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Mad Max: Fury Road’s teaser trailer is drenched in blood and fire

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Mad Max: Fury Road‘s official theatrical teaser trailer has been released, and it is just as over-the-top as you might hope. Enjoy two and a half minutes of explosions, tricked-out car chases, and lunatics in bondage gear.

Mad Max: Fury Road is scheduled to arrive in theaters on May 15, 2015. Starring Tom Hardy as Max and Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa, the film is set sometime between the events of the first and second films. The Mad Max franchise has defined the post-apocalyptic aesthetic for decades, spawning countless imitations and references across film, television, comics, and games.

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Will Fulton
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Will Fulton is a New York-based writer and theater-maker. In 2011 he co-founded mythic theater company AntiMatter Collective…
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