Anya Taylor-Joy has been cast in the title role of Furiosa, the long-awaited prequel of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, which will tell the backstory of the renegade character originated in the 2015 blockbuster by Charlize Theron.
But Mad Max sequels have been held up, after Miller’s production company sued Warner Bros for unpaid earnings from Fury Road.
Furiosa’s was one of many character backstories developed during the 15-year making of Fury Road, Miller revealed to the New York Times in May.
In fact, a second screenplay about her life had already been written before Fury Road began shooting.