Mad Max

Australian media franchise

This article is about the franchise. For the first film of the series, see Mad Max (film). For the series's title character, see Max Rockatansky. For other uses, see Mad Max (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Mad Mex.

Mad Max

Official franchise logo since 2015

Created by|

* George Miller
* Byron Kennedy

Original work| Mad Max (1979)
Owner| Warner Bros. Entertainment
Years| 1979–present
Print publications
Novel(s)|

* Mad Max (1979)
* Mad Max 2 (1982)
* Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Comics| Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Films and television
Film(s)|

* Mad Max (1979)
* Mad Max 2 (1981)
* Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
* Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
* Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Games
Video game(s)|

* Mad Max (1990)
* Mad Max (2015)

Audio
Soundtrack(s)|

* Mad Max (1980)
* Mad Max 2 (1982)
* Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
* Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
* Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Mad Max is an Australian media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It centres 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, was released in 2024 and was also directed by Miller. Mel Gibson originally portrayed the series's 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 Rockatansky, 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.[1] As Australia devolves further into barbarity, Max becomes 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.

The series has had a highly positive reception; Mad Max 2 and Fury Road in particular have been ranked among the best action films ever made. The series has also had a significant impact 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 the first film of the Mad Max franchise to receive Academy Award recognition, winning six of its ten nominations. It is an example of the dieselpunk genre.

## Premise and continuity

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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 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 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 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 the wasteland. While most of the wasteland appears to be desert-like there have been a few green areas as seen in Beyond Thunderdome and Furiosa.

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 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.[2][3][4] (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."[5]) Miller "sees Mad Max as a series of legends about the titular character, the kinds of campfire stories that might be passed around in the Wasteland at dark."[6] 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,"[7] and the films are allowed to contradict each other.[6] At least one critic has suggested that "the franchise’s canon cannot be reconciled in any way — barring the introduction of time travel."[8]

## Films

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Film  | Release date  | Directed by  | Screenplay by  | Story by  | Produced by

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Mad Max | April 12, 1979 (1979-04-12) | George Miller | James McCausland and George Miller  | George Miller and Byron Kennedy | Byron Kennedy
Mad Max 2 | December 24, 1981 (1981-12-24) | Terry Hayes, George Miller and Brian Hannant
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | July 10, 1985 (1985-07-10) | George Miller
and George Ogilvie | Terry Hayes and George Miller  | George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road | May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15) | George Miller  | George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris | Doug Mitchell, George Miller and PJ Voeten
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | May 24, 2024 (2024-05-24) | George Miller and Nico Lathouris  | Doug Mitchell and George Miller

### Mad Max (1979)

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Main article: Mad Max (film)

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 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.[9][10] 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.[11]

### Mad Max 2 (1981)

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Main article: Mad Max 2

Mad Max 2 (released as The Road Warrior in 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 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.[12] 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 a landscape."[13]

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 (1985)

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Main article: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

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 the wasteland, civilisation has shifted to a barter economy, and gladiatorial combat is a key source of entertainment. After robbers steal Max's belongings, Bartertown's ruler Aunty Entity (played by Turner) recruits Max to fight a political rival in her "Thunderdome", with a promise to replace his belongings if he wins. In addition, Max also has an encounter with a lost tribe of children.

Miller initially lost interest in the project after his friend and producer Byron Kennedy was killed in a helicopter crash, but he later agreed to move forward with the assistance of Ogilvie.[14] The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre.

### Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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Main articles: Mad Max: Fury Road and List of accolades received by Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth film of the franchise,[15] 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, 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 with Immortan Joe's remaining wives. Max and Furiosa team up to fend off Joe's army so that they can reach Furiosa's home called the "Green Place", from where she 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.[16] Location scouting resumed in 2009,[17] 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 the following year.[18]

In 2016, Fury Road won six Academy Awards from ten nominations; the six wins were more than any other film that year.[19][20] 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.[21] In addition, a 2016 BBC poll of 177 film critics listed Mad Max: Fury Road as the 19th-best film of the 21st century.[22]

### Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

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Main article: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

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.[7] The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa and Chris Hemsworth as her adversary, the warlord Dementus; in addition, Jacob Tomuri portrays Mad Max in a cameo appearance.[23] In this origin film, Furiosa is kidnapped from the "Green Place" by members of Dementus's Biker Horde as Dementus later 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.[24] In March 2020, it 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.[25][26] 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.[27] Shooting took place from June to October 2022.[28][29][30]

### Mad Max: The Wasteland (TBA)

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In March 2015, Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more Mad Max films, following Fury Road.[31] 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.[32][33] 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 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.[34][35] Miller envisioned that The Wasteland would feature a character-based story like that of Furiosa, although there would still be "a lot of action."[36] He added that he was "waiting to see the reception on Furiosa" before taking more concrete steps.[36]

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.[37]

Miller confirmed in a February 2025 interview with Vulture that he was still interested in making The Wasteland, but hoped to focus on other projects first. Stating that, "But if for whatever reason the planets align, you can never tell. Too often, you're lining up to do a movie and then something happens. Some things fall into place and some don't, so all I can say is we'll see."[38]

## Cast and crew

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### Cast

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List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.

