Furiosa the fifth: How George Miller brought ‘Mad Max’ forward while returning it to its roots

After an unexpected stop in southwest Africa, George Miller’s Mad Max franchise has returned to its spiritual home of Australia for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, giving the country its biggest production yet. Sean Slatter speaks to the director and stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth about the place of the prequel in the Mad Max story.

When George Miller had trouble making the first Mad Max film in the 1970s, he received some encouragement from late stuntman Grant Page.

While in a state of “complet...