CANNES, France (AP) 鈥 鈥淔uriosa: A Mad Max Saga鈥 rolled into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, returning George Miller's dystopia-on-wheels to the French Riviera festival and lending Anya Taylor-Joy a fairy tale moment on the Cannes red carpet.
Taylor-Joy, with her first film in Cannes, brought classical movie-star glamour to one of the most anticipated premieres of the festival. Wearing a cream-colored custom Dior gown, Taylor-Joy playfully posed for photographers while walking into the Palais des Festivals and offering mock salutes to her director.
The latest 鈥淢ad Max鈥 film, starring Chris Hemsworth and Taylor-Joy as a young Furiosa, premiered in Cannes almost exactly nine years after 鈥淢ad Max: Fury Road鈥 debuted at the French festival. Miller, who has served on the Cannes jury several times, also in 2022 here.
鈥淭o show it in that cinema with about 2,000 people with impeccable sound and screening is a big thing. It鈥檚 kind of optimal cinema, really,鈥 . 鈥淭he moment that they said, 鈥極K, we鈥檙e happy to show this film here,鈥 I jumped at it.鈥
For the 28-year-old Taylor-Joy, 鈥淔uriosa鈥 in Cannes was a full circle moment. The first time she came to the festival was to receive a Chopard trophy as an emerging actor in 2017. It was presented by the original Furiosa, Charlize Theron, the star of 鈥淔ury Road.鈥
While this year's Cannes boasts many prominent upcoming premieres, including Francis Ford Coppola's 鈥淢egalopolis" and Yorgos Lanthimos' 鈥淜inds of Kindness,鈥 with Emma Stone, the 鈥淔uriosa鈥 debut was easily the biggest megawatt Hollywood event of the festival. Among the attendees were jury head Greta Gerwig, Eva Green, Naomi Campbell and Baz Luhrmann.
鈥淔uriosa鈥 opens in North American theaters on May 24.