* An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
* A indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio.
* O indicates an older version of the character.
* Y indicates a younger version of the character.

Characters | Films  | Videogame

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Mad Max | Mad Max 2 | Mad Max
Beyond Thunderdome | Mad Max:
Fury Road | Furiosa:
A Mad Max Saga | Mad Max
1979 | 1981 | 1985 | 2015 | 2024 | 2015
Max Rockatansky | Mel Gibson | Tom Hardy | Jacob Tomuri

* * *

Tom HardyA | Bren Foster
Jessie Rockatansky  | Joanne Samuel | Joanne SamuelA |
Sprog Rockatansky  | Brendan Heath  | Brendan HeathA |
Gyro Captain  |  | Bruce Spence |
Jedediah the Pilot
Imperator Furiosa |  | Charlize Theron | Anya Taylor-Joy

* * *

Alyla BrowneY

* * *

Charlize TheronAO |
Immortan Joe Moore |  | Hugh Keays-Byrne | Lachy Hulme

* * *

Hugh Keays-ByrneA |
Glory the Child  |  | Coco Jack Gillies  |  | Madison Carlon
Rictus Erectus  |  | Nathan Jones |
The Organic Mechanic  |  | Angus Sampson | Fred Tatasciore
The People Eater  |  | John Howard |
Nux  |  | Nicholas Hoult | Nicholas HoultA |
Splendid Angharad  |  | Rosie Huntington-Whiteley | Rosie Huntington-WhiteleyA |
Capable  |  | Riley Keough | Riley KeoughA |
The Dag  |  | Abbey Lee | Abbey LeeA |
Toast the Knowing  |  | Zoë Kravitz | Zoë KravitzA |
Cheedo the Fragile  |  | Courtney Eaton | Courtney EatonA |
The Bullet Farmer  |  | Richard Carter | Lee Perry

* * *

Richard CarterA |
The Doof Warrior  |  | iOTA |
Valkyrie  |  | Megan Gale | Dylan Adonis

* * *

Megan GaleA |
Chumbucket  |  | Bryan Probets  | Jason Spisak
Scabrous Scrotus  |  | Josh Helman | Travis Willingham
Benno Swaisey  | Max Fairchild  |
Toecutter  | Hugh Keays-Byrne |
Jim "Goose" Rains  | Steve Bisley |
Bubba Zanetti  | Geoff Parry |
Johnny the Boy  | Tim Burns  |
May Swaisey  | Sheila Florence |
Nightrider  | Vincent Gil |
The Humungus  |  | Kjell Nilsson |
Wez  |  | Vernon Wells |
The Feral Kid  |  | Emil MintyY

* * *

Harold BaigentO |
Warrior Woman  |  | Virginia Hey |
Pappagallo  |  | Michael Preston |
Broken Victim  |  | Max Fairchild  |
Aunty Entity  |  | Tina Turner |
Savannah Nix  |  | Helen Buday |
Jedediah Jr.  |  | Adam Cockburn |
Pig Killer  |  | Robert Grubb |
Ironbar Bassey  |  | Angry Anderson |
Slit  |  | Josh Helman |
Keeper of the Seeds  |  | Melissa Jaffer |
Warlord Dr. Dementus  |  | Chris Hemsworth |
Praetorian Jack  |  | Tom Burke |
War Boy  |  | Daniel Webber |
Mary Jabassa  |  | Charlee Fraser |

## Reception

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For more details on the reception of each film, see the "Reception" section on each film's article.

### Box office performance

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Film  | Release date  | Box office gross  | Budget  | Ref(s)

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Australia  | North America  | Other
territories  | Worldwide
Mad Max | 12 April 1979  | A$5,355,490  | $8,750,000  | $91,000,000 | $99,750,000 | A$200,000  | [39][40][41]
Mad Max 2 | 24 December 1981  | A$10,847,491  | $23,667,907  | $21,000,000R | $36,000,000R | A$4.5 million  | [39][42][43][44]
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | 10 July 1985  | A$4,272,802  | $36,230,219  | $16,000,000R | $52,000,000R | A$12 million  | [39][45][46][43][44]
Mad Max: Fury Road | 15 May 2015  | A$21,606,347  | $154,280,290  | $261,152,322  | $415,437,267  | US$150 million  | [47]
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | 24 May 2024  | N/A  | $67,475,791  | $106,700,000  | $174,175,791  | US$168 million  | [48]
Total  | A$36,547,536  | $290,232,977  | $37 millionR
+$438 million | A$72 millionR
+US$624 million | A$17 million
+US$322 million |

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* A dark grey cell indicates the information is not available for the film.

