Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga's Post-Credits Scene Explained

Summary Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga includes a post-credits scene setting up the future of the franchise, a first for the Mad Max movies.

Early credits of Furiosa replay key scenes from Mad Max: Fury Road, bridging the gap between the two modern Mad Max movies.

Furiosa's post-credits scene shows the War Rig's shifter, potentially teasing a Mad Max: Fury Road sequel without her character.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga includes a post-credits scene that could help set up the future of the Mad Max franchise. Releasing after Mad Max: Fury Road, the fifth installment of George Miller's post-apocalyptic action series takes place 15 years prior and explores the origin story of Charlize Theron's Furiosa, now played by Anya Taylor-Joy. The prequel highlights her battle against Dementus and history with Immortan Joe. This allows Furiosa's ending to lead directly up to the beginning of Mad Max: Fury Road.

Although end-credits scenes have long been a popular tactic for filmmakers to tease the futures of popular franchises, Mad Max avoided utilizing them during the first four movies. That has now changed, as Furiosa does include a post-credits scene, marking the franchise's first. Anyone who watches Furisoa and sticks through different parts of the credits is treated to multiple different surprises. Through the connections to the franchise's past and future, Furiosa's after-credits become a reminder of what has already happened, what will happen, and what could happen.

Post-Credits Scenes In Mad Max Movies Movie Does It Have A Credits Scene? Mad Max No Mad Max: The Road Warrior No Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome No Mad Max: Fury Road No Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Yes

Related Mad Max Movies In Order There are multiple Mad Max movies that span several decades, and that creates different viewing options based on release and chronological orders.

Important Scenes Are Replayed

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The early portions of Furiosa's credits are used as a chance to replay key scenes from Mad Max: Fury Road. George Miller's 2015 action blockbuster is directly set up by the film's conclusion, including Furiosa's Mad Max cameo. Since there is not much room to continue Anya Taylor-Joy's journey as Furiosa then, it is practical to have footage from Mad Max: Fury Road play. This allows the early credits to serve as a reminder of the prior film's excellence and what Furiosa's life looks like shortly after the prequel's resolution.

By playing a montage of Mad Max: Fury Road scenes during Furiosa's credits, the movie successfully bridges the two modern Mad Max movies. Anya Taylor-Joy's version of the character directly leads to Charlize Theron's time as the Imperator. This could be an indication that Anya Taylor-Joy will not return as Furiosa for any future films. That would be a challenging proposition based on the franchise timeline regardless of the credits scene, but the Fury Road scenes make it feel as though the torch has been passed back to Theron. That perhaps could come into play after the film's credits scene.

Furiosa's Post-Credits Scene Connects To Mad Max: Fury Road's Ending

The War Rig's Shifter Is Shown

The actual Furiosa post-credits scene is fairly minimal, as the movie ends on a shot of the War Rig's gear shifter from Mad Max: Fury Road. Furiosa uses a custom shifter when she drives the truck that doubles as a weapon, as the skull-topped shifter also serves as a hidden knife. She is stabbed in the side with it during Mad Max: Fury Road's ending before pulling it out and leaving it on the floor of the War Rig.

This is the last time the skull knife shifter is shown before its return in Furiosa's end-credits scene. It would appear that the scene is a small glimpse at the aftermath of Mad Max: Fury Road. The object would be part of the wreckage from Nux crashing the War Rig to stop Immortan Joe's army from following Furiosa, Max, and others to the Citadel. This once again helps Furiosa's credits connect to Charlize Theron's time as the Imperator. This potentially makes the shifter's return a visual tease that there is more to Furiosa's story with Theron.

What Mad Max Movie Furiosa's Post-Credits Scene Sets Up

Is A Fury Road Sequel On The Way?

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The purpose of post-credits scenes is typically to tease a future installment, which raises questions about what George Miller is setting up with Furiosa's end-credits scene. It would appear that the shifter is not meant to be another tease to the events of Mad Max: Fury Road. Since the film's events become a pseudo-epilogue to Furiosa's story through the early footage, it would not make sense for the final shot of the movie to jump back before then. That should rule out the chance of the credits scene teeing up another prequel about how Furiosa got the recognizable shifter.

It is instead possible that Furiosa's credits scene sets up a Mad Max: Fury Road sequel. George Miller originally conceived the delayed movie Mad Max: The Wasteland to act as a sequel, but it would return the franchise's focus to Max. He has even implied that Furiosa might not be in the film at all. This would mean that Furiosa's after-credits scene is setting up a story that will not even involve the prequel's main character. Perhaps Max is about to stumble upon the shifter again somewhere in the Wasteland.

Since the Furisoa post-credits scene lacks clarity in terms of following usual franchise setup tactics, the future of the series remains a bit unclear. Miller has confirmed that a script exists for another Mad Max: Fury Road prequel about Max's life in the year leading up to the film and his cameo in Furiosa. It is possible that the shifter could factor into that story in some fashion and make sense of the tease.