Furiosa’s first trailer teases the origins of one of the Mad Max saga’s best characters

Mad Max: Fury Road had a lot of fantastic things going for it, but few shined quite as brilliantly as Charlize Theron’s tough-as-nails take on Imperator Furiosa. The character was a testament to how many more fascinating stories George Miller could dream up for his beloved apocalyptic franchise. And while Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s eponymous antihero might look a bit different in the Fury Road spin-off’s first trailer, it seems like the movie is going to over-deliver on everything Miller’s fans have been waiting for.

Set in a hellish future where traditional societies have collapsed, and precious natural resources like water are scare, Furiosa tells the story of how a much younger version of Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) is forced to fight for her life after she’s kidnapped from the Green Place of Many Mothers by the warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth).

The trailer is intentionally vague about how many years pass after Furiosa’s initially stolen away from her family and the moment when she finally makes a break for her own freedom. But by the time Furiosa’s ready to take her destiny into her own hands, she’s already seen enough of how men like Dementus have remade the world in their own images to know that she has to be ruthless in her fight for freedom.

Furiosa hits theaters on May 24th, 2024.