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SIDELINED: THE QB AND ME Trailer (2025) Noah Beck, Siena Agudong, Romance Movie
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The 23-year-old former soccer player makes his acting debut in director Justin Wu’s “Sidelined: The QB and Me.” He stars in the Tubi teen romance as high school quarterback heartthrob Drayton opposite Siena Agudong (TV’s “Resident Evil”) as his dancer love interest Dallas. The film is based on the Wattpad YA novel “The QB Bad Boy and Me” by Tay Marley.

“For the longest time, when the idea of acting floated in my head, I was like, ‘I want to do this.’ And I liked the idea of starting from scratch, not really knowing much about the space,” Beck tells me. “I was constantly seeking something more and wanting to do something creatively that felt bigger than me and collaborative. And I think acting and the industry and movies, it does just that.”

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Beck’s social media stardom took off about four years ago. He now has 32.9 million followers (with 2.5 billion likes) and 8 million followers on Instagram.

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I first met Beck about a year ago at the GQ Men of the Year party in Los Angeles. “I think my next big goal is to go from a small screen to a big screen,” he said at the time.

He not only started taking acting classes, but also began reading scripts. “I felt like I was hitting this thing with social media where I was like, ‘Where do I go from here? What’s the next thing you do?’ And I think the last thing I wanted to do was just keep myself in this box,” Beck says. “And I was like, ‘Why not? If the opportunity presents itself, why would I not try and say yes to everything that comes my way?'”

However, Beck, who is also a producer on “Sidelined,” isn’t ready nor even thinking about leaving social media behind. “I don’t ever want to neglect TikTok, because it has truly made me who I am, as a person, one, but two, career-wise, I wouldn’t be here without TikTok,” he said. “I do owe a lot of my success to that, and I have fun with it. It’s not really a job, you know what I mean? It is a part of life that yes, it does pay the bills, it’s been very kind to me, but I think I still have fun with it. As long as I’m still having fun with it, I will continue to post on it and be active and in the meantime, continue to hopefully make movies, if they’ll have me.”

Drew Ray Tanner, Deborah Cox, Siena Agudong, Noah Beck and James Van Der Beek attend the red carpet premiere of Tubi’s Original Film “Sidelines: The QB & Me” at The London West Hollywood on Nov. 14.
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Beck acknowledges that his foray into acting will come with criticism. “People can be cruel and nasty for no reason,” he says. “I don’t think I have a bone in my body that wants to be problematic. Peace has been my mantra for the past few years, honestly. I am a much happier person when I have good morals, when I do things that make me feel good and make others around me feel good. So I know these things that are being said online, if it becomes toxic or whatnot, they don’t affect me personally because…they don’t know me.”

He continues, “With this movie coming out, there will be people who have something to say, but I’m proud of the project and I am so happy with everything that went into it.”

James Van Der Beek plays Beck’s father in “Sidelined.” Beck recalls the day Van Der Beek went public in People magazine in early November that he has colorectal cancer. “It was gut-wrenching,” Beck says. “I immediately sent him a text and I was like, ‘I don’t have many words, but you know that I’m here for you.’”

Not long after, Van Der Beek attended the “Sidelined” premiere in Los Angeles. “When I first saw him, I got goosebumps because him making the trip was amazing,” Beck says. “And him sitting through the whole movie and just, again, sharing a moment with him after was pretty amazing.”
Noah Beck is officially making his acting debut, and he's playing for keeps. The social media star is one of the leads in the new Tubi original film Sidelined: The QB and Me as the titular QB heartthrob Drayton, and Teen Vogue has the exclusive first look at the trailer for your new favorite rom-com.

Sidelined: The QB and Me tells the tale of Drayton and Dallas, an unlikely pairing bound to change each other's lives forever. Dallas, who is played by former Nickelodeon star Siena Agudong (Resident Evil, The 4:30 Movie), is a burdened and headstrong dancer with a singular goal: to get into the best dance school in the nation, her late mother's alma mater.

But her one-track mind goes off-course once she meets Drayton (Beck), the football stud who has more to him than meets the eye, who is secretly navigating his own grief, too. As their connection intensifies, Dallas struggles — will she have to sideline an extraordinary love to make her dreams a reality?

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Noah Beck and Siena Agudong in Sidelined: The QB and Me Courtesy of Tubi
Sidelined: The QB and Me is based on the Wattpad YA sensation The QB Bad Boy and Me written by Tay Marley; the film is directed by Justin Wu (known for Kim's Convenience and Reginald the Vampire starring Jacob Batalon) and penned by Mary Gulino (Upload) and Crystal Ferreiro (Diary of a Future President).

As seen by the many swoon-worthy moments in the trailer, Sidelined: The QB and Me is definitely a strong contender to become the next big YA romcom. “I just genuinely love how it portrays the authenticity of the complicated yet inevitable teenage years of life,” Beck tells Teen Vogue exclusively. “It showcases the genuine human struggles of growing up, high school, relationships, family dynamics, etc. It has so much depth and heart while still keeping the charm of a timeless coming-of-age love story.”

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Noah Beck in Sidelined: The QB and Me DAVID ASTORGA/Courtesy of Tubi
Agudong agrees, noting that what she loves most about the story is its realistic depiction of the ups-and-downs of true love. “I have become a sucker for rom-coms and a movie like this is exactly what I crave,” she says. “It is so charming and yet so frustrating. Yes, you’re going to blush, laugh, and maybe even cry. But you may also see yourself in one of these characters — just as we all do in some way… and that is my favorite part.”

While Agudong says she's “always on the hunt” for a new favorite romcom, she'll “forever love How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” That film and Sidelined both have major fanbases — and fans of the original Wattpad love story should get excited, as there are a few key scenes from the text that make it into the film.

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“I think [viewers] will love the ‘Truth or Dare’ scene… We shot [that] in the first week of filming,” teases Agudong. “So just as Drayton and Dallas were getting to know each other, so were Noah and I… and I think that timing made this scene that much more raw and exciting to watch.”

