‘Assassin’s Creed’ Director Wants to Make a ‘Mad Max’ Prequel

Justin Kurzel needs to make a Mad Max prequel.

The Murderer’s Creed director, 50, has all the time been “curious” as to what occurred earlier than the occasions of the unique post-apocalyptic motion movie, and has now revealed he has thought-about approaching franchise creator George Miller, 79, about the potential of him helming a prequel to the 1979 cult basic, which starred Mel Gibson because the titular character.

Kurzel informed Collider: “I’ll inform you what, possibly as a result of it was such a giant affect, however I’ve all the time been inquisitive about what occurred earlier than the primary Mad Max – what was that world with the Nightrider, pre-Mad Max.

“I’ve all the time been very inquisitive about that and really tempted to speak to George about the potential of a world that’s pre-Mad Max one and what that’s. That’s been one which I’ve all the time been actually inquisitive about as a result of it was such an influential movie in my time. It’s an incredible franchise, however I’ve all the time been inquisitive about these moments earlier than that first one as a result of it’s arrange so richly. And it’s such a good time in Australia, too, that interval.”

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Mad Max spawned two sequels, Mad Max 2 and Mad Max Past Thunderdome in 1981 and 1985 respectively, although the sequence was then rested for 30 years till it was rebooted with 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Street.

The 2015 flick — which noticed Tom Hardy substitute Gibson because the anti-hero — just lately acquired the spinoff Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which stars Anya Taylor-Pleasure and Chris Hemsworth and takes place earlier than the occasions of Fury Street.

Reflecting on the franchise on the time of Furiosa‘s launch, Miller mentioned he by no means thought Mad Max to have stayed as in style as it’s for over 4 a long time.

Requested if he anticipated the attraction of Mad Max to span generations, the director informed IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast: “By no means! It is best expressed in John Lennon’s notion that life is what occurs if you’re making different plans.”