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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