Alongside Noah Beck and Siena Agudong, Sidelined: The QB and Me also stars Riverdale's Drew Ray Tanner, Deborah Cox, and James Van Der Beek and will premiere on Tubi on November 29, 2024. Check out the exclusive first trailer for the film below:
The Tubi original 'Sidelined: The QB and Me' follows Dallas and Drayton as they pursue dreams, find common ground, and form a deep connection.
Noah Beck discusses transitioning from TikTok to the lead role in a movie, embracing new challenges, and falling in love with acting.
Siena Agudong shares insights on embracing insecurities as an actor, working hard on the dance scenes, and adding personal touches.
Based on the breakout YA novel by Tay Marley and produced by Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, the Tubi original movie Sidelined: The QB and Me, directed by Justin Wu, follows high school seniors Dallas (Siena Agudong), a driven dancer determined to prove her skills by scoring a spot in her late mother’s dance alma mater, and Drayton (Noah Beck), the cocky quarterback whose life is not without some family drama of his own. As the two get to know each other and learn they have more in common than they realized, a deep connection forms between them that gives them the courage to pursue their dreams and decide what they mean to each other.

During this interview with Collider, Beck talked about turning TikTok fame into a leading role in a movie and how he’d like to continue acting now that he’s discovered his love for it, while Agudong revealed how hard she’d worked on her final dance scene and the personal touch they added in. The co-stars also discussed how they got past their nerves on set, filming shirtless scenes, whether they’d make the same Truth or Dare choices as their characters, favorite rom-coms, the fun they had together, and what it’s like to have James Van Der Beek as your onscreen dad.

Noah Beck Hopes To Prove He's More Than a TikTok Star With His Lead Role in 'Sidelined'
Noah Beck as Drayton Lahey in his football uniform out on the field in Sidelined: The QB and MeImage via Tubi
Collider: Noah, you’re a big deal on TikTok with 33 million followers, and I don’t even know how you wrap your brain around those numbers, but that doesn’t necessarily translate outside of TikTok. It’s not a guarantee that you’ll necessarily find the same level of success with something else. So, what made you want to step outside of being yourself on TikTok to be an actor and play a role that’s not you? Had it been something that you had thought about and were working towards, or was this just an opportunity?

NOAH BECK: I was just sick of being Noah. No. I think for the longest time, I was craving the collaboration that you get with a movie. Yeah, it is pretty crazy number to think about, and to keep my sanity, I don’t think about it. It is one of those things where you start from scratch. One of the things that appealed me was that I know nothing about [acting]. I wanted to go in and be a sponge and be an absolute student of the craft. Starting from square one was refreshing. I knew that the number might give me a little head start, but if I did end up booking something, I didn’t want people to watch the film and be like, “There’s a reason he got this part, and it wasn’t his acting.” More than anything, I wanted to prove to myself that I could do this acting thing that I knew nothing about a few years ago and just completely hone in on this craft. I’ve fallen in love with it, so that’s made it easy. It would suck if I dedicated so much time to something I didn’t enjoy, but I truly found myself enjoying it and becoming so passionate about it.

So, basically, what you’re saying is that the 33 million people get the door open, but it’s up to you to keep them from slamming the door in your face.

BECK: Absolutely! I don’t want a door slammed in my face. Those 33 million people can help me peek in, but ultimately the rest is up to me. And so, I think and hope that this film shows the work that I’ve been putting in.

Your character in this has a certain level of confidence and assurance about himself, and to step into a role like this, you have to find that within yourself to make it believable. Did you go into this with that confidence, or were you nervous on day one? How did you handle that?

BECK: That’s a good question. I’m a huge fan of this genre and this category of movie. I love rom-coms. We’ve seen this plot before. I think what separates this one is just the rawness and the layers that you get from it. I think my job was to know my guy as well as I could. I pulled from the source material of the book. I was like, “Okay, the script tells me this, but how can I know a little bit more?” The thing with confidence is that you just fake it. [Siena made] it easy and everyone on set made it so easy to fake the confidence that Drayton has. So, yeah, I was nervous, of course, on my first day, but I was more excited than anything. I knew who my guy was, and so I knew what I needed to do.

Siena, what was that like for you? Are you always nervous when you start a new project, or is this a character that you felt confident in because you understood her?

SIENA AGUDONG: I’ve heard it from other actors, but I think with every role, I revert back to second-guessing myself and being insecure about my acting. It applies to everything, whether it’s acting or your job. Well, this is a job, but it doesn’t feel like one because we’re playing. Someone told me that insecurity is what makes your acting valuable because you recognize that there’s growth to be done and there’s more to learn. That’s where the layers come in. If you’re so confident about it, there’s not a lot of play to it. So, going into this, I was so nervous for many, many different reasons, but I was also extremely excited and extremely grateful. This was coming into a story that’s already well-known and loved, but also ended up being something I was so proud to walk away from. I worked really hard on the dancing, and I’m proud of that. I’m so grateful for the people I worked alongside. And then, [Noah] worked so hard. Coming to set with someone who has such an unmatched drive, in general, made the experience so rewarding.

One of the things that I love about Dallas is that she gives attitude back to Drayton when he’s being too overconfident. How much fun was it to find that inner sass?

AGUDONG: I had to reach really hard for that one. No. It was really fun. It ultimately comes from a place of being emotionally guarded that I understand. There was a balance of not wanting to play it too much because she’s charmed by him and it’s just a choice that she’s not entertaining it. She’s so confident that she turns away. It’s not like she’s just constantly trying to dismiss it. It was very fun. I love characters like that. Go Dallas!

Noah, there are some fun moments in this where you’re a little bit objectified, taking your shirt off.

BECK: Yeah.

Noah Beck Hopes He Kept His 'Sidelined' Shirtless Scenes to a Tasteful Amount
Noah Beck as Drayton Lahey in the seats getting ready for a football game in Sidelined: The QB and MeImage via Tubi
Were there conversations about when and how to do that, so that it’s not gratuitous? Was it all just in the script?

AGUDONG: I had to keep telling him to put his shirt back on.

BECK: Yeah, anytime I could find a chance, I was like, “Guys, I think I need my shirt off for this scene.” No. I don’t know. It’s funny that you say that because you look at the script, you see what the stage direction is, and you see what your part is in whatever scene we’re filming, and then it says, “Shirt comes off.” You’re like, “All right,” and you’re just doing your part. As actors, you do your thing, you show up, you film, you give it, and you don’t really know what the editing process will be like. You put your trust in the people that have it now. I walked away being like, “How often did I have my shirt off? I hope that was a tasteful amount. I hope it wasn’t too in-your-face.” There was not a conversation. There was not a number that we put on it. It was just like, “Look, you know your guy. You know who you’re playing.” It’s a funny question. It was something where, if I saw it in the script, I’d be like, “Yeah, okay.” I don’t think I ever questioned it. I was never like, “Can we add a shirtless scene?” I was like, “Yeah, let’s do it. I’ll go shirtless.”

