,took on the role of Morpheus in the highly anticipatedTheMatrix Resurrections,portrayed Cal Abar inWatchmen, andstarred in television series such asBlack MirrorandThe Get Down.The actor is busy, to say the least, so him being cast in aMad Maxspinoff was only going to add to the actor’s impressive resume.
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Deadline reports Abdul-Mateen II is being replaced by Tom Burke (Mank,The Souvenir), so fans shouldn’t have to worry about theFuriosascript being affected too much. The outlet noted that Abdul-Mateen II had to exitFuriosabecause another project he’s involved with recently moved production up. While the exact project is unknown, it is reportedly a “secret passion project” that Abdul-Mateen II had been developing “for some time.” As was the case when Abdul-Mateen II was cast, the role Burke will be taking over is currently unknown.
Furiosawill be diving into the backstory of the character who many fans of the franchise have gravitated towards ever since she was first played by Charlize Theron. The film’s journey through production has been widely covered. It was recently reported thatFuriosawon’t be coming out until 2024, so right now fans shouldn’t be too surprised if anything else changes between now and the film’s long-awaited release date. Hopefully, these casting hiccups only enhance what the film was going to do rather than make fans wonder what could have been.
Fans really do like to see spin-off films when it adds to the plot of the previous movie.Furiosais meant to be a deeper divefor a character who needs it. The film won’t be attempting to re-do anything that was established nor retcon anything. If this film does well, then maybe there will be moreMad Maxspin-offs or even direct sequels in the future.
TheMad Maxvideo game was widely appreciated and did very well with fans and newcomers. The game had an open world mixed with hand-to-hand combat and off-road vehicular transportation that is similar toBorderlands.The game balanced many different aspects of gaming into one nicely wrapped package.Kojima is interested in developing aMad Maxgameand if it’s anything like what’s been done before, then fans shouldn’t be too surprised if it does well.
