An animated series is a set of animated television works with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either a finite number of episodes like a miniseries , a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be broadcast on television, shown in movie theatres, released on the internet or direct-to-video . Like other creative works, animated series can be of a wide variety of genres and can also have different target audiences : both males and females, both children and adults .
64-412: Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Heatter-Quigley Productions . It aired on CBS as part of its Saturday-morning schedule from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969 and then reruns the next season. The series features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies throughout North America , with all of
128-553: A television commercial for the British market, parodying Wacky Races with a similar setup featuring Corsa cars. The commercial made several references to the cartoon as well as utilizing the show's theme music and Muttley's iconic snicker. The English adult comic Viz had a one-off parody strip called "Wacky Racists" with David Irving as Dick Dastardly, Unity Mitford as Penelope Pitstop, Eugène Terre'Blanche as Lazy Luke, Oswald Mosley as Muttley, and comedian Bernard Manning in
192-419: A DVD box set on October 19, 2004. A two-and-a-half-hour VHS video was made available in 1996. All 34 episodes can be purchased on the iTunes Store . On February 14, 2017, Warner Archive re-released Wacky Races: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection as a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release. Life-size working replicas of the vehicles have been built in
256-525: A brief cameo on a video game cabinet themed around her. In 2018, an animated film based on Wacky Races was reported to be in development by Warner Animation Group . The main plot of Wacky Races , in which characters racing on unusual fictional vehicles and using various over-the-top "weapons" to hinder their opponents, would later go on to inspire the kart racing video game genre in the 1990s. Wacky Races eventually has its own video game series since 1991, preceding Nintendo 's Super Mario Kart , which
320-518: A child-friendly show, shifted its target group to ages 12 and up, resulting in a darker and more mature storyline. Animated film theatrical series include all early animated series: Animated Weekly (1913), The Newlyweds (1913 — 1915), Travelaughs (1913, 1915 — 1918, 1921 — 1923), Doc Yak (1913 — 1915), Colonel Heeza Liar (1913 — 1917, 1922 — 1924), Kapten Grogg [ sv ] (1916 — 1922), Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés (1917 — 1918),
384-511: A community of oil drillers trying to defend itself against a roving band of marauders. The film follows an archetypal "Western" frontier movie motif, as does Max's role as a hardened man who rediscovers his humanity. Miller explained that the Mad Max films "effectively look forward to the past ... in the same way that the American Western allowed for allegory figures playing out morality tales in
448-447: A grade of "B+" on a scale of A+ to F. 1985 · Tina Turner Many licensed products are based on the Mad Max franchise. Products include novels, comic books, video games, and other materials. Novelisations of the first three films have also been published by QB Books. The first two novelisations were written by Terry Hayes , who ended up co-writing the script for the second film after getting along well with Miller. A novelisation for
512-406: A landscape." This sequel to Miller's Mad Max was a worldwide box office success that further boosted the career of Mel Gibson. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a 1985 film, the third installment in the franchise. The film was directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie , was written by Miller and Terry Hayes, and starred Mel Gibson and Tina Turner . In this film, Max is still wandering through
576-593: A local station of a television network broadcasts an animated series as a part of its own programming, the time-slot will vary by region. All early animated television series, the first being Crusader Rabbit (1950 — 1959), are comic cartoon series. However, later series include sports ( Speed Racer , Captain Tsubasa , Slam Dunk ), action ( Hajime no Ippo , G.I. Joe ), science fiction ( Mobile Suit Gundam , Tenchi Muyo ), drama ( Neon Genesis Evangelion ), adventure ( Dragon Ball ), martial arts ( Baki
640-514: A massive war in the Middle East and around the world. In the timeline of the later two films, the collapse happened around the 2010s, and was caused by a combination of resource wars and subsequent environmental damage . The first Mad Max film takes place in the original timeline and is a mostly traditional origin story. In a dystopian Australia where the government no longer has the capacity to effectively protect its citizens, Max Rockatansky