Your characters play Truth or Dare in this, and I thought it was funny that Drayton always chooses dare while Dallas always chooses truth. Have you guys ever played Truth or Dare, and if so, would you always choose the same thing, or do you like to change it up?

AGUDONG: I’ll change it up, depending on who is the one asking me the question.

BECK: For me, yeah, it depends on the group. It depends on the crowd. I think I have some friends where I would be a little hesitant to say dare, purely out of the unfiltered-ness. Can’t lie, I haven’t played a game of Truth or Dare in a while.

AGUDONG: Yeah, same here.

Noah, what's it like to have James Van Der Beek play your dad?

BECK: I will continue to sing James’ praises. He is amazing. I was a fan of his, so when I saw him attached to the film to play my father, I was terrified, but I knew it was gonna be fun. He just has this ability to pull you in when you’re working opposite him. I am so blessed that he was my first screen dad. I felt so blessed to have had such an amazing dad for my first role. He’s a great actor and great guy, and I have nothing but the best to say about him.

Siena, Dallas is a dancer and a cheerleader. You’re doing cheers, you’re dancing in a studio, and you’re out in a club at night. What was your favorite dance moment in this?

AGUDONG: I feel like I have to go with that final audition scene. We worked so hard on that. I remember the moment Tessa, Jeffrey Mortensen’s assistant, went through the whole routine and showed me what it was going to look like. Jeff kept peeking at me, throughout it, while she was dancing in front of me. He told me, at the end of it, “You’re gonna get it. I swear, you’re gonna get it. It looks crazy, but you’re gonna get it.” We worked so hard to get to a place that I love. For dancers watching it, I think they’ll be able to break it down and really see the art. Jeffrey is an Emmy-nominated choreographer and he put so much heart into the choreography. When you really break it down into the story that it tells, it’s really powerful. There are elements of myself and my background that he put in there to tweak the dance. I have a little bit of a Tahitian background, so he put that in there to make it more personal. That dance really resonated with me. Dancing is still new in my life, so that meant a lot.

Noah Beck and Siena Agudong Are Fans of Rom-Coms and Believe 'Sidelined' Measures Up
There are a lot of great rom-coms, but there are also a lot of terrible ones. What makes a great rom-com for each of you? Do you guys have any particular favorites that you think really got it right?

AGUDONG: I really love How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, with the push-and-pull dynamic that exists in this one too. That just creates tension, and it’s so exciting to watch that frustration of misunderstanding each other, and you just want them to communicate. That’s frustrating because it’s such a real thing. We’ve got that in Sidelined. That’s what I like about it.

BECK: Have you ever seen Midnight in Paris? I love that film. Would that count as a rom-com? I found it to be a rom-com. I love that movie, just purely out of the creativeness of it. It had more to give than just a surface level relationship, with the history of it. I thought it was a fresh version of that.

Noah, what’s next for you? Do you know what you’re doing next? Do you know what you want to do next?

BECK: I wanna keep acting. This was my first one. Going into this project, I was like, “This is going to answer whether or not I want to do this.” The idea of it is nice. Being like, “I wanna be a movie star,” has a nice ring to it. There’s that appeal. But are you really cut out for the long hours on set, being away from home for multiple months, learning the lines, and every little thing that makes this job challenging, even with how fun it is when done correctly and when you have an amazing cast and crew? This project answered all those questions, and it’s a yes, I want to. I think it actually set the bar a little too high, to the point where I’m like, “All right, it’s all gonna go downhill from here,” because I had the best time. I’m like, “If it’s all like this, or even close to this, yeah, I wanna do this.” So, that’s the goal. What’s hopefully in my future is more projects.

Siena, how about for you? Do you have a plan? Do you try not to have a plan, since you can’t really plan for anything in this business?

AGUDONG: No, you really can’t. I’ve been lucky enough to balance trying to create a life for myself outside of acting, so I’m not relying on it so much that I lose the love for it. I love this job so much, but I’m also pursuing school at the same time. I love that aspect of things. Somehow, I’ve been so blessed to film in the summers. I have two indie movies coming out. I’m not sure when, perhaps next year or perhaps the year after that. One has been announced, but the other hasn’t. So, be on the lookout for those. I’m just chugging along.
Sidelined: The QB & Me, directed by Justin Wu, follows Dallas, an aspiring dancer aiming to enter her late mother's prestigious alma mater. Her path intertwines with Drayton, a football star dealing with personal grief. Together, they navigate their ambitions and the unexpected impact on their dreams.

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Drayton Lahey

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Dallas

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Nathan

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Miss Alicia

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James Van Der Beek
Leroy Lahey

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Chase

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‘Sidelined: The QB and Me', an adaptation of Tay Marley’s viral Wattpad novel, will be released on digital in the UK by Vertigo Releasing on 17th February 2025.

The film from director Justin Wu stars TikTok superstar Noah Beck in his film acting debut, alongside James Van Der Beek in his return to acting post-bowel cancer diagnosis. Siena Agudong and Drew Ray Tanner round out the cast. Watch the US trailer below:

‘Sidelined: The QB and Me' follows high school cheerleader Dallas Bryan (Agudong) who is intent on receiving a coveted dance scholarship to CalArts to escape her sleepy town and live her dreams. Nothing – and no one – will stand in her way. That is, until star high school quarterback Drayton Lahey (Beck) crashes (literally) into her life with dreams of his own.

It is based on Tay Marley’s viral Wattpad novel, which has currently amassed over 30 million reads on the platform. The film was released as a Tubi Original in North America last month, bringing in the platform’s highest-ever number of viewers in its first seven days alone.

