Author: Empire

He outfoxed a cable knit wearing Chris Evans in Knives Out. He outsmarted Edward Norton’s vainglorious billionaire buffoon Miles Bron in Glass Onion. And in Rian Johnson’s upcoming murder mystery threequel Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, it looks like Daniel Craig’s Foghorn Leghorn-accented sleuth Benoit Blanc might be gearing up to face the Almighty itself. But fear not, dear reader, as Blanc won’t be going to church on his lonesome. In a newly released first-look image from Johnson’s hotly anticipated sequel, we see Craig’s Blanc stood in God’s house with a collar-sporting, clergyman Josh O’Connor. Check it…

Ready for another Art attack? No, we’re not here to tell you that Neil Buchanan is digging out the old red jumper for some child-friendly crafty fun (90s kids, we see you!). Rather, we’re here to bring you the exciting/nerve-jangling news that Art the Clown’s killing spree isn’t over just yet. As confirmed by writer-director Damien Leone on Instagram this evening, the horrifying harlequin star of the Terrifier franchise will return to hack, slash, and otherwise dismember another day in Terrifier 4. Check out Leone’s blood-spattered announcement below; It may have been Leone’s birthday today, but the director took the…

It’s always a thrill when a talented filmmaker who’s worked in franchise fare for a while puts all their Hollywood brownie points into making a big, bold, original blockbuster. And while Ryan Coogler brought real identity and perspective to Creed, Black Panther, and Wakanda Forever, he’s creating