There seems a good chance that Mad Max: Fury Road will spark at least one sequel- if the pricey Village Roadshow Pictures/Warner Bros. action-adventure surpasses a lofty B.O. benchmark.
Thirty years after the last instalment of George Miller's epic Mad Max saga aired at Cannes, Mad Max: Fury Road is set to make a blazing return.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life.
Tom Hardy is set to play an American WWII veteran who joins a Yakuza crime family in The Outsider, an action-thriller to be directed by Takashi Miike.
Cinematographer John Seale is taking Codex into the Namibian Desert to capture "Mad Max: Fury Road."
The fourth edition of George Miller's Mad Max franchise finished principal photography last December after a six-month shoot in Namibia and South Africa.
The worldwide B.O. total of Mad Max: Fury Road has surpassed $US210 million after modest second weekend drops, particularly in the US and Australia.