It has since made big waves among social media users on platforms like TikTok, where thousands of posts ranging from ‘fancams’ of Noah Beck to clips explaining how to stream the title are proving the film’s popularity with young adult audiences.
James Van Der Beek (Pose) has signed on to star in Sidelined: The QB and Me (fka The QB Bad Boy and Me), the upcoming Tubi Original based on Wattpad’s breakout YA novel The QB Bad Boy and Me by Tay Marley, which has to date amassed over 31M reads.

Van Der Beek joins a cast led by Siena Agudong, which also includes Noah Beck and Drew Ray Tanner. Other new additions to the ensemble of the film, on which we were first to report, include Deborah Cox (Station Eleven) and Jake Foy (Allegiance).

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Sidelined tells the story of Dallas (Agudong), a burdened but headstrong dancer, who is determined to get into the best dance school in the country — her late mother’s alma mater. However, that dream is suddenly derailed when the cheeky yet secretly grieving football star, Drayton (Beck), crashes into her life with a unique story of his own. Will the two of them be able to grow into their dreams together or will their dreams be sidelined?

Van Der Beek plays Leroy Lahey, the tough but well-meaning father to Drayton. Leroy sets high expectations for his son both on and off the football field, pushing him to strive for excellence while struggling to express his own grief and vulnerability.

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Cox portrays Miss Alicia, the owner of a small-town dance studio that has seen better days. She recognizes Dallas is a technically skilled dancer with the potential to be extraordinary. However, she worries that Dallas’s dancing lacks the soul and spontaneity necessary for acceptance into a prestigious dance school.

Foy plays Mr. Justin Douglas, an easy-going teacher who develops a romantic interest with Nathan (Tanner).

Justin Wu (Reginald the Vampire) is directing from a script by Mary Gulino (Upload) and Crystal Ferreiro (Diary of a Future President). Pic’s producers include Adam Wescott, McKenna Marshall, Wattpad Webtoon Studios’ Aron Levitz, and Lindsey Ramey. David Madden is executive producing for Wattpad W Webtoon Studios, and Lindsay Macadam, David Way and Tony Chung are executive producing for Thunderbird Entertainment’s Great Pacific Media, which will finance and produce the project in Canada.

Blue Fox Entertainment will handle international sales for the project, which is slated to premiere exclusively on Tubi within the next year.

Best known for iconic turns in projects like Dawson’s Creek and Varsity Blues, as well as the Viceland series What Would Diplo Do?, which he starred in and co-created with Brandon Dermer, Van Der Beek has most recently been seen in FX’s Pose and films including Bad Hair and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.

Cox is best known for her work on series like First Wives Club and Station Eleven, among other projects.

In addition to NBC’s Allegiance, Foy has been seen in Designated Survivor, Star Trek Beyond and more.

Van Der Beek is repped by Independent Artist Group, Novo Entertainment and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum; Cox by The Characters Talent Agency and Deco Entertainment; and Foy by Trisko Talent Management and Atlas Artists.

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Born Noah Timothy Beck
May 4, 2001 (age 23)
Peoria, Arizona, U.S.
Education University of Portland
Occupation Media Personality • Actor • Footballer
Years active 2020–present
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Followers 33 million
Likes 2.5 billion
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Total views 94.44 million
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–2017 SC del Sol
2018–2019 Real Salt Lake
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2019 Portland Pilots 17 (0)
Last updated: 6 February 2023
Noah Timothy Beck (born May 4, 2001) is an American media personality and actor, widely known for his content on TikTok. In 2019, Beck was a midfielder for the Portland Pilots men's soccer team. Beck's content includes dances and skits to audio clips of songs, movies, and TV shows.[1] Beck has 33.6 million followers on TikTok, 7.7 million on Instagram, and over 1.5 million YouTube subscribers.[2][1] TikTok listed Beck as one of the Top 10 breakout content creators of 2020.[1] In 2023, he created the underwear brand IPHIS.[3]

Early life
Beck was born on May 4, 2001, and is from Peoria, Arizona.[4] He attended Ironwood High School and Desert Valley Elementary School. Beck played for the SC del Sol club football team in Phoenix.[1] In Arizona, he was a team captain in the U.S. Youth Football Olympic Development Program from 2014 to 2017. He moved to Utah during his last two years of high school, where he played for the Real Salt Lake Academy.[1] Starting in 2019, Beck attended the University of Portland, where he was a midfielder on the Portland Pilots men's soccer team.[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon, Beck completed his second semester of his freshman year online before dropping out.[1]

Career
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Beck began using TikTok while in quarantine. His videos began to go viral within a month. In June 2020, he joined Sway House after being contacted by a member, Blake Gray.[3] There, Beck duets and collaborates with other social media personalities.[1][5][6] In November 2020, Beck was criticized by fans for charging fees for duets, although he later clarified that the fees were for brand deals.[7] In 2021, Beck was enrolled in acting classes.[1]

He is the subject of an AwesomenessTV short-form series titled Noah Beck Tries Things. The six-episode series premiered on January 22, 2021. The show includes his girlfriend and several of his friends.[2][1] In March 2021, Beck was on a digital cover of VMan.[8][9] His wardrobe, including fishnet tights, cuffed jeans, and stiletto heels, led to comparisons with David Bowie, Prince, Troye Sivan, and Harry Styles.[10]

In 2021, Beck was a VIP guest for the Louis Vuitton menswear show.[11] Beck also starred in Machine Gun Kelly's 2021 music video for his song Love Race.[12] On September 24, 2022, Beck participated in a Sidemen Charity Match at The Valley that raised over £1m split across various charities. Beck finished with two assists in 83 minutes. Beck is set to make his feature film acting debut in the romantic comedy Sidelined: The QB and Me. It will be executive produced by Beck and is based on a popular Wattpad story by Tay Marley. It is scheduled for release on Tubi.[13] In 2023, he was listed among Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Media list.[14]

Personal life
Beck was in a relationship with Dixie D'Amelio that started in September 2020.[6] In December 2020, Beck and D'Amelio were criticized by fans for vacationing in Nassau, Bahamas, during the COVID-19 pandemic. He responded that he needed a chance to "disconnect".[2] Beck elaborated that they were careful, traveled by private jet, and stayed in a mostly empty hotel.[15] D'Amelio and Beck broke up in late 2022.[16] Beck is a fan of Manchester United, and his football idol is Cristiano Ronaldo.[17]

