Prepare for the Apocalypse! Entertainment Weekly has a new look at the stars of Mad Max: Fury Road. Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron appear in character on the cover of a doomsday themed issue that will be on newsstands this week. Take a look, and then read on for more of what we can expect from director George Miller's reboot of the iconic franchise.

It's been thirty-five years since director George Miller visited the apocalyptic waistland of 1979's Mad Max franchise, which spawned the sequels Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior in 1982 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985. He now returns with a new cast as he enters an amped-up world of chaos and carnage with Tom Hardy taking over the iconic role of Max perfected and originated by Mel Gibson.

Tom Hardy is joined by Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa, both of whom spent seven crueling months in the desert of Namibia shooting the action-packed film. About the experience, Tom Hardy explains:

""It was mental in a brilliant way. You have no concrete, no coffee shops. We were in the middle of a sandpit."

Director George Miller offers some insight into the story we'll see play out on the big screen when Mad Max: Fury Road opens summer 2015.

"I wanted to tell a linear story-a chase that starts as the movie begins and continues for 110 minutes. In this crucible of very intense action, the characters are revealed."