"Mad Max: Fury Road" will reportedly get a prequel instead of a sequel. As AceShowbiz reports citing Australia's Herald Sun, the fifth installment of George Miller's "Mad Max" movie series will center on the story before Tom Hardy's lone hero meets Charlize Theron's Furiosa.

The prequel is reportedly in pre-production. It's expected to start shooting Down Under later this year. Back in 2014, "Fury Road" was also filmed in Aussie before it moved to Namibia following numerous delays when extended rainfall in Aussie turned the desert green.

It's unclear whether or not Miller will return for this prequel if the rumor is true, but he previously said that he would take a break from the Mad Max saga although it didn't necessarily mean that he wouldn't return for another movie because he still had "two more stories" to tell.