Mad Max Furiosa Movie Replaces Yahya AbdulMateen II With Tom Burke

Mad Max Furiosa Movie Replaces Yahya Abdul-Mateen II With Tom Burke

Tom Burke will replace Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Furiosa, the upcoming Mad Max prequel spinoff from George Miller starring Anya Taylor-Joy.

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Mad Max Furiosa Movie Replaces Yahya AbdulMateen II With Tom Burke

Tom Burke has joined the Mad Max spinoff Furiosa, replacing Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in George Miller’s upcoming action film. Miller first launched the Mad Max franchise in 1979, with Mel Gibson starring as a vengeful police officer in a not-too-distant dystopian future. Mad Max 2 was released in 1981, followed by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985. Miller resurrected the franchise in 2015 with Mad Max: Fury Road, recasting the part of Max with Tom Hardy and introducing audiences to the headstrong war captain Imperator Furiosa.

Miller will explore the origins of the renegade character in Furiosa. Initial casting announcements were made in October 2020, when Warner Bros. tapped Anya Taylor-Joy to play the young Furiosa. Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II were also set to co-star. Abdul-Mateen’s casting announcement marked another substantial role for the in-demand actor, who starred as the iconic villain Black Manta in James Wan’s Aquaman, appeared in The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Candyman, and won an Emmy for his performance on HBO’s Watchmen. He’ll appear next as Morpheus in The Matrix Resurrections.

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Now Warner Bros. has announced that Abdul-Mateen will no longer be joining Furiosa, Deadline reports. He is replaced by English film and stage actor Tom Burke, though there’s no word yet on the character that Burke is now set to play. Abdul-Mateen reportedly left the project to pursue a secret passion project whose production schedule conflicted with Furiosa.

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Furiosa marks the first major studio film for Burke, who has made a name for himself in various literary adaptations, stage productions, and critically acclaimed indies. He’s known for playing the eponymous character Cormoran Strike in the 2017 BBC series Strike, as well as his performance in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir. In 2020 Burke played Orson Welles in David Fincher’s Mank.

Abdul-Mateen’s absence is perhaps owing to Furiosa’s own shifting production schedule. The spinoff prequel was originally slated to debut on June 6, 2023, but Warner Bros. announced that the film will now bow on May 24, 2024, pushing Furiosa back almost a full year. The delay isn’t too much of a shock, given Hollywood’s continuing headache of pandemic-related scheduling changes. Moreover, Miller’s stunt-heavy, desert-set films are particularly demanding to film. The production delay will hopefully give the Furiosa cast and crew the adequate time to make the film safely and up to par with Fury Road. If Burke is hoping to prove his star-making chops, there is perhaps no better film to churn out stardom than Furiosa.

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