The graphic novel collection also includes the story of the War Rig.Ī video game called Mad Max developed and published by Mindscape was released in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

An in-development Furiosa film starring Anya Taylor-Joy, set for release in 2024.įury Road has a four-issue miniseries from Vertigo Comics written by George Miller, Nico Lathouris and Mark Sexton, serving as a prelude to the events of the movie, spotlighting Immortan Joe, Nux, Furiosa and Max, while officially placing the events of Fury Road after Beyond Thunderdome.

invoked Word of God holds that this is intentional, with the franchise being less a linear series of events and more a collection of folkloric legends about Max's exploits. The series is also notable for playing somewhat fast-and-loose with continuity: while certain aspects of the backstory remain consistent across the franchise, the details tend to fluctuate between entries, sometimes outright contradicting one another. Along his journeys he is menaced by deranged outlaws, despotic warlords, and other unsavory sorts who seek to terrorize and exploit the wasteland's helpless inhabitants. Clad in the tattered remains of his patrol uniform, he roams the post-nuclear deserts of Australia in his customized V8 Interceptor, fighting to survive while reluctantly lending aid to people in need. The series stars 'Mad' Max Rockatansky, a former police officer who lost his family and his mind in the chaos that came Just Before the End. It is one of the biggest works of the Australian New Wave and arguably the continent's most famous commodity since kangaroos and Foster's. Mad Max is a post-apocalyptic film franchise created by George Miller in 1979.

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