RDistributor rental

### Critical and public response

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Film  | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic

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Mad Max | 90% (71 reviews)[49] | 73 (14 reviews)[50]
Mad Max 2 | 94% (62 reviews)[51] | 77 (15 reviews)[52]
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | 79% (58 reviews)[53] | 71 (18 reviews)[54]
Mad Max: Fury Road | 97% (440 reviews)[55] | 90 (51 reviews)[56]
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | 90% (411 reviews)[57] | 79 (63 reviews)[58]

Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave both Mad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga a grade of "B+" on a scale of A+ to F.[59]

## Music

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### Soundtracks

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Title  | U.S. release date  | Length  | Composer(s)  | Label

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Mad Max (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 30 April 1980  | 31:25  | Brian May | Varèse Sarabande
Mad Max 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 11 January 1982  | 35:08
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | August 1985  | 44:27  | Tina Turner and Maurice Jarre | Capitol Records
Mad Max: Fury Road (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 12 May 2015  | 71:01  | Tom Holkenborg | WaterTower Music
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (soundtrack) | 17 May 2024  | 70:35

## Awards

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Film  | Release date  | Awards

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Win  | Nomination
Mad Max | 12 April 1979  |

* AACTA Awards for Best Original Score in Film 1979 · Brian May
* AACTA Awards Best Editing in Film 1979 · Clifford Hayes, Tony Paterson
* AACTA Awards for Best Sound in Film 1979 · Byron Kennedy, Roger Savage, Ned Dawson, ...
* Australian Film Institute Jury Prize 1979 · George Miller, Byron Kennedy

Mad Max 2 | 24 December 1981  |

* AACTA Awards for Best Direction in Film 1982 · George Miller
* AACTA Awards Best Editing in Film 1982 · George Miller, David Stiven, Tim Wellburn, ...
* AACTA Awards Best Costume Design in Film 1982 · Norma Moriceau
* AACTA Awards for Best Production Design in Film 1982 · Graham Walker
* AACTA Awards for Best Sound in Film 1982 · Byron Kennedy, Roger Savage, Marc van Buuren, ...
* Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1983 · George Miller

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | 10 July 1985  |

* NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture

1985 · Tina Turner

Mad Max: Fury Road | 15 May 2015  |

* Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Action Movie 2016
* Academy Award for Best Costume Design 2016 · Jenny Beavan
* Academy Award for Best Film Editing 2016 · Margaret Sixel
* Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing 2016 · Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, Chris Jenkins
* Academy Award for Best Production Design 2016 · Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson
* Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling 2016 · Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, Damian Martin
* Academy Award for Best Sound Editing 2016 · Mark Mangini, David White
* Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture 2016
* AACTA Awards for Best Film 2015 · George Miller, Doug Mitchell, P.J. Voeten
* BAFTA Award for Best Editing 2016 · Margaret Sixel

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | 24 May 2024  | N/A  |

## Other media

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Many licensed products are based on the Mad Max franchise. Products include novels, comic books, video games, and other materials.[60]

### Novels

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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.[61] A novelisation for the third film was written by Joan D. Vinge.[62]

### Video games

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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 the license before completion they changed the title to Outlander to avoid legal issues.[63]

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.[64]

At 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.[65] 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."[66]

### Comic books

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Main article: Mad Max: Fury Road (comic book)

Mad Max: Fury Road 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 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.

### Other appearances

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The trailer for 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.[67] 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 is featured with the duo edited into it.

## Legacy

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Main article: Mad Max in popular culture

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* Mad Max (1979)
* Mad Max 2 (1981)
* Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
* Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
* accolades
* Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Characters|

* Max Rockatansky
* Imperator Furiosa
* Immortan Joe

Music|

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* Mad Max
* Mad Max 2
* Beyond Thunderdome
* Fury Road
* Furiosa

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Songs|

* "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
* "One of the Living"

Other media|

* Mad Max (1990 video game)
* Fury Road (comic book)
* Mad Max (2015 video game)

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* Pursuit Special
* In popular culture
* Wasteland Weekend
* Outlander

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Mel Gibson

Films directed|

* The Man Without a Face (1993)
* Braveheart (1995)
* The Passion of the Christ (2004)
* Apocalypto (2006)
* Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
* Flight Risk (2025)

Films written|

* Get the Gringo (2012, also produced)

Produced only|

* The Singing Detective (2003)
* Paparazzi (2004)
* Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005)
* Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
* The Professor and the Madman (2019)

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* Martin Riggs
* Max Rockatansky

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