If you’ve been reading our coverage of the various events from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, you’ll probably recall our positive reaction to the footage that director George Miller brought from **Mad Max: Fury Road. And if you said to yourself, “I wish there was a way to see that without inventing a time/space machine and travelling to Hall H on Saturday,” help is at hand. Warner Bros. has smartly put the footage online, along with a crop of the posters unveiled during the event.
The footage is an impressive blend of brutal physical stunt car action, panoramic desert visuals and savage new looks for the likes of Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult.
The new Max – which finds Hardy taking over the iconic role from Mel Gibson for a new interpretation – promises a return to the stark, desert wasteland where society has long since broken down and lawlessness rules. But in this world of blood, fire and death there are two rebels who might just be able to restore order. Max is still seeking peace of mind after the deaths of his wife and child, and now battles bad guys wherever he finds them.
Then there is Imperator Furiosa (Theron), a shaven-headed woman of action who is trying to survive a long, gruelling trip across the desert to reach her homeland. Along the way, we’ll be treated to what Miller has described as "one long chase scene", full of action and madness. And from the looks of this, he’s not wrong. {Mad Max: Fury Road Posters}
Featuring the likes of Riley Keough, Zoe Kravitz, Courtney Eaton, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones and Hugh Keays-Byrne in the cast, Mad Max: Fury Road is out on May 15 next year.