704-599: A particular scoring system or way to determine who won the Wacky Races as a whole. The cumulative totals for first-, second-, and third-place finishes for each contestant are presented below: In 1969, Dick Dastardly and Muttley were given a spin-off series, titled Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines . The series is sometimes mistakenly known as Stop the Pigeon , after the show's working title and theme song. In
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#1732844165047768-592: A series of legends about the titular character, the kinds of campfire stories that might be passed around in the Wasteland at dark." Because Mad Max films are generally told as folklore, the Mad Max franchise has historically been less concerned with continuity than most science fiction or fantasy franchises, like Star Wars or Star Trek . There is "no strict chronology," and the films are allowed to contradict each other. At least one critic has suggested that "the franchise’s canon cannot be reconciled in any way — barring
832-455: A set time period in "segments", including several such shorts. When advertising is taken into account, the cartoon itself may be only 15 — 20 minutes of the half hour, although Netflix and many other streaming companies do not show commercials. There are also series with a very short episodes lasting approximately five minutes; they have recently become more common in Japanese animation . If
896-485: A three-disc set with no extra features, which was only available in Virgin Megastores . The complete box set of Wacky Races was released on July 31, 2006, as an HMV exclusive but is essentially the standard Volumes 1–3 with no extras. The Australian release of Volume 1 and 2 was made available in 2005 and Volume 3 released in 2007. Warner Home Video released the entire series, with commentaries and other extras, in
960-420: A wandering drifter in the wasteland. He periodically encounters remaining pockets of civilisation, which rope him into their political machinations or personal problems. Max, who is habitually wary of others, frequently struggles to decide whether to help others or go his own way. Ultimately, he assists the survivors in the nick of time before departing into the wasteland once more. Most Mad Max films suggest that
1024-497: Is a limited comic book series created by George Miller, Nico Lathouris , and Mark Sexton. Serving as a prequel to the 2015 film of the same name, the series focuses on several of the film's characters. It consists of four issues. Beginning in May 2015, Vertigo published one issue per month, ending in August. A single-volume collection of all of the issues was published on 26 August. Reception of
1088-452: Is a skilled policeman trying to keep order on the highways. When Max takes his family to the beach for a holiday, a vicious biker gang murders his wife and child. Max kills the gang in revenge. Disillusioned by the collapse of ordered society, Max quits his job and becomes a wanderer in the increasingly devastated wasteland. The remaining Mad Max films follow Max's comings and goings in the wasteland. By Mad Max 2 , global war has destroyed
1152-532: Is an Australian media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy . It centers on a series of post-apocalyptic and dystopian action films . The franchise began in 1979 with Mad Max , and was followed by three sequels: Mad Max 2 (1981; released in the United States as The Road Warrior ), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015); Miller directed or co-directed all four films. A spin-off, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga ,
1216-529: Is taken aback or disgusted and Dastardly is happy and surprised at winning a race. In 2007, Heiwa released a pachinko game titled Kenken Aloha de Hawaii . Later in 2007, another game called Wacky Races: Mad Motors for the PlayStation 2 was released by Blast Entertainment on June 12. A new video game for the Wii and Nintendo DS consoles titled Wacky Races: Crash and Dash was released on June 27, 2008. This game
1280-698: The OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode "Crossover Nexus". Dick Dastardly, Muttley, and Penelope Pitstop appear in Space Jam: A New Legacy as part of the spectators of the big game, and Penelope is the Compact Pussycat the whole time. Dastardly and Muttley also appear in their Scoob! forms. The Army Surplus Special appeared in the Jellystone! episode "My Doggie Dave". Animated television series Animated television series are presented daily or on certain days of
1344-708: The Tom and Jerry cartoon short films released in movie theatres from 1940 to 1967, and many others. Direct-to-video animated series include most Japanese original video animations (OVAs). The first OVA series (and also the first overall OVA) was Dallos (1983 — 1985). Almost all hentai (pornographic) anime series are released as OVAs. Animated web series are designed and produced for streaming services . Examples include Happy Tree Friends (1999 — 2023) and Eddsworld (2003 — present). They can also be released on YouTube , such as Asdfmovie , which debuted in 2008. Mad Max (franchise) Mad Max
