George Miller Calls ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Prequel ‘Furiosa’ “A Saga” That Spans 15 Years

Prince George was spotted having a whale of a time as he sang along to Sir Rod Stewart singing Sweet Caroline. George, eight, was accompanied by his younger sister Charlotte, seven, and his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for the Party at the Palace.The family were, of course, sat in the Royal box alongside the likes of Prince Charles and Camila, Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie, and Zara Tindall. During this evening’s festivities for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, young George was spotted singing to the hit song, as Prince William enthusiastically did so as well.

A body language expert has said Prince George and Princess Charlotte appeared to be "shy" as they arrived in Cardiff for a Platinum Jubilee engagement with their parents.The Duke, 39, and Duchess of Cambridge, 40, decided to show the ropes of a royal engagement to George, eight, and Charlotte, seven, as they met several performers and crew taking part in a Platinum Jubilee celebration concert taking place in Cardiff Castle. Both of the young royals appeared a lot more shy, compared to their usually colourful personalities, with the gravity of the occasion clearly having an impact on them – with Princess Charlotte only reaching out to shake hands after some encouragement from her mother, Kate.

Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee kicked off in a big way on Thursday morning, with Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis making their carriage debut at the Trooping the Colour. The siblings were accompanied by their mom, Kate Middleton, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.George, 8, Charlotte, 7, and Louis, 4, wore color-coordinated blue outfits, with the boys in shirts and ties — the eldest sibling even sported a suit jacket — while their sister looked as sweet as ever in a baby doll dress.

“Furiosa,” the long-awaited prequel to the 2015 Charlize Theron blockbuster “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Chris Hemsworth, who will reportedly play the central villain in the post-apocalyptic action film, announced the news Wednesday with a Twitter post that read “A new journey in the Mad Max saga begins #FURIOSA.”A new journey in the Mad Max saga begins #FURIOSA pic.twitter.com/nhxqRXB73zStarring Anya Taylor-Joy as the younger version of Theron’s Imperator Furiosa, the movie will follow the protagonist prior to her war captaining days. Along with Hemsworth, Tom Burke and Angus Sampson have been named to the cast.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe highly-anticipated  “Furiosa,” a spin-off from “Mad Max: Fury Road” has started filming.Chris Hemsworth, one of the film’s stars, shared a post via social media saying, “A new journey in the Mad Max saga begins.” Anya Taylor-Joy stars alongside him. The “Mad Max” prequel movie is based on Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa character from 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road.”Miller calls the sequel “a saga,” which will unspool over a 15-year period, differing from its predecessor which spanned three days in its timeframe.George Miller is set to  direct, co-write and produce “Furiosa,” along with his longtime producing partner Doug Mitchell.A new journey in the Mad Max saga begins #FURIOSA pic.twitter.com/nhxqRXB73z— Chris Hemsworth (@chrishemsworth) June 1, 2022Most recently, Miller revealed that  he and composer Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, will work together again on the film’s score.

The story of the Queen’s forgotten uncle, Prince George is so far-fetched, movie producers wouldn’t touch the script with a barge-pole. Story plots of Netflix blockbuster Bridgerton seem tame in comparison to the real-life exploits of Prince George.

Winner: Neon. The indie distributor has a special touch with Palme d’Or winners. Following 2019’s “Parasite” and 2021’s “Titane,” Neon landed North American rights to this year’s big Cannes champ: Ruben Östlund’s comedy “Triangle of Sadness,” which stars Woody Harrelson as a rabid Marxist who is the captain of a cruise for the super-rich.

“Mad Max: Fury Road” a blockbuster juggernaut — now considered among viewers and critics alike to be one of the best action films of all time. She made her debut in the fourth installment of George Miller’s widely celebrated franchise, which began in 1979 with Mel Gibson starring in the title role.While the Oscar-winning movie offered some insight into Furiosa’s backstory, including her remembrances of the “Green Place” — an idyllic location from her childhood that predates the current post-apocalyptic wasteland — her self-titled film will uncover her origin story in depth.