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List of most-followed TikTok accounts
References
Robinson, KiMi (January 21, 2021). "Meet Noah Beck, the Arizona football player who became one of TikTok's biggest stars". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
Spangler, Todd (January 12, 2021). "TikTok Creator Noah Beck to Star in AwesomenessTV Reality Show". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
Davenport, Khris (February 18, 2021). "How TikTok Star Noah Beck Went From Collegiate Soccer Player to Viral Sensation". Complex. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
"Noah Beck - Men's Soccer". University of Portland Athletics. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
Twersky, Carolyn (October 9, 2020). "Ludovica Amaina Reveals Noah Beck Originally Wasn't Supposed to Be in the "Be Happy" Music Video". Seventeen. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
Widjojo, Conchita Margaret (January 22, 2021). "TikTok's Noah Beck Says Ludovica Amaina Initially 'Didn't Want to Be as Public' About Relationship". People. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
Song, Sandra (November 11, 2020). "Noah Beck Responds to $10,000 TikTok Duet Backlash". Paper. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
Darmon, Aynslee (March 4, 2021). "VMan Magazine Unveils 'New Rulers' Spotlight Featuring Paris Brosnan, Noah Beck And More". ET Canada. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
Ponce, Kevin (March 3, 2021). "New Rulers: Noah Beck". VMan. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
Miller, Claudia (March 3, 2021). "Noah Beck Poses in Fishnet Tights, Cuffed Jeans & Stiletto Heels for 'VMan'". Footwear News. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
Allaire, Christian (January 22, 2021). "TikTok It Boy Noah Beck Reviews the Louis Vuitton Men's Show". Vogue. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
"Summer Camp in New 'Love Race' Video". Rolling Stone. May 26, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
Spangler, Todd (March 31, 2022). "Noah Beck to Make Feature Film Acting Debut in Rom-Com 'The QB Bad Boy and Me' Based on Wattpad Story". Variety. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
"Forbes 30 Under 30 2023: Social Media". Forbes. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
Guglielmi, Jodi (January 8, 2021). "TikTok Star Noah Beck Addresses Backlash over Bahamas Trip with Charlie D'Amelio: 'It Is What It Is'". People. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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Cunningham, Jack (June 14, 2022). "Noah Beck is an American TikTok star and Manchester United fan who idolises Cristiano Ronaldo, quit football to focus on social media and dazzled David Beckham in Soccer Aid". talkSPORT. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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External links
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Noah Beck on Instagram
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Love Me

Theatrical release poster
Directed by The Zucheros
Written by
Sam Zuchero
Andy Zuchero
Produced by
Kevin Rowe
Luca Borghese
Ben Howe
Shivani Rawat
Julie Goldstein
Starring
Kristen Stewart
Steven Yeun
Cinematography Germain McMicking
Edited by
Joseph Krings
Salman Handy
Music by David Longstreth
Production
companies
ShivHans Pictures
2AM
AgX
Distributed by
Bleecker Street
ShivHans Pictures
Release dates
January 19, 2024 (Sundance)
January 31, 2025 (United States)
Running time 92 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Love Me is a 2025 American post-apocalyptic romance film written and directed by the Zucheros in their feature directorial debuts, starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun.

Plot
A postapocalyptic romance[2] in which a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love after the end of human civilization.[3]

Cast
Kristen Stewart as Me / Deja
Steven Yeun as Iam / Liam
Production
The film is directed by Sam and Andy Zuchero, in their feature length debut.[4] In October 2021, Stewart revealed that she was going to be in a “sci-fi love” story with Steven Yeun.[5] Stewart described it to Entertainment Weekly as "a love story between a satellite and a buoy; it's hard to explain. I hope I don't botch it, because it's a really revolutionarily written script."[6]

Release
The film premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024.[7] In May 2024, it was announced that ShivHans Pictures, which co-produced the film, would release the film in the United States with Bleecker Street with WME Independent acquiring international sales rights to sell at the Marché du Film. It will be released theatrically on January 31, 2025.[8]

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 45% approval rating, with an average rating of 5.50/10, based on 64 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun are appealing leads, but Love Me's admirable narrative reach exceeds its grasp."[9] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10] The film won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, presented at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.[11] The award was accompanied with a $25,000 cash prize, supplied by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. It is one of the many prestigious Sloan Science in Film Awards.

Added Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director of the Foundation—"We are delighted to honor Sam and Andy Zuchero's Love Me, an original and wildly imaginative film about the nature of human identity and our connection to each other in a post-human world mediated through artificial intelligence."[12]

References
"Love Me". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
Paul, Larisha (December 6, 2023). "Kristen Stewart's Sci-Fi Romance, Lollapalooza Doc to Premiere". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
"2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces 91 Projects Selected for the Feature Films, Episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for 40th Edition". Rogerebert.com. December 6, 2023. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
"The Sundance Movies We'll All Be Talking About Next Year". Vulture.com. December 6, 2023. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
Marc, Christopher (October 5, 2021). "Kristen Stewart Says She's Starring In A Romantic Sci-Fi Drama With Steven Yeun". The Playlist. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
Greenblatt, Leah (October 5, 2023). "The Reign Maker: With Spencer, Kristen Stewart could be crowned queen of awards season". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
Lee, Benjamin (December 6, 2023). "Sundance 2024: Kristen Stewart, Saoirse Ronan and Steven Yeun lead lineup". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
D'Alessadndro, Anthony (December 17, 2024). "Bleecker Street Sets 2025 Slate With Sundance Title 'The Wedding Banquet', 'The Friend', 'Hard Truths' & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
"Love Me (2024)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
"Love Me". Metacritic. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
O'Rourke, Ryan (December 6, 2023). "Two Kristen Stewart Films Lead Sundance's 2024 Festival Lineup". Collider. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
Gardner, Chris (January 22, 2024). "Sundance: 'Love Me' Filmmakers Sam and Andy Zuchero Win Jury Prize for Science-In-Film Initiative". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
External links
Love Me at IMDb
Categories: 2024 filmsAmerican post-apocalyptic films2024 directorial debut films2024 independent films2024 romance films2020s American filmsAmerican romance films2020s English-language films
The New Guy

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ed Decter
Written by David Kendall
Produced by
Todd Garner
Gordon Gray
Mark Ciardi
Starring
DJ Qualls
Eliza Dushku
Zooey Deschanel
Lyle Lovett
Eddie Griffin
Cinematography Michael D. O'Shea
Edited by David Rennie
Music by Ralph Sall
Production
companies
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios
Frontier Pictures
Bedlam Pictures
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date
May 10, 2002
Running time 88 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $13 million
Box office $31,167,388
The New Guy is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Ed Decter, written by David Kendall and starring DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, Lyle Lovett, and Eddie Griffin.

