Author: Empire

You know how the ocean comes in waves? Well apparently so too does Ocean’s news. Yes, clumsy segue aside, not 24 hours since we shared George Clooney’s comments that long-gesting heist sequel Ocean’s 14 is set to shoot in 2026 with all the old guard returning for one last job, we’ve now had a promising update on Margot Robbie’s planned Ocean’s prequel joint. According to Deadline, Is This Thing On? director and four-time Best Actor Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper is in negotiations to star alongside Robbie in the rapidly heating up prequel. Per Deadline’s sources, the understanding is that Cooper…

This week’s star-studded episode of the Empire Podcast sees our features editor Alex Godfrey display his versatility as an interviewer. First up, the notorious AG engages in utter chaos with Tron: Ares stars Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith [22:46 — 34:31 approx], and also Gillian Anderson. [1:33:01 — 1:43:53 approx.] Then, the man from Empire sits down for a heartfelt and passionate chat with Robert Aramayo, star of this week’s excellent drama I Swear, a true story inspired film about a man who finds himself dealing with Tourette’s. [54:06 — 1:13:25 approx.] Either side of those, Chris Hewitt returns to…

George Clooney may be about to play a fictitious movie star contemplating his legacy in Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, but don’t let that distract you from the fact that George Clooney is still very much a real movie star in our world. As such, when the two-time Oscar winner tells us a long-awaited movie of his is ready to shoot, we sit up and listen. And that’s exactly what happened when Clooney took to the New York Film Festival red carpet last night and told E! News that heist sequel Ocean’s 14 will shoot in 2026 — and that he’s…

From The Favourite to Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are among the most exciting director-actor partnerships working today. Now, they’re back with Bugonia – and Empire VIPs have a chance to see it early. On the evening of 20 October at a central London venue, Empire VIP readers will get the chance to see Bugonia – another typically bold, imagination Lanthimos and Stone collaboration – 11 days before it hits cinemas on 31 October. Two conspiracy-obsessed young men (Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis) kidnap Michelle (Stone), the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien…

Did you watch Marriage Story and think, “Huh, pretty good, but I wish it had a bit more surrealistic nightmare fuel in it?” Have you been wondering if Jennifer Lawrence could play a woman more on the verge of a nervous breakdown than mother!’s, well, mother? And may you be interested in seeing Robert Pattinson go toe-to-toe with an acting titan in a rapidly escalating and increasingly dangerous descent to madness again, The Lighthouse style? Well then, feast your eyes on the newly dropped full trailer for Ratcatcher filmmaker Lynne Ramsay’s comeback movie, Die My Love, in which J-Law and…