‘Furiosa’ speeds into the Cannes Movie Competition

CANNES, France — Begin your engines. “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” rolls into the Cannes Movie Competition on Wednesday, returning George Miller’s dystopia-on-wheels to the Croisette promenade and launching probably the most anticipated films of the summer season.
The most recent “Mad Max” movie, starring Anya Taylor-Pleasure as a younger Furiosa, is premiering in Cannes virtually precisely 9 years after “Mad Max: Fury Street” debuted on the French competition. Miller, who has served on the jury in Cannes a number of instances, additionally premiered his “Three Thousand Years of Longing” in 2022 right here.
“To point out it in that cinema with about 2,000 individuals with impeccable sound and screening is an enormous factor. It’s sort of optimum cinema, actually,” Miller stated upfront of the premiere. “The second that they stated, ‘OK, we’re comfortable to point out this movie right here,’ I jumped at it.”
For Taylor-Pleasure, “Furiosa” in Cannes is a full circle second. The primary time she got here to the competition was to obtain a Chopard trophy as an rising actor in 2017. It was offered by the unique Furiosa, Charlize Theron, the star of “Fury Street.”
“Furiosa” opens in North American theaters on Might 24.