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HBO Max has carved out a unique place for itself in the streaming service landscape over the past year, with a rotating lineup of content from WarnerMedia’s vast library. Sadly, it looks like one of the most popular action movie titles in this catalog will be leaving HBO Max soon. The streamer recently released the list of titles that will be added or removed from service, including confirmation that Mad Max: Fury Road will leave the platform on Thursday July 8. There is no indication at this point when the title will return to the platform, but given its popularity, it’s safe to assume that it will return to some degree.
This comes as a prequel to the 2015 film, Mad Max: Furiosa, is expected to officially start production soon. Furiosa will feature Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit, The New Mutants) in the titular role, with Hemsworth (Thor: Love and Thunder, Extraction) and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman, watchmen) joining her in the film.
“The first thing that came to my mind when I found out I was going to do this was ‘I’m so excited to work so hard,'” Taylor-Joy revealed in an interview. Happy, sad, confused Last year. “The level of commitment that has been shown before me, I strive to match that, and that makes me really excited.”
“I fell in love with Furiosa, the way Charlize presented her,†Taylor-Joy explained. “She did such an amazing job and it was so beautiful and I can’t even think of trying to walk [into her shoes]. It has to be something different because it just can’t be done. “
“I’ve already started dreaming about her. She’s coming in pretty strong,” Taylor-Joy added.
Miller, who is directing the film, previously said he hoped to shoot the Furiosa prequel in 2021.
“So after finishing [Three Thousand Years of Longing], and hopefully everything will work out with the pandemic, we’ll see what the world allows us to do with FuriosaMiller said in a recent interview. “For a long time I thought we could just use the de-aging CG on Charlize, but I don’t think we’re nearly there yet. Despite valiant attempts to Irish, I think there is still a strange valley. Everyone is close to solving it, especially Japanese video game designers, but there is still a pretty wide valley I believe. “
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Mad Max: Furiosa will be released on June 23, 2023.