Author: Empire

When it comes to tackling stories of theme parks going rogue, adapted from Michael Crichton penned source material, suffice it to say that David Koepp has some previous. As the man who gave us the scripts for both Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park: The Lost World, the legendary screenwriter knows exactly what to do when the doo-doo hits the jacked-up-fun-fair fan, because he’s the one who put it there in the first place. And now, per Deadline’s reporting, it looks like Koepp is ready for some more Crichton shenanigans as he’s been tapped to write a new Westworld movie at…

In 1971, Warner Bros. released two films on either side of the Atlantic that have gone down as being among the most controversial in cinema history. Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, adapted from Anthony Burgess’ novel, drew critical acclaim and outrage for its ultraviolent brand of nihilism, but made it to screens in one piece. Ken Russell’s The Devils on the other hand, a positively blasphemous adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s 1952 historical novel The Devils of Loudun starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, had to be hacked down mercilessly in the edit to achieve a theatrical release. But now, 55…

This week’s Empire Podcast sees Alex Godfrey sit down for an audience with music superstar Billie Eilish and her co-director on her new concert movie, Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour, one James Cameron. Blimey! Then Alex slides into the podbooth to join Helen O’Hara, James Dyer and host Chris Hewitt for a fun-filled episode in which they discuss Karl Urban’s killiest characters, the best movie farmers, a whole bunch of trailers (including The Odyssey, Evil Dead Burn, and Resident Evil), and review the aforementioned Billie Eilish movie, The Sheep Detectives, Remarkably Bright Creatures, and Mortal Kombat…

Slip inside the eye of your mind, don’t you know you might find… some exciting Oasis news! It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year already since the guns fell silent, the stars aligned, and Noel and Liam Gallagher finally stopped scrapping long enough to get back on stage. And now, whether you were there on Gallagher Hill or half the world away, the Oasis Live ’25 experience is heading to a screen near you very soon. Today, Disney has confirmed that an as-yet-untitled official Oasis reunion documentary, created by Steven Knight and directed by Dylan Southern and Will…

Actors and filmmakers often talk about making movies as bonding experiences for the cast and crew alike. And clearly that must’ve been the case for star Charlize Theron and director Baltasar Kormákur as they set about making this year’s cat-and-mouse Netflix streaming sensation Apex out in the Australian Outback, as the duo have already set their next project together. Per Deadline’s reporting, Kormákur is set to produce and direct an adaptation of Stan Parish’s unpublished novel Six Clean Kills at Universal, with Theron aboard to produce and prospectively star. According to Deadline, Theron had actually been circling Six Clean Kills…

There’s just no stopping Matthew Lillard right now — and honestly, who’d even want to? Following a crowd pleasing return to the role of Stu Macher in Scream 7 earlier this year, an impressive showing in Cross Season 2 back in February, and a hell of an entrance into the MCU as Daredevil Born Again Season 2’s slippery spy Mr. Charles, Lillard is about to add another major franchise role to his infinity gauntlet of IP appearances. Per Deadline’s reporting, Lillard has landed a role in James Gunn’s upcoming Superman sequel, Man Of Tomorrow, at DC Studios. Currently in production…

By the time Anthony Bourdain died, aged just 61, in 2018, the six-time Emmy award-winning celebrity chef and writer had long since crossed the rubicon into the realm of pop cultural legend. A thrill-seeker and a humanist with rockstar swagger and a try everything attitude to life (“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride,” he once wrote), Bourdain burned bright and carried that heat constantly, with many of his highs — and lows — captured either on camera or in print. With A24’s borderline anti-biopic Tony however, director Matt Johnson (Blackberry) and star Dominic…

With Alien, Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley was already a great screen hero – the unexpected final girl of Ridley Scott’s space-horror, who emerged from the ensemble to become the lone survivor of the Nostromo. But in Aliens, Ripley truly became an icon; James Cameron’s more action-oriented sequel seeing her tool up to take on dozens of marauding Xenomorphs. Whether putting the Colonial Marine grunts in their place, going head-to-head with the alien queen in the Powerloader, or protecting young orphan Newt, the film sees Ripley kick ass. All these years later, Weaver still looks fondly on Aliens – particularly the outlook…

As fans of Andor will already know, Diego Luna has friends everywhere. And playing a guy like Cassian Andor for the best part of a decade, becoming one of Star Wars’ greatest characters in the process, has clearly made the two-time Emmy nominated actor a firm friend of the House of Mouse. Per Deadline’s reporting, Disney has snapped up Luna to play a mysterious new role in Better Man director Michael Gracey’s upcoming live-action Tangled remake. As Deadline shares, details on Luna’s role in Disney’s long-gestating Tangled retooling are being kept under wraps for now, though it is believed that…

This week’s Empire Podcast is the kind of episode that could leave other film podcasts in its wake. Mainly because there’s a lot of discussion of ships, boats, the high seas and the like. First off, our guests this week are Callum Turner and George Mackay, the British actors who star in Mark Jenkin’s latest movie, the fisherman-themed Rose Of Nevada. In a cracking chat with Alex Godfrey, the duo talk about how they first met, working with the unique Jenkin, falling in love with Cornwall, and much, much more besides. Either side of that, Chris Hewitt returns to the…