The trailer for "Mad Max: Fury Road" had all of Comic-Con buzzing, and now the three-minute clip has the Internet buzzing. It does not disappoint the hype.
Switching Tom Hardy in place of Mel Gibson, director George Miller brings a "new interpretation" to his own franchise reboot. "Fury Road" picks up after the initial series opener, and is described by Miller as "almost a continuous chase."
"Of course it's based on the same character that they'll play, the lone warrior in the wasteland disengaged from the rest of the world," Miller said in a press conference. "But naturally Tom brings his Tom Hardy-ness to it, and the story is different to some degree. The character is different to some degree."
Charlize Theron stars with Hardy in the film, along with Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Watch the terrifying trailer above. The movie is scheduled to release on May 15, 2015.
BEFORE YOU GO
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"Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" (Jan. 17)Paramount moved this Jack Ryan reboot from Christmas Day to Jan. 17, but that gambit should pay off: "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit," starring Paramount golden boy Chris Pine (the studio's "Star Trek" films), looks like the kind of action film that reaches sleeper blockbuster status simply because it doesn't have much competition.
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"G.B.F." (Jan. 17)Darren Stein's indie gem, which debuted at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, combines elements of Stein's own "Jawbreaker" with "Mean Girls," "Heathers" and "Clueless." It's a must see.
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"The LEGO Movie" (Feb. 7)You might not think a movie about LEGOs would be awesome, but "The LEGO Movie" trailer states otherwise. Phil Lord and Chris Miller ("21 Jump Street") direct the film, which features voice work from Chris Pratt, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks, Cobie Smulders and Will Arnett among others.
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"The Grand Budapest Hotel" (March 7)Wes Anderson's new film includes the usual coterie of Anderson regulars (Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Harvey Keitel, Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson) and newcomers like Saoirse Ronan and Ralph Fiennes. "What happened, my dear Zero, is I beat the living shit out of a sniveling little runt called Pinky Bandinski." Where do we check in?
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"Bad Words" (March 14)Jason Bateman's directorial debut, about an adult who exploits a loop hole to compete in spelling bee competitions with children, is an R-rated comedy in the vein of "Bad Santa." (Be warned, the trailer is filthy.) "Bad Words" premiered at 2013's Toronto International Film Festival in September.
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"Grace of Monaco" (March 14)Like "The Monuments Men," "Grace of Monaco" was once considered a 2013 Oscar contender until a late-hour date change. "They want a commercial film, that is to say at the grass roots, removing everything above [...] removing all that is cinema, everything that makes life," director Olivier Dahan said after the film, which The Weinstein Company is set to release in North America, was bumped. "Here, in this case, they made a trailer that did not fit the movie, and then they try to make the film look like the trailer, this is absurd." Watch that trailer here.
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"Nymphomaniac Part 1" (March 21)
Nymphomaniac Official Trailer from Zentropa on Vimeo.
THIS IS THE MOST NSFW TRAILER EVER. Ahem. ("Nymphomaniac Part 2" is out on April 18.) -
"St. Vincent De Van Nuys" (April 11)Getty ImagesTry to pretend this movie doesn't sound great: "A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door." The misanthrope is played by Bill Murray. Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd and Naomi Watts all co-star.
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"Transcendence" (April 18)Wally Pfister, the cinematographer behind Christopher Nolan's Batman films and "Inception," made his very own Christopher Nolan movie. "Transcendence" stars Johnny Depp as a scientist who winds up with his psyche transferred into a computer. Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Paul Bettany and Morgan Freeman all co-star.
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"Chef" (May 9)Getty ImagesJon Favreau ("Iron Man") wrote, directed and stars in "Chef," a new comedy about a downtrodden chef. Favreau, famous for "Iron Man" and "Swingers," enlisted some of his A-list pals for the film, including Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman and Sofia Vergara.
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"Tammy" (July 2)Getty ImagesCo-written by Melissa McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone, and directed by Falcone, "Tammy" is McCarthy's latest summer comedy. The film focuses on the title character (McCarthy) who loses her job and her husband and goes on a road trip with her grandmother. Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney, Kathy Bates and more co-star.
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"Jupiter Ascending" (July 18)"Jupiter Ascending," an original sci-fi film from Andy and Lana Wachowski, is just a great big mess of potential. Mila Kunis as the universe's only hope? Channing Tatum as a wolf-human hybrid? An original score cue from Michael Giacchino? This could be the year's craziest ride or a total disaster. Whichever end of the scale it winds up on, however, one thing is clear: it's a must see.
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"Lucy" (Aug. 8)APThe plot summary for Luc Besson's "Lucy," as written by THR: "a woman is forced to become a drug mule, [b]ut the drug instead goes into her system, transforming her into an ass-kicking machine. She can absorb knowledge instantaneously, is able to move objects with her mind and can't feel pain and other discomforts." Scarlett Johansson plays Lucy.
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"Jane Got A Gun" (Aug. 29)APThe troubled Natalie Portman film, which lost its director on the first day of filming, finally arrives in theaters on Aug. 29.
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"The Judge" (Oct. 10)Getty ImagesFree from Iron Man for the moment, Robert Downey Jr. stars as a man who returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral and then finds out that his estranged father has been arrested for murder. Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton, Melissa Leo and Leighton Meester co-star.