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#17328441650471408-618: The "Fatcuntmobile". In 2013, the car manufacturer Peugeot launched a TV commercial for the Brazilian market (and later used in Spain and Turkey), featuring the cartoon characters in a real-life universe. Wacky Races was also seen in the South Park episode " Handicar ". Dick Dastardly and Muttley made a cameo in the Uncle Grandpa episode "Uncle Grandpa Retires". The Buzz Wagon appeared in
1472-644: The 11 race cars. After its network run on CBS, Wacky Races ran in syndication from 1976 to 1982. Seventeen 20-minute episodes were produced, with each of them featuring two 10-minute segments. The series spawned numerous spin-offs featuring Dick Dastardly through the years, the most similar in theme being " Fender Bender 500 " in 1990. In 2017, the series was remade as a reboot airing on Boomerang . It aired on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2018. The cartoon revolves around several racers with various themes who are each allowed to use strange gimmicks to compete against other racers in many races across North America as
1536-474: The 1990s, more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included The Simpsons , South Park , Family Guy , Futurama , The Ren & Stimpy Show , Rocko's Modern Life , Beavis and Butt-Head , King of the Hill , and Duckman . Canadian computer-animated series ReBoot , which began as
1600-447: The 19th- best film of the 21st century . Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga , the fifth film in the franchise, is a 2024 post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Nico Lathouris. It is a prequel to Fury Road ; Miller said that while the franchise has "no strict chronology," it "probably" takes place after Beyond Thunderdome . The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa and Chris Hemsworth as her adversary,
1664-522: The 2021 film Space Jam: A New Legacy revealed the film's inclusion of Mad Max characters among other Warner Bros. characters in crowd scenes. In the actual film, in addition to characters being spectators, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner appear in the Mad Max world doing their classic chase with Wile E. as a War Boy, before Bugs Bunny and LeBron James show up to get them both. Footage from Fury Road
1728-475: The 2024 premiere for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga , Miller said that he would like for a future Mad Max game to be directed by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima . After viewing an advance showing of Furiosa , Kojima wrote on Twitter that he had been a fan of the franchise since he saw the first Mad Max film when he was sixteen. He added that Miller "is my God, and the SAGA that he tells is my Bible." Mad Max: Fury Road
1792-454: The Grappler ), and other genres. The first animated sitcom was The Flintstones (1960 — 1966), produced by Hanna-Barbera . It was followed by other sitcoms of this studio: Top Cat (1961 — 1962), Jonny Quest (1964 — 1965), The Jetsons (1962 — 1963, 1985, 1987) and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972 — 1974), an adult-oriented animated series in
1856-529: The Slag Brothers, Professor Pat Pending (depicted here with a mad scientist personality), a teenage version of the Gruesome Twosome, and Dick Dastardly and Muttley (working for a new villain named Mr. Viceroy, who sought to steal Perfect Industries). The series was not picked up by Cartoon Network. In 2016, DC Comics launched a comic series called Wacky Raceland . It was a dark and gritty reimagining of
1920-572: The U.K. (where the show was very popular) and appear annually at the Goodwood Festival of Speed , with new additions each year. The year 2008 saw the last of the cars (the Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb #7) added to the collection, making a complete set. The Digimon Frontier episode "Trailmon vs. Trailmon" paid tribute to the show. In 2006, the car manufacturer Vauxhall launched
1984-478: The United States) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller, Terry Hayes , and Brian Hannant . Mel Gibson returned as Max Rockatansky. In this film, the societal breakdown depicted in Mad Max has degenerated into a global apocalypse, for which the film's prologue provides additional backstory. Max, now wandering through the post-apocalyptic wasteland, meets
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2048-410: The animated short for a spin-off series titled Wacky Races Forever was produced for Cartoon Network . The series depicted a roster of both new and returning racers competing against each other. Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect had married and created Perfect Industries, the corporate sponsor of the new Wacky Races, whereas their children Parker and Piper competed in the race. Other characters included
