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Your Favorite Character Will Be Back in ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’
I’m talking about the Doof Warrior, of course.
When Mad Max: Fury Road was released back in 2015, the internet was almost literally ablaze with excitement. George Miller’s return to the long-dead franchise was worth the wait, to say the least, and it was such a spectacle of wildly over the top action and world-building that many immediately crowned it one of the best action films ever made.
I was one of those people. And I stick by that opinion.
Not surprisingly, the Academy Award-winning Fury Road is soon getting a follow-up tentatively titled Mad Max: The Wasteland, which will be the first of two sequels being planned by George Miller. Speaking with The Independent this week, Miller teased the future of the rebooted franchise, revealing that the ass-kicking guitarist known as the Doof Warrior will be back!
He told the site:
We dug down deep into the subtext, the backstory of all the characters, and indeed the world…and without really thinking about it, we wrote two other screenplays just as part of the bible of the stories. Somewhere, if the planets align, there will be two other films.
If we get to make another movie, the Doof Warrior will be there! I know who his mother was. I know how it was that a man who is mute and blind survived the apocalypse. I know his story very well!
Miller added that he’s first making a smaller film before returning to the Mad Max world.
With the holiday weekend ahead and the arrival of Evil Dead Burn in theaters next week, now is the perfect time to catch up on the franchise.
If you need even more incentive for an Evil Dead marathon, Evil Dead Burn actor Hunter Doohan recently teased that the new installment not only connects to Evil Dead Rise, but Sam Raimi‘s original trilogy as well.
It’s also highly recommended by Ash originator Bruce Campbell, who warned on social media that the uninitiated may need to practice for the visceral Deadite horror ahead.
HBO Max is making this directive even easier; all five Evil Dead movies are now available to stream on the service as of July 1!
Catch up on The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, 2013’s Evil Dead, and Evil Dead Rise this weekend. For bonus credit, the Evil Dead series “Ash vs Evil Dead” is available to stream on Starz and Pluto TV.
Sébastien Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn releases in theaters July 10, 2026.
After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life… live on even in death.
Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, and Hunter Doohan star.
Get ready for an onslaught of Deadite carnage; Vaniček promises the R-rated feature will get even gnarlier with his director’s cut.
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