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N eed a quick crash course in Mad Max mythology? Then you'll want to get
your hands on an exclusive new High-Def box set from JB Hi-Fi. To
coincide with the eagerly awaited cinema release of Mad Max: Fury
Road, JB will be stocking The Mad Max Collection – an exclusive new Blu-ray set
featuring all three movies – later this month. The original Mad Max (1979) was set
in a ravaged near future, with Aussie cop Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) going on
the rampage to avenge the death of his partner, his wife and his son. Mad Max 2
(aka The Road Warrior ) followed two years later, with Gibson's Max now a cynical
drifter who agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a band of
marauders. The sequel topped its predecessor and is still regarded today as a
model for the perfect action film. Concluding the Gibson trilogy is Mad Max:
Beyond Thunderdome (1985), in which Max faces off against Tina Turner, Frank
Thring and Angry Anderson, eventually becoming a saviour to a community of
wild children. And with Mad Max: Fury Road hitting the big screen on May 14,
make sure you check out our interview with its star, Tom Hardy, on page 22.
RELIVE THE ROAD
WARRIOR LEGACY
A pril was a good month for Star Wars
fans. First up, we got the second teaser
trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens , a
brief glimpse the standalone film Star Wars:
Rogue One, and more importantly, if you're
a fan of video games, the first
proper look at EA's upcoming
game, Star Wars: Battlefront.
Rebooting the popular
Battlefront series has been
entrusted to DICE, creators
of the acclaimed Battlefield
franchise. The action will unfold
across Hoth, Endor, Tatooine
and Sullust, and gamers will be
able to choose between playing
on the side of the Rebels or the
Empire. DICE actually has access
to all the original Star Wars props
and models from the original
trilogy, and even sent members
of the development team to the
original shoot locations to ensure
all the details were as accurate as possible.
The release date was also unveiled: Star
Wars: Battlefront will be in-store at your
local JB on November 19 on Xbox One,
PlayStation 4 and PC. Feel the Force flow!
BATTLEFRONT DUE NOVEMBER
D espite the current trend of film adaptations
of YA novels being split in two for the finale
(whether it be for more money or a more strict
adherence to the plot), The Maze Runner won't
be following suit. It was recently announced that
The Maze Runner 3: The Death Cure will not be
receiving the Part I & 2 treatment, with just a
single film scheduled for release on February 17,
2017. Teen Wolf's Dylan O'Brien will be looking to
reprise his role as Thomas in the third movie, with
the second installment – The Scorch Trials – coming
to cinemas in September this year.
WCKD IS GOOD FOR A
SINGLE TRILOGY CLOSER
Meryl Streep revives her impeccable English accent for the
new UK drama Suffragette. The film follows the story of
the footsoldiers of the early feminist movement – women
who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous
game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
Radicalised and turning to violence as the only route to
change, they were willing to lose everything in their fight
for equality – their jobs, their homes, their children and
their lives. Joining forces with Alice in Wonderland's Helena
Bonham Carter, The Great Gatsby 's Carey Mulligan, and
Skyfall's Ben Whishaw, Streep plays the British activist and
leader of the Suffragettes, Emmeline Pankhurst, another
historically important British woman following her Oscar-
winning role as Margaret Thatcher in 2011's The Iron Lady.
Already the happy owner of three Oscars, will Streep be in
line for a fourth? At the very least she'll pick up a nomination
– she always does.
Written by Abi Morgan
and directed by Sarah
Gavron, Suffragette is
set for a cinema release
late 2015.
MERYL STREEP'S NEXT
OSCAR TRIUMPH?
Suffragette
The Iron Lady