The film tells the story of high school loser Dizzy Harrison (Qualls) who gets himself expelled so that he can move schools and reinvent himself.[2] Learning how to be cool from a prison inmate, he renames himself Gil Harris and is quick to make new friends and soon gains respect from jocks and geeks alike. He begins dating popular girl Danielle (Dushku) and unites a once-divided school, also greatly improving its football team. Eventually, Gil has to face his demons from his old school when they face each other in a football game. The film received generally negative reviews, but was a modest box office success.

Plot
Prison inmate Luther speaks directly to the camera in the opening, telling the story of Dizzy Gillespie Harrison, an 18-year-old nerdy high school senior in Austin, Texas. Dizzy is friends with Nora, Kirk, and Glen,[3] who together started a funk rock band called "Suburban Funk" and are addicted to video games.[4][3] After the school librarian accidentally gives him a penile fracture, Dizzy becomes despondent. He acts recklessly and is temporarily sent to prison, where he meets Luther. He then resolves to get himself expelled from his high school so that he can attend a new one and attain a better social status there. After numerous attempts, he is successfully expelled from his high school, Rocky Creek.

He enrolls at East Highland High and head cheerleader Danielle welcomes the newcomer to school.[3] Her friend Courtney invites Dizzy to a party and through a mishap, he gives her the impression that he has blown her off. Using a photo given to him by the prison inmates and help from his old friends, Dizzy manages to escape the party with his reputation intact. Upon returning home, however, he finds his father has sold their house and quit work to supervise him, which results in them living in a trailer.

Danielle asks Dizzy to encourage the school to go to see the football team play; he, referencing General Patton and Braveheart, gives an impassioned speech to the downtrodden team, inspiring them to win their first game in years. He is soon enlisted by the coach and principal to plan the school's homecoming dance, and becomes imbued with school spirit, shedding his bad boy image. Danielle breaks up with Conner and starts a relationship with Dizzy.

However, Dizzy and Gil are fast becoming too big for one body. When Nora berates Dizzy for becoming the same person he once hated, he uses his newfound popularity to confront Conner. Dizzy and Danielle spur the students to reunite, and the lines dividing the different cliques are broken.

With a new philosophy, the school football team wins more games and bullying becomes a thing of the past.[2] Reaching the state championship, where they play Rocky Creek, Dizzy's antics on the sideline cost Rocky Creek the game.

After Rocky Creek's loss to East Highland, Barclay, Rocky Creek's running back and one of Dizzy's former tormentors, slowly starts realizing who Gil is, as East Highland High celebrates their victory. At school the next day, while East Highland still celebrates, Barclay confronts and attempts to fight Dizzy, but before he can do anything, he is attacked by the entire student body. After the attack, Conner helps Barclay up from the ground, telling him he wants to know what he knows about Dizzy.

The homecoming dance, which Dizzy's funk band is supposed to play, is crashed by the students of Rocky Creek. Barclay and Conner, who have joined forces to set a trap for Dizzy, play an embarrassing video of the librarian incident. However, Luther and the other inmates arrive to save Dizzy, tying up the two bullies. Nora admits longstanding feelings for Glen, and Danielle reveals to Dizzy that she was also not popular while growing up and ditched her old friends once she gained popularity later on due to desperately wanting to fit in. She forgives him for hiding who he was, and they kiss.

Luther ends the film, and the man he is talking to is revealed to be David Hasselhoff. In a mid-credits scene, Dizzy and Danielle mount a horse and ride off into the sunset together. However, Danielle falls off the horse and Dizzy rides away.

Cast
DJ Qualls as Dizzy Gillespie Harrison / Gil Harris
Eliza Dushku as Danielle
Eddie Griffin as Luther
Zooey Deschanel as Nora
Lyle Lovett as Bear Harrison
Jerod Mixon as Kirk
Parry Shen as Glen
Rachael E. Stevens as Tina
Ameer Baraka as Barclay
Kina Cosper as Estelle
Ross Patterson as Conner Maguire
Geoffrey Lewis as Principal Zaylor
Kurt Fuller as Mr. Undine
Sunny Mabrey as Courtney
Illeana Douglas as Miss Kiki Pierce
Justine Johnston as Mrs. Whitman
Matt Gogin as Ed Ligget
Julius Carry as Coach
Christa Campbell as Tommy Lee's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Cameo appearances
Jerry O'Connell
Charlie O'Connell
Vanilla Ice
Tony Hawk
Silkk the Shocker
David Hasselhoff
Master P
Tommy Lee
Kool Moe Dee
Horatio Sanz
Henry Rollins
Josh Todd
Jai Rodriguez
C-Murder
Jermaine Dupri
M. C. Gainey
Kyle Gass
Gene Simmons
James Brown (archival footage)
Valente Rodriguez
Production
The film was shot in Austin[5] and around Austin (San Marcos, Elgin, and Del Valle) utilized Texas State University, Driskell Hotel, and an FYE at Lakeline Mall between October 23, 2000, to January 12, 2001.[6]

Unrated version
In the 92-minute unrated cut, Dizzy appears to be a "child of divorce."[7] He once had a mother named Beth Anne but she left the family while Dizzy was doing his "godfather of soul" routine.[7] Miss Kiki Pierce talks about Dizzy's excessive masturbation and becomes his stepmother in the uncensored version (unlike the PG-13 version).[7]

According to the storyline in the uncensored version, Gil Harris had apparently murdered a guy in Rhode Island before being sent off to prison while no back story was made for the name in the theatrical version.[7]

Reception
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 7% based on 99 reviews, with an average rating of 3.30/10. The consensus reads: "Incoherent, silly, and unoriginal, The New Guy offers up the same old teen gross-out comedy cliches."[8] On Metacritic, the film has a 24% rating, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews" based on reviews from 23 critics.[9]

