“Furiosa,” the Anya Taylor-Joy-starring prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road” is to receive financial incentives from federal and state governments, ensuring that production will take place in Australia. The George Miller-directed picture will shoot from June.

“The support of the Federal and New South Wales Governments were pivotal. They made it possible for the film to be greenlit, shot in Australia and for the production to be based in our home state,” Miller said in a statement on Monday.

“This is great news for New South Wales,” said state premier Gladys Berejiklian in the same statement “It is expected to become the biggest film ever to be made in Australia.”

Despite a currency that is strengthening against the U.S. dollar, Australia is already enjoying a post-COVID film and TV production boom, helped by aggressive government financing schemes, a disease that is largely in abeyance...."

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