Furiosa.The director confirmed the collaboration during the Cannes Film Festival (via Variety), where his latest film 3000 Years Of Longing premiered. Holkenborg also scored the film, which stars Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.The composer, who couldn’t attend the festival, sent a message to Cannes: “What a week in Cannes for George and 3000 Years Of Longing, which I sadly had to miss, but can’t wait for people to see this remarkable film.“Also! Very grateful to continue my journey with George with his next installment of the Mad Max series: Furiosa.”Anya Taylor-Joy is set to play a younger Furiosa in the prequel spin-off, originally played by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorGeorge Miller has confirmed that he and composer Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, will work together again on the next installment of the Mad Max franchise, “Furiosa.”Miller made the reveal at Cannes where his film, “3000 Years of Longing,” debuted, which Holkenborg also scored.Says Holkenborg: “What a week in Cannes for George and ‘3000 Years of Longing,’which I sadly had to miss, but can’t wait for people to see this remarkable film. Also! Very grateful to continue my journey with George with his next installment of the Mad Max series: ‘Furiosa.'”Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are set to star in “Furiosa,” the prequel movie based on Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa character from 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Taylor-Joy will play the title role, a younger version of Furiosa.Miller is set to  direct, co-write and produce “Furiosa,” along with his longtime producing partner Doug Mitchell.

Clayton Davis Amazon and MGM may have completed their $8.5 billion merger in March, but don’t expect to see “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” the fantastical love story from director George Miller, streaming on Prime Video on Aug. 31 when the film opens.Miller is a true believer in cinema and the movie theatres that house them. “It would be very painful to know that your movie will be first seen on streaming,” he tells Variety.“There’s a commitment that they can’t change.

CANNES – George Miller is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of his generation, but when it comes to Tilda Swinton he truly knows among the greats. The star, along with Idris Elba, of his new film “Three Thousand Years of Longing” says she doesn’t pick roles.

CANNES, France -- It's taken a lot of time and a good deal of yearning for Australian director George Miller to make “Three Thousand Years of Longing, " his long-awaited follow-up to “Mad Max: Fury Road."Miller premiered “Three Thousand Years of Longing” over the weekend at the Cannes Film Festival, the culmination of a journey that began 20 years ago when Miller first read the A. S.

If anyone has a right to be jaded about superhero movies, it’s George Miller. Miller posses one of the great what-if superhero stories, having spent several years in the 2000s working on “Justice League Mortal,” a $200 million dollar movie that would have featured Armie Hammer as Batman and D.J.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterGeorge Miller has some thoughts about the future of superhero movies.At a Saturday press conference in Cannes for his new film “3000 Years of Longing,” story archetypes throughout history were widely discussed — as his movie follows an academic who studies the narratives of humankind.In one scene, set at a conference discussing storytelling, we glimpse a large image of the DC Comics heroes including Superman, Batman and The Flash. Variety asked Miller if he thought that contemporary superhero content would be shared throughout the ages to come.“They endure and have endured anyway.

As if unleashing all the pent-up narrative impulses tamped down for the hard-bitten minimalism of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Australia’s proudest son George Miller returns to Cannes’ out-of-Competition section with a sumptuous banquet of storytelling in service of storytelling. “Three Thousand Years of Longing” compresses eons of heartbreak, happenstance, and hope into a hotel room tête-à-tête that then re-blooms to the size of the universe, a parable both titanic and intimate in scale as it negotiates one woman’s complacent solitude against the welfare of mythologies dating back to the cradle of civilization.

George Miller told press today in Cannes that his new film 3000 Years of Longing is a fantasy story that is “open to interpretation.”

When ranging out of Mad Max territory, George Miller’s films are highly diverse and unpredictable in nature, and never has this proved more the case than with his time-traveling, narratively far-ranging new drama, Three Thousand Years of Longing. In this Cannes Film Festival competition entry, the director delves back into old texts to examine the nature and power of legendary stories that have endured for centuries in a way that is both sharply creative and a bit off-putting; the film begins on quite a high, only to slowly deflate as it works its way toward its modern-day ending.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn the brain-tickling eyesore that is “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” Tilda Swinton plays a narratologist, which is to say, someone who studies stories. Her character, Dr.