2112-515: The bikers. The film, starring the then little-known Mel Gibson , was released internationally in 1980. It became a top-grossing Australian film, and has been credited for further opening the global market to Australian New Wave films. For twenty years, it held the record in the Guinness Book of Records for the most profitable film ever made. The Blair Witch Project claimed the record in 1999. Mad Max 2 (released as The Road Warrior in
2176-519: The characters of Max and spin-off character Imperator Furiosa have crossed over into the folklore of a survivor civilisation. The series has been well received by critics; The Road Warrior and Fury Road in particular have been ranked among the best action films ever made . The series has also had a significant influence on popular culture, most notably apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction , and encompasses works in additional media including video games and comic books. In 2016, Fury Road became
2240-462: The drivers hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The show was inspired by the 1965 comedy film The Great Race . This was the only non-game show produced by Heatter-Quigley; the show was intended as a game show in which children would guess the winner of each race, and those who answered correctly would win prizes, but CBS dropped these elements during development. The cartoon had many regular characters, with 23 people and animals on
2304-528: The first film of the Mad Max franchise to receive Academy Award recognition, winning six of its ten nominations. The exact causes of the collapse of civilization in the series are never specified, but some details are given. In the timeline of the original three films, the 1979 oil crisis caused by the Iranian Revolution worsened, leading to worldwide energy shortages and unrest. Tensions boiled over when Iranian forces attacked Saudi Arabia , igniting
2368-448: The following year. In 2016, Fury Road won six Academy Awards from ten nominations; the six wins were more than any other film that year. In Metacritic's tally of 105 critic lists of the best films of the decade, Fury Road topped more lists than any other film, with 20 critics placing it at number one, over twice as many as second-placed Moonlight . In addition, a 2016 BBC poll of 177 film critics listed Mad Max: Fury Road as
2432-472: The introduction of time travel." Mad Max is a 1979 Australian action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and James McCausland from a story by Miller and producer Byron Kennedy. Set "a few years from now", it tells the story of highway policeman Max Rockatansky, who is repeatedly attacked by a criminal biker gang amidst a broader social breakdown , and who is caught between his opposing desires to stay home with his family and to take revenge on
2496-400: The license before completion they changed the title to Outlander to avoid legal issues. Mad Max is a 2015 video game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment . It is based on the setting of Mad Max and was released for PlayStation 4 , Windows , Xbox One , Linux , and macOS . The titular character was voiced by Bren Foster . At
2560-495: The main villains in the animated Scooby-Doo feature film, Scoob! , released on May 15, 2020. Rock and Gravel Slag made cameo appearances during the prehistoric gladiator scene. Various drawings of the Wacky Racers cameo on Dick Dastardly's prison cell on the wall during the credits. Penelope Pitstop was to appear physically as a main character interacting with Scooby and Shaggy according to concept art, but she instead makes
2624-576: The perspective of a questionably reliable narrator retelling the story many years after the fact, suggesting that the characters of Max and Furiosa have crossed over into the folklore of a survivor civilisation. (Although Fury Road lacks a narrator, Miller has said that in his mind, it was also "based on the Word Burgers of the History Men [cf. folktales told by bards or griots ] and eyewitness accounts of those who survived." ) Miller "sees Mad Max as
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2688-448: The race announcer (voiced by Dave Willock ) talks about the race while interacting with the racers. The racers consist of: The show gave the results of each race at the end of each episode (the first, second, and third placings are given by the narrator, and the narrative sometimes saw some or all of the other cars cross the finish line) as well as what happened with Dick Dastardly after his last scheme's failure. The show never indicated
2752-491: The reception on Furiosa " before taking more concrete steps. Following the release of Furiosa, Hardy (who was promoting The Bikeriders at the time) said "I don't think it's happening" in an interview, either talking about his involvement in the film or the film itself. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise. Distributor rental Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave both Mad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2816-490: The remaining trappings of pre-apocalyptic civilisation have given way to a system of ruthless warlords, who dominate Australia's remaining agricultural and industrial centers with their private armies. Max, still wandering the wasteland, is captured by warlord Immortan Joe , but seizes the opportunity to escape when Joe's lieutenant Furiosa attempts her own escape from Joe's fortress. Max and Furiosa team up to fend off Joe's army so that they can reach Furiosa's home, from where she