The film grossed $31,167,388 worldwide[10] against a $13 million production budget.[11]

Soundtrack
"The New Guy" by Mystikal
"I'm Just a Kid" by Simple Plan
"You Really Got Me" by Eve 6
"Keep the Party Goin'" by Juvenile
"So Fresh, So Clean" by OutKast
"Outsider" by Green Day
"Uh Huh" by B2K
"So Dizzy" by Rehab
"Breakout" by OPM
"Dark Side" by Wheatus
"I Love You" by Nine Days
"Heart in Hand" by Vertical Horizon
"Hi-Lo" by JT Money
"Let It Whip" by SR-71
Songs that were featured in the film but do not appear on the soundtrack include:

"Super Bad" by James Brown
"Action Figure Party" by Action Figure Party
"(Rock) Superstar" by Cypress Hill
"Click Click Boom" by Saliva
"Boléro" by Hungarian State Orchestra
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" by Ennio Morricone
"In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
"Also sprach Zarathustra" by Interstellar Force
"Dammit, I Changed Again" by The Offspring
"Bounce" by Glo & Eklips
"She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)" by Carl Carlton
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by St. John's Cathedral Choirs and Festival Orchestra
"Lookin' for Love" by Johnny Lee
"Girl All the Bad Guys Want" by Bowling for Soup
"New Religion Every Day" by American Steel
"Soar" by All Too Much
"The New You" by Laptop
"The Anthem" by Good Charlotte
"Wannabe Gangster* by Wheatus
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"Advanced summary". Screen It!. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
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Mad Max

Official franchise logo since 2015
Created by
George Miller
Byron Kennedy
Original work Mad Max (1979)
Owner Warner Bros. Entertainment
Years 1979–1985; 2015–present
Print publications
Novel(s)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2 (1982)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Comics Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Films and television
Film(s)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Games
Video game(s)
Mad Max (1990)
Mad Max (2015)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)
Mad Max (1980)
Mad Max 2 (1982)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Mad Max is an Australian media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It centres on a series of post-apocalyptic and dystopian action films. The franchise began in 1979 with Mad Max, and was followed by three sequels: Mad Max 2 (1981; released in the United States as The Road Warrior), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015); Miller directed or co-directed all four films. A spin-off, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, was released in 2024 and was also directed by Miller. Mel Gibson originally portrayed the series's title character, Max Rockatansky, in the first three films, while Tom Hardy and Jacob Tomuri portrayed the character in the later two films.

The series follows Max, who starts the series as a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war, critical resource shortages, and ecocide.[1] As Australia devolves further into barbarity, Max becomes a wandering drifter in the wasteland. He periodically encounters remaining pockets of civilisation, which rope him into their political machinations or personal problems. Max, who is habitually wary of others, frequently struggles to decide whether to help others or go his own way. Ultimately, he assists the survivors in the nick of time before departing into the wasteland once more.

The series has been well received by critics; The Road Warrior and Fury Road in particular have been ranked among the best action films ever made. The series has also had a significant impact on popular culture, most notably apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and encompasses works in additional media including video games and comic books. In 2016, Fury Road became the first film of the Mad Max franchise to receive Academy Award recognition, winning six of its ten nominations. It is an example of the dieselpunk genre.

Premise and continuity
The exact causes of the collapse of civilization in the series are never specified, but some details are given. In the timeline of the original three films, the 1979 oil crisis caused by the Iranian Revolution worsened, leading to worldwide energy shortages and unrest. Tensions boiled over when Iranian forces attacked Saudi Arabia, igniting a massive war in the Middle East and around the world. In the timeline of the later two films, the collapse happened around the 2010s, and was caused by a combination of resource wars and subsequent environmental damage.

The first Mad Max film takes place in the original timeline and is a mostly traditional origin story. In a dystopian Australia where the government no longer has the capacity to effectively protect its citizens, Max Rockatansky is a skilled policeman trying to keep order on the highways. When Max takes his family to the beach for a holiday, a vicious biker gang murders his wife and child. Max kills the gang in revenge. Disillusioned by the collapse of ordered society, Max quits his job and becomes a wanderer in the increasingly devastated wasteland.

The remaining Mad Max films follow Max's comings and goings in the wasteland. By Mad Max 2, global war has destroyed the remaining world governments. The old society has essentially collapsed, and gangs and warlords dominate the wasteland. Isolated pockets of civilisation remain, desperately preserving remnants of pre-apocalyptic technology, especially oil refineries (Mad Max 2, Furiosa, Fury Road). By the time of Beyond Thunderdome, Furiosa, and Fury Road, society has devolved into a barter economy, with chattel and sex slavery being widespread. Furiosa and Fury Road also suggest that Christianity and other pre-apocalypse World religions have been replaced by new religions native to the wasteland.

During his wanderings, Max periodically encounters remaining pockets of civilisation, which rope him into their political machinations or personal problems. Typically, Max goes along for self-interested reasons, but eventually his motives become more altruistic. Mad Max films typically highlight their protagonists' struggle to reclaim their humanity in a dystopian wasteland that has taught them to place little value on kindness and decency.

Most Mad Max films are told from the perspective of a questionably reliable narrator retelling the story many years after the fact, suggesting that the characters of Max and Furiosa have crossed over into the folklore of a survivor civilisation.[2][3][4] (Although Fury Road lacks a narrator, Miller has said that in his mind, it was also "based on the Word Burgers of the History Men [cf. folktales told by bards or griots] and eyewitness accounts of those who survived."[5]) Miller "sees Mad Max as a series of legends about the titular character, the kinds of campfire stories that might be passed around in the Wasteland at dark."[6] Because Mad Max films are generally told as folklore, the Mad Max franchise has historically been less concerned with continuity than most science fiction or fantasy franchises, like Star Wars or Star Trek. There is "no strict chronology,"[7] and the films are allowed to contradict each other.[6] At least one critic has suggested that "the franchise’s canon cannot be reconciled in any way — barring the introduction of time travel."[8]

Films
Film Release date Directed by Screenplay by Story by Produced by
Mad Max April 12, 1979 George Miller James McCausland and George Miller George Miller and Byron Kennedy Byron Kennedy
Mad Max 2 December 24, 1981 Terry Hayes, George Miller and Brian Hannant
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome July 10, 1985 George Miller
and George Ogilvie Terry Hayes and George Miller George Miller
Mad Max: Fury Road May 15, 2015 George Miller George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris Doug Mitchell, George Miller and PJ Voeten
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga May 24, 2024 George Miller and Nico Lathouris Doug Mitchell and George Miller
Mad Max (1979)
Main article: Mad Max (film)
Mad Max is a 1979 Australian action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and James McCausland from a story by Miller and producer Byron Kennedy. Set "a few years from now", it tells the story of highway policeman Max Rockatansky, who is repeatedly attacked by a criminal biker gang amidst a broader social breakdown, and who is caught between his opposing desires to stay home with his family and to take revenge on the bikers.

