Mad Max prequel to be filmed in Australia

An “epic” prequel to the Mad Max film franchise starring Chris Hemsworth and The Queen’s Gambit lead Anya Taylor-Joy will be filmed in NSW, more than 40 years after the original film was made.

Time and place: Bigfoot, aka the Andamooka Buggy

In the latest in our series on historic South Australian places, people and things, we uncover the history of Bigfoot – one of the iconic motor vehicles from the Mad Max series, which now has its home in the Adelaide Hills.

Mad Max: Fury Road won six Oscars, including for make-up and hairstyling, and costume design.

Mad Max scoops six Academy Awards

For more than a decade George Miller endured delays and detours attempting to make Mad Max: Fury Road, but it only took an hour into the 88th Academy Awards ceremony for the action movie to make its mark.

Miller woken by Mad Max Oscar news

George Miller and Margaret Sixel were asleep in their Sydney home when, just before 1am, a torrent of text messages, emails and phone calls from wellwishers lit up their phones.