Why Mad Max 5: The Wasteland Is Taking So Long
2015’s Mad Max: Fury Roadleft many fans eager to see more from the titular antihero, leading many viewers to wonder when the Mad Max 5 release date will finally be announced. TheMad Max franchise has never been too concerned by the lengthy gaps in its production schedule. Although the first Mad Max from 1979 was swiftly followed by 1981's The Road Warrior, it took a lot longer for the third installment of the franchise, Beyond Thunderdome, to arrive on screens in 1985. Meanwhile, the fourth Mad Max movie, Fury Road, took no less than three decades to produce, resulting in Tom Hardy replacing Max's actor Mel Gibson as the star had aged out of the role that made him famous.
Mathematically, these gaps in production suggest that it will literally be the post-apocalypse by the time Mad Max 5 gets released in whatever remaining theaters are left standing in humanity's last settlements. This is unfortunate because George Miller's 2015 reboot/sequel to his acclaimed genre-defining films from the '80s created a new generation of Mad Max fans unable to wait for the next one's release. Despite the sequel’s critical acclaim, however, no new Mad Max movie has materialized in the intervening years.
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It’s been almost seven long years since Fury Road reignited the franchise, so why is Mad Max: The Wasteland taking its time reaching theaters? The answer to why the Mad Max 5 release date hasn't been finalized is complicated. It involves an ongoing lawsuit, the upcoming Furiosa spinoff movie, and series star Tom Hardy’s prior commitments. While Furiosa’s canon backstory may arrive on-screen (comparatively) soon, Mad Max: The Wasteland won’t be hitting cinemas for quite some time due to
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