Matrix: Resurrections star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has exited George Miller’s Furiosa – the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road spin-off.
According to Deadline, the 35-year-old actor will be replaced by Tom Burke, who played Orson Wells in the Oscar-winning Netflix movie, Mank.
Abdul-Mateen II is parting ways with Furiosa due to a scheduling conflict. It’s currently unknown what his other project will be. “Sources say it is a secret passion project he had been developing for some time,” Deadline revealed. “Production recently moved up on it, which ultimately led him to leaving Furiosa.” The star will soon appear in The Matrix: Resurrections as a version of Morpheus, and will reprise his role as Black Manta in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom next year.
Mad Max: Furiosa will star Anya Taylor-Joy in its leading role – a younger version of Charlize Theron’s Mad Max Fury Road character, Imperator Furiosa. The upcoming Mad Max spin-off will reveal the character’s origins, but little else is known for the time being.
Chris Hemsworth will also star alongside Anya Taylor-Joy in an undisclosed role, while George Miller returns to direct, write and produce alongside his producing partner, Doug Mitchell.
Although little is known about the film’s plot, George Miller has confirmed that its structure will be very different to Fury Road.
“Whereas Fury Road essentially happened over three days and two nights, this happens over many years,” he said. “You try to make films that are ‘uniquely familiar...’ This will be familiar to those people who know Mad Max, and in particular Fury Road, but also it will be unique.”
Mad Max: Furiosa was originally due to be released on June 23, 2023 but was recently delayed until 2024. Miller also recently revealed that it was an early screening of Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho that convinced him to cast Anya Taylor-Joy in the title role.
The film also marks an early major studio project for Tom Burke, who is perhaps best known for the role of Athos in the 2014 BBC drama, The Musketeers.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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According to Deadline, the 35-year-old actor will be replaced by Tom Burke, who played Orson Wells in the Oscar-winning Netflix movie, Mank.
Abdul-Mateen II is parting ways with Furiosa due to a scheduling conflict. It’s currently unknown what his other project will be. “Sources say it is a secret passion project he had been developing for some time,” Deadline revealed. “Production recently moved up on it, which ultimately led him to leaving Furiosa.” The star will soon appear in The Matrix: Resurrections as a version of Morpheus, and will reprise his role as Black Manta in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom next year.
Mad Max: Furiosa will star Anya Taylor-Joy in its leading role – a younger version of Charlize Theron’s Mad Max Fury Road character, Imperator Furiosa. The upcoming Mad Max spin-off will reveal the character’s origins, but little else is known for the time being.
Chris Hemsworth will also star alongside Anya Taylor-Joy in an undisclosed role, while George Miller returns to direct, write and produce alongside his producing partner, Doug Mitchell.
Although little is known about the film’s plot, George Miller has confirmed that its structure will be very different to Fury Road.
“Whereas Fury Road essentially happened over three days and two nights, this happens over many years,” he said. “You try to make films that are ‘uniquely familiar...’ This will be familiar to those people who know Mad Max, and in particular Fury Road, but also it will be unique.”
Mad Max: Furiosa was originally due to be released on June 23, 2023 but was recently delayed until 2024. Miller also recently revealed that it was an early screening of Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho that convinced him to cast Anya Taylor-Joy in the title role.
The film also marks an early major studio project for Tom Burke, who is perhaps best known for the role of Athos in the 2014 BBC drama, The Musketeers.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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