2880-599: The remaining world governments. The old society has essentially collapsed, and gangs and warlords dominate the wasteland. Isolated pockets of civilisation remain, desperately preserving remnants of pre-apocalyptic technology, especially oil refineries ( Mad Max 2 , Furiosa , Fury Road ). By the time of Beyond Thunderdome , Furiosa , and Fury Road , society has devolved into a barter economy , with chattel and sex slavery being widespread. Furiosa and Fury Road also suggest that Christianity and other pre-apocalypse World religions have been replaced by new religions native to
2944-425: The same premise as Wacky Races , but had racers drive monster trucks and races took place on various parts of the world. Only Dick Dastardly and Muttley returned from among the original Wacky Races cast; all other racers were from other Hanna-Barbera shows such as " Yogi Bear " and " Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy ". Unlike in Wacky Races, here Dastardly and Muttley were able to actually win at least one race. In 2006,
3008-563: The same year, Penelope Pitstop and the Ant Hill Mob were spun off into another cartoon series, titled The Perils of Penelope Pitstop . Both series ran for a season each. In 1977, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels debuted. The titular Captain Caveman was modeled after the Slag Brothers. In 1990, a cartoon segment in Wake, Rattle and Roll named Fender Bender 500 was produced. The show followed
3072-427: The series has been mixed; some consider it unnecessary and poorly executed, and many harshly criticised the issue centred on Imperator Furiosa . However, the issue focused on Nux and Immortan Joe and the two issues focused on Max Rockatansky were received more positively. Characters from the comic book series were later adapted to the 2015 Mad Max video game and the 2024 film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga . The trailer for
3136-615: The series set after the Apocalypse in a similar vein to the Mad Max franchise. The comic ran for six issues from May to December 2016. A reboot and sequel —also produced by Hanna-Barbera (in-name-only)—was released on Boomerang 's SVOD service in 2017. It also aired on the Boomerang channels around the world starting later in the year. On June 15, 2022, it was announced a stop-motion Wacky Races series produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
3200-1038: The style of All in the Family . The Alvin Show from Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and Beany and Cecil from Bob Clampett are also sitcoms. The 1980s and 1990s were a renaissance of the animated children and adult television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon and anime series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this time. Most of this animations were American-based or Japanese anime. Listed below are examples of television networks and channels that include animated programs. American British Japanese Canadian Australian Examples of animation-focused networks and channels are listed below; but some of them aired live-action programs occasionally. American South Korean Canadian Japanese During
3264-589: The third film was written by Joan D. Vinge . Mad Max is a 1990 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Gray Matter and published by Mindscape . It is based on the film Mad Max 2 , with the object of the game is to survive life in the post-apocalyptic world by battling survivalists and collecting resources. Mindscape did develop another Mad Max game originally titled The Road Warrior for Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis , but due to Mindscape losing
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#17328441650473328-523: The warlord Dementus; in addition, Jacob Tomuri portrays Mad Max in a cameo appearance. In this film, Furiosa is kidnapped by Dementus's Biker Horde, which sells her to Immortan Joe. Over the following decade, she trains as a soldier and mechanic so that she can take revenge on Dementus for killing her mother. While writing Fury Road , Miller and McCarthy found that they had enough story material for two additional scripts, one of which centered on Fury Road co-protagonist Imperator Furiosa. In March 2020, it
3392-403: The wasteland, civilisation has shifted to a barter economy, and gladiatorial combat is a key source of entertainment. After robbers steal Max's belongings, the local boss Aunty (played by Turner) recruits Max to fight a political rival in her "Thunderdome", with a promise to replace his belongings if he wins. Miller initially lost interest in the project after his friend and producer Byron Kennedy
