George Miller
George Miller, Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth Debut High-Octane ‘Furiosa’ Footage at CinemaCon
Furiosa fired up CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Warner Bros. Pictures unveiled a sneak peek at five minutes of footage of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga inside Caesars Palace during its studio presentation with the help of director George Miller and his stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth to help pump the upcoming release […]
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George Miller on ‘Furiosa’ Star Anya Taylor-Joy: “There’s Something Mystical About Her”
Before Focus Features released Edgar Wright’s neo-noir thriller Last Night in Soho in October 2021, the filmmaker showed a cut to pal George Miller. The Australian director was so struck by star Anya Taylor-Joy’s performance that he went back to Wright with an idea. “I said, ‘Gee, she’d be good for…,’” detailed Miller, who then […]
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George Miller to be Honored at CinemaCon With International Career Achievement Award
As the rollout of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga revs up, filmmaker George Miller will be heading to Las Vegas. CinemaCon announced Tuesday morning that the Australian filmmaker has been selected to receive an international career achievement in filmmaking award during the annual convention put on by the National Association of Theatre Owners. Miller will […]
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‘Furiosa’ Heading to Cannes
Mad Max is roaring back to the Croisette. Nine years after George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road tore up Cannes as the diesel-fueled opener in 2015, the director’s follow-up, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, will also have its world premiere, out of competition, in Cannes. Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, the character played […]
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Anya Taylor-Joy Transforms for Battle Against Chris Hemsworth in ‘Furiosa’ Trailer
Anya Taylor-Joy is gearing up to seek vengeance against Chris Hemsworth in the latest trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Warner Bros. released the new footage Tuesday from George Miller’s dystopian action epic that hits theaters May 24. The fifth film in the Mad Max franchise, Furiosa is a prequel to 2015’s Oscar-winning hit […]
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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Moves Up Two Weeks in May to Avoid ‘Furiosa’
Filmmaker Wes Ball’s 2024 summer tentpole Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will try to conquer moviegoers two weeks early. Disney’s 20th Century Studios announced Friday that the film will now open May 10 instead of May 24. The shift gives it distance from the crowded Memorial Day marquee, which includes George Miller’s Furiosa: […]
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‘Furiosa’ Trailer: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Prequel Stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth
Oh, what a lovely day! The trailer for Furiosa has been released (below), giving Mad Max franchise fans their first sense of the long-awaited Fury Road prequel. As expected, the intense footage is nearly wall-to-wall action, explosions, and frantic driving. Director George Miller’s next adventure in his post-apocalyptic wasteland stars Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit) […]
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George T. Miller, ‘The Man From Snowy River’ and ‘The NeverEnding Story II’ Director, Dies at 79
George Trumbull Miller, the director of The Man From Snowy River and The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, has died of a heart attack. He was 79. The Sydney Morning Herald reported the news of the Australian filmmaker’s death on Saturday. No details of the day he died have been shared at this time. […]
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Box Office: August Revenue Tumbles 43 Percent From Pre-Pandemic Times
A slow August at the domestic box office wasn’t an ideal way to end a summer that was otherwise a huge boon for theater owners and Hollywood studios as they collectively emerged from the COVID-19 crisis. Revenue for August 2022 looks to clock in at estimated $475 million-$477 million, which — outside of the past […]
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Box Office: ‘The Invitation’ Leads Horrifyingly Slow Weekend With $7M
The dog days of August can always bring a downturn in moviegoing, but this year is horrifyingly bad. Sony’s The Invitation limped to No. 1 domestically with $7 million from 3,114 theaters in its opening, according to Sunday estimates. Overseas, it started off with $1.6 million from its first 19 markets, many of them smaller, […]
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George Miller on Trying to Cast Tilda Swinton in ‘Furiosa’: “It Was the First Thing I Thought About”
After directing Tilda Swinton in Three Thousand Years of Longing, filmmaker George Miller understood why such auteurs as Wes Anderson and Luca Guadagnino repeatedly call on the versatile actress to be in their films. “She really is something. She’s an artist and one of the wisest people I’ve ever known,” he told THR at the […]
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George Miller on How Filmmaking Is Like Playing in the NBA: “You Constantly Have to Adjust”
George Miller felt like he was dreaming. The Australian filmmaker arrived in Cannes on Thursday, 24 hours after leaving home on the other side of the world. With only a few hours to exhale and freshen up, he was under the lights of the Grand Théâtre Lumière with 2,200 guests on their feet showering his […]
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