As has long been rumored, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are set to star in the Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa, Collider has confirmed. George Miller is returning to direct from a script he co-wrote with Nico Lathouris, and the prequel will explore Furiosa's backstory before she assisted Max Rockatansky in the desert. Hemsworth and Abdul-Mateen's castings were first mentioned as part of the Rumor of the Week segment on my podcast The Sneider Cut, which drops every Thursday on Collider. [caption id="attachment_912882" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via …