We’ve talked about the this at length but I found a couple of videos going in depth about the Mad Max films timeline. This guy did a fair amount of research about it and his analysis is sound. It supports my take that Fury Road was supposed to be the 4th film in the series but it was changed up and made into a reboot of the franchise. – JW
This timeline of events was assembled from production documents and information contained in the movies only.
Is Fury Road a SEQUEL? A REBOOT? A REVISIT? In this video I will explain what Fury Road really is and where it belongs on the Mad Max Timeline. All of the information in this video was taken from official sources, interviews, podcasts and personal interactions with the cast and crew of Fury Road.