George Miller has said that he will be returning to make two more Mad Max films, despite reports to the contrary.
The 70-year-old film-maker, who has received a best director nomination at this year’s Oscars for Fury Road, claimed he had been misunderstood in a recent interview. Earlier this week, it was reported that he was finished with the action franchise.
“That was a completely garbled interview,” he said to TheWrap. “I was in New York and it was so noisy and the journalist was asking me questions on a red carpet at the National Board of Review. She completely got the wrong fragments of information that were just not true. I said no, [another Mad Max movie] will not be next, and she took that to mean I never wanted to make another Mad Max. It won’t necessarily be next, but I have two more stories.”
Miller also recently spoke about the character of Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron. Furiosa was widely seen as the film’s most interesting element and although Miller previously said that she wouldn’t appear in a sequel, he has said that he is open to future stories involving her.
“She’s a pretty compelling character, so it’d be great to tell her story,” said Miller earlier this month. “Her backstory is pretty interesting; we only allude to it in this movie. This movie is on the run, people don’t have much time for recreational talk. You have a sense of her having gone through stuff, that’s what the movie is trying to do. You know, you’re trying to put a lot of iceberg under the tip, I like saying.”
The success of Mad Max: Fury Road came as a surprise to the industry after a troubled and extended production. But the reboot of the series opened to not only strong box office but critical acclaim.
The film has made $375m at the global box office and earned 10 Oscar nominations, including one for best picture.