3456-500: The wasteland. During his wanderings, Max periodically encounters remaining pockets of civilisation, which rope him into their political machinations or personal problems. Typically, Max goes along for self-interested reasons, but eventually his motives become more altruistic. Mad Max films typically highlight their protagonists' struggle to reclaim their humanity in a dystopian wasteland that has taught them to place little value on kindness and decency. Most Mad Max films are told from
3520-430: The week during a prescribed time slot , including for example saturday-morning cartoons , prime time cartoons , late night anime , and weekday cartoons ; series broadcast only on weekends. The duration of an episode also varies. Traditionally, they are produced as complete half-hour or nearly half-hour programs; however, many are presented as animated shorts of 10 — 11 minutes, which can be combined for filling
3584-412: Was "basically ... a novella" about Max's travels in the Wasteland in the year preceding his capture by Immortan Joe's forces at the start of Fury Road , and that they were planning to adapt the novella into a screenplay. Miller envisioned that The Wasteland would feature a character-based story like that of Furiosa , although there would still be "a lot of action." He added that he was "waiting to see
3648-703: Was announced that Miller had begun auditioning new actresses for the title role; Miller considered using digital de-aging technology to make Charlize Theron look like she was in her twenties, but decided that the technology had not yet overcome the uncanny valley . Although Furiosa , like Fury Road , was disrupted by inclement weather in Australia, advances in VFX technology allowed the Furiosa shoot to move forward in Australia as originally planned. Shooting took place from June to October 2022. In March 2015, Hardy revealed that he
3712-465: Was attached to star in three more Mad Max films, following Fury Road . After the release of Fury Road , Miller announced that he was planning to release a follow-up film with the working title of Mad Max: The Wasteland . Miller provided more concrete details while promoting his films Three Thousand Years of Longing and Furiosa . He revealed that The Wasteland would be another Fury Road prequel, explaining that he and Lathouris had written what
3776-464: Was considered as the foremost game of this kind. Various video games based on the series have been produced. In 1993, Sega released a medal game based on the series, exclusively in Japan. It was a racing game, but the outcome of the race depended entirely on luck. The PS2 game Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley is notable for allowing players to have Dick Dastardly finally win a race. The narrator
3840-513: Was developed by Eidos . In 2009, another arcade game was released by Banpresto, which was a more traditional racing game. It ran on the Taito Type X2, and was released internationally by Gamewax. Konami releases a 11 candy toy figures based on the animated series Wacky Races . A three-disc DVD release of the complete series was made available in Japan on August 10, 2001, and had both English and Japanese audio. In Great Britain, Warner released
3904-507: Was in production and would have aired on Cartoon Network . The project was later cancelled with only a short pilot being completed. In 2024, a supposed plot intro of a Japanese Anime intro made by AC-bu with music from PASOCOM MUSIC CLUB and chelmico , later was found that a series of shorts called "Wacky Racers: Japan Tour" was under production. Dick Dastardly (voiced by Jason Isaacs ) and Muttley (voiced by Billy West and archived laugh recordings by Don Messick ) made an appearance as
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#17328441650473968-557: Was kidnapped twenty years earlier. The film spent many years in development hell ; Mel Gibson was attached to return as Max in 2003, but the production fell through. Location scouting resumed in 2009, but production was delayed until June 2012 due to unusually high levels of rain, which caused vegetation to grow in the Australian desert, detracting from the post-apocalyptic feeling that Miller wanted. Shooting ultimately took place in Namibia
4032-462: Was killed in a helicopter crash, but he later agreed to move forward with the assistance of Ogilvie. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre . Mad Max: Fury Road , the fourth film of the franchise, is a 2015 post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller, Brendan McCarthy , and Nico Lathouris . It features Tom Hardy as Mad Max and Charlize Theron as his unlikely ally Imperator Furiosa . In this film,
4096-493: Was released in 2024 and was also directed by Miller. Mel Gibson originally portrayed the series' title character, Max Rockatansky , in the first three films, while Tom Hardy and Jacob Tomuri portrayed the character in the later two films. The series follows Max, who starts the series as a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war, critical resource shortages, and ecocide . As Australia devolves further into barbarity, Max becomes
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