Hardy was cast as Max in June 2010, with production planned to begin that November. In 2009, Miller announced that filming would begin in early 2011. Miller decided to pursue the film again in 2007, after the release of the animated comedy Happy Feet. Attempts to shoot the film in 20 were delayed due to the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War, respectively. Miller came on the idea for Fury Road in 1987 however, the film was in development hell for many years before the idea occurred in 1998. Set in a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland where gasoline and water are scarce commodities, Fury Road follows Max Rockatansky, who joins forces with Imperator Furiosa to flee from cult leader Immortan Joe and his army in an armoured tanker truck, leading to a lengthy road battle. The film stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton. The fourth instalment and a ' revisiting' of the Mad Max franchise, it was produced by Kennedy Miller Mitchell and RatPac-Dune Entertainment and distributed by Village Roadshow Pictures in Australia and by Warner Bros. Miller collaborated with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris on the screenplay. Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller.

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