The film, starring the then little-known Mel Gibson, was released internationally in 1980. It became a top-grossing Australian film, and has been credited for further opening the global market to Australian New Wave films.[9][10] For twenty years, it held the record in the Guinness Book of Records for the most profitable film ever made. The Blair Witch Project claimed the record in 1999.[11]

Mad Max 2 (1981)
Main article: Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2 (released as The Road Warrior in the United States) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller, Terry Hayes, and Brian Hannant. Mel Gibson returned as Max Rockatansky. In this film, the societal breakdown depicted in Mad Max has degenerated into a global apocalypse, for which the film's prologue provides additional backstory. Max, now wandering through the post-apocalyptic wasteland, meets a community of oil drillers trying to defend itself against a roving band of marauders. The film follows an archetypal "Western" frontier movie motif, as does Max's role as a hardened man who rediscovers his humanity.[12] Miller explained that the Mad Max films "effectively look forward to the past ... in the same way that the American Western allowed for allegory figures playing out morality tales in a landscape."[13]

This sequel to Miller's Mad Max was a worldwide box office success that further boosted the career of Mel Gibson.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Main article: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a 1985 film, the third installment in the franchise. The film was directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie, was written by Miller and Terry Hayes, and starred Mel Gibson and Tina Turner. In this film, Max is still wandering through the wasteland, civilisation has shifted to a barter economy, and gladiatorial combat is a key source of entertainment. After robbers steal Max's belongings, the local boss Aunty (played by Turner) recruits Max to fight a political rival in her "Thunderdome", with a promise to replace his belongings if he wins.

Miller initially lost interest in the project after his friend and producer Byron Kennedy was killed in a helicopter crash, but he later agreed to move forward with the assistance of Ogilvie.[14] The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Main articles: Mad Max: Fury Road and List of accolades received by Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth film of the franchise,[15] is a 2015 post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nico Lathouris. It features Tom Hardy as Mad Max and Charlize Theron as his unlikely ally Imperator Furiosa. In this film, the remaining trappings of pre-apocalyptic civilisation have given way to a system of ruthless warlords, who dominate Australia's remaining agricultural and industrial centers with their private armies. Max, still wandering the wasteland, is captured by warlord Immortan Joe, but seizes the opportunity to escape when Joe's lieutenant Furiosa attempts her own escape from Joe's fortress. Max and Furiosa team up to fend off Joe's army so that they can reach Furiosa's home, from where she was kidnapped twenty years earlier.

The film spent many years in development hell; Mel Gibson was attached to return as Max in 2003, but the production fell through.[16] Location scouting resumed in 2009,[17] but production was delayed until June 2012 due to unusually high levels of rain, which caused vegetation to grow in the Australian desert, detracting from the post-apocalyptic feeling that Miller wanted. Shooting ultimately took place in Namibia the following year.[18]

In 2016, Fury Road won six Academy Awards from ten nominations; the six wins were more than any other film that year.[19][20] In Metacritic's tally of 105 critic lists of the best films of the decade, Fury Road topped more lists than any other film, with 20 critics placing it at number one, over twice as many as second-placed Moonlight.[21] In addition, a 2016 BBC poll of 177 film critics listed Mad Max: Fury Road as the 19th-best film of the 21st century.[22]

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Main article: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the fifth film in the franchise, is a 2024 post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Nico Lathouris. It is a prequel to Fury Road; Miller said that while the franchise has "no strict chronology," it "probably" takes place after Beyond Thunderdome.[7] The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa and Chris Hemsworth as her adversary, the warlord Dementus; in addition, Jacob Tomuri portrays Mad Max in a cameo appearance.[23] In this film, Furiosa is kidnapped by Dementus's Biker Horde, which sells her to Immortan Joe. Over the following decade, she trains as a soldier and mechanic so that she can take revenge on Dementus for killing her mother.

While writing Fury Road, Miller and McCarthy found that they had enough story material for two additional scripts, one of which centered on Fury Road co-protagonist Imperator Furiosa.[24] In March 2020, it was announced that Miller had begun auditioning new actresses for the title role; Miller considered using digital de-aging technology to make Charlize Theron look like she was in her twenties, but decided that the technology had not yet overcome the uncanny valley.[25][26] Although Furiosa, like Fury Road, was disrupted by inclement weather in Australia, advances in VFX technology allowed the Furiosa shoot to move forward in Australia as originally planned.[27] Shooting took place from June to October 2022.[28][29][30]

Mad Max: The Wasteland (TBA)
In March 2015, Hardy revealed that he was attached to star in three more Mad Max films, following Fury Road.[31] After the release of Fury Road, Miller announced that he was planning to release a follow-up film with the working title of Mad Max: The Wasteland.[32][33] Miller provided more concrete details while promoting his films Three Thousand Years of Longing and Furiosa. He revealed that The Wasteland would be another Fury Road prequel, explaining that he and Lathouris had written what was "basically ... a novella" about Max's travels in the Wasteland in the year preceding his capture by Immortan Joe's forces at the start of Fury Road, and that they were planning to adapt the novella into a screenplay.[34][35] Miller envisioned that The Wasteland would feature a character-based story like that of Furiosa, although there would still be "a lot of action."[36] He added that he was "waiting to see the reception on Furiosa" before taking more concrete steps.[36]

Following the release of Furiosa, Hardy (who was promoting The Bikeriders at the time) said "I don't think it's happening" in an interview, either talking about his involvement in the film or the film itself.[37]

Cast and crew
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Mad Max Mad Max 2 Mad Max
Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max:
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A Mad Max Saga Mad Max
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