"Mad Max" Reboot Joins Crowded Summer 2015 Roster

Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures have confirmed that George Miller's reboot of the Mad Max franchise "Mad Max: Fury Road" has a U.S. release date of May 15th 2015.

Tom Hardy will star as post-apocalyptic drifter Max Rockatansky made famous first by Mel Gibson.

The plot sees Max get caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa. This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived.

Aussies Megan Gale John Howard, Angus Sampson and Gillian Jones join Nicholas Hoult, Riley Keough, Charlize Theron Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Adelaide Clemens also star. Aussie Supermodel Abbey Lee Kershaw will make her acting debut in the pic.

Additional filming on the reboot is set to happen in Sydney