The Mad Max franchise has a new big name star - Charlize Theron.

The Oscar-winner has signed up to appear in Mad Max: Fury Road, which will see Brit Tom Hardy taking over the role made famous by Mel Gibson.

Director George Miller will start shooting next summer in Australia, according to Daily Variety.

The film will be the first Mad Max movie in over 20 years.

It won't be Theron's only upcoming post-apocalyptic new movie - she also plays Viggo Mortensen's desperate partner in the movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road.