Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome them, as Max, still alive in the desert, wanders on to places unknown. "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" was the first "Mad Max" film made without producer Byron Kennedy, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 1983 while location scouting for the film. While the film was in development before Kennedy's death, director George Miller was hesitant to continue without his producing partner. "I was reluctant to go ahead," said Miller. "And then there was a sort of need to – let's do something just to get over the shock and grief of all of that." A title card at
Mad Max: Fury Road for an Australian film, previously held by "The Piano" (1993), which won three Oscars. In 2011, Miller and McCarthy found during the writing process for "Fury Road" that they had enough story material for two additional scripts. One of these, entitled "Mad Max: Furiosa", had already been completed, and Miller hoped to film it after the release of "Fury Road". In March 2015, during an interview with "Esquire", Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more "Mad Max" films following "Fury Road". In May 2015, Miller told "Wired": "Should "Fury Road" be successful, I've got two other