Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment Announces Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black & Chrome Edition

“Furiosa will blow you away”
“One of the best prequels ever made” - ROGEREBERT.COM / Robert Daniels

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA BLACK & CHROME EDITION
AND MAD MAX 5-FILM 4K COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Debuts for Premium Digital Ownership on August 13

4K UHD Arrives on August September 24

George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which reveals the captivating, never-before-told origin of Furiosa and her unrelenting drive to find her way back home, will be released in a Black & Chrome Edition for purchase Digitally at home on August 13 and on 4K UHD on September 24.

The full high-octane action film franchise from visionary director Miller will also be available Digitally on August 13 and on 4K UHD on September 24.

The Mad Max 5-Film 4K Collector’s Edition will include 1979’s acclaimed post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max, 1981’s Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road and 2024’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. In addition to the 5 films, the Collector’s Edition also includes special features from the five films along with the Black & Chrome Editions of Mad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy, Miller directed or co-directed all five films in the Mad Max franchise.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black & Chrome Edition is a version of the theatrical film which has the color removed in favor of a black a chrome aesthetic. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black & Chrome Edition will feature an introduction by director George Miller.

As the world fell, young Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

On August 13, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black & Chrome Edition and the Mad Max 5-Film 4K Collector’s Edition will be available for Digital Ownership at home on participating digital platforms where you purchase movies, including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Fandango at Home, and more.

On August 13, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black & Chrome Edition and the Mad Max 5-Film 4K Collector’s Edition will be available to own on 4K UHD from online and physical retailers. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Black & Chrome Edition and the Mad Max 5-Film 4K Collector’s Edition will also continue to be available to own in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is directed by Academy Award-winning director George Miller (Academy Award for Best Animated Feature – Happy Feet, The Mad Max franchise, The Witches of Eastwick). Miller wrote the script with Mad Max: Fury Road co-writer Nico Lathouris. The film is produced by Doug Mitchell and George Miller.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga stars Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queens Gambit) as Furiosa and Chris Hemsworth (Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Rush) as Dementus. The film also stars Alyla Browne (Three Thousand Years of Longing) and Tom Burke (BBC’s War & Peace and The Musketeers).

BASICS
Premium Digital Ownership: August 13, 2024
4K UHD Street Date: September 24, 2024
4K UHD and Blu-ray: ATMOS TrueHD, DLBY/DGTL

THE CREDITS
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth star in Academy Award-winning mastermind George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the much-anticipated return to the iconic dystopian world he created more than 40 years ago with the seminal Mad Max films. Miller now turns the page again with an all-new original, standalone action adventure that will reveal the origins of the powerhouse character from the multiple Oscar-winning global smash Mad Max: Fury Road. The new feature from Warner Bros. Pictures is produced by Miller and his longtime partner, Oscar-nominated producer Doug Mitchell (Mad Max: Fury Road, Babe), under their Australian-based Kennedy Miller Mitchell banner.

As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

Taylor-Joy stars in the title role, and along with Hemsworth, the film also stars Tom Burke and Alyla Browne.

Miller penned the script with Mad Max: Fury Road co-writer Nico Lathouris. Miller’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes first assistant director PJ Voeten and action designer Guy Norris, director of photography Simon Duggan (Hacksaw Ridge, The Great Gatsby), composer Tom Holkenborg, supervising sound editor Robert Mackenzie, editor Eliot Knapman, visual effects supervisor Andrew Jackson and supervising colorist Eric Whipp. The team also includes other longtime collaborators: production designer Colin Gibson, editor Margaret Sixel, production sound Ben Osmo, costume designer Jenny Beavan and hair and makeup designer Lesley Vanderwalt, each of whom won an Oscar for their work on Mad Max: Fury Road.

Warner Bros. Pictures Presents A Kennedy Miller Mitchell Production, A George Miller Film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. The film is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.