Tom Hardy goes on the run in the first official Mad Max: Fury Road trailer.

The Dark Knight Rises star has taken over from Mel Gibson to play road warrior Max Rockatansky in the fourth instalment of the franchise.

Packed with adrenaline-pumping action and races through futuristic desert wastelands, the film is sure to please fans of the original series.

Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker George Miller, who created and took the reins on the original Mad Max franchise, the movie – which comes 30 years after 1985â€ēs Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – also stars Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult.

Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros/Jasin Boland)
Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros/Jasin Boland)

Max teams up with the mysterious group, Furiosa, to try and survive a dangerous and violent post-apocalyptic world.

Mad Max: Fury Road will be released in UK cinemas on May 14.