Director George Miller reveals who will cameo as grizzled antihero Max Rockatansky in the spinoff prequel movie Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Miller rose to prominence with the 1979 dystopian action movie Mad Max, an adventure centered around a police officer-turned-vigilante in a wasteland. The movie was a global success and launched a franchise, which experienced a resurgence in 2015 with the release of prequel Mad Max: Fury Road. It starred Tom Hardy as Max and Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa, who will now lead her own movie directed by Miller.