Director George Miller has said that the events in his Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa play out over a period of fifteen years – and now we know that the passage of time is going to be obvious when we’re looking at Dementus, the character played by Chris Hemsworth (Thor). While a picture taken of Hemsworth on set last month showed him sporting the red hair of a younger Dementus, more recent Furiosa set pics show Hemsworth playing a Dementus who has gone gray. You can see both versions of Dementus in the embeds below – and if I hadn’t been told that was Hemsworth in the pictures, I wouldn’t even have recognized him.
Directed by Miller from a screenplay he wrote with Nico Lathouris, Furiosa has the following synopsis:
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.
Hemsworth is joined in the cast by Tom Burke (C.B. Strike) and Anya Taylor-Joy, who is playing a younger version of the Furiosa character Charlize Theron played in Mad Max: Fury Road.
Furiosa is currently filming, heading toward a May 24, 2024 theatrical release. This is the biggest production ever for Australia and is expected to create 850 jobs and bring $350 million AUD (around $272 million USD) to the local economy. Miller is producing the film with Doug Mitchell.
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Here are some Furiosa set pics showing Anya Taylor-Joy as the title character to take a look at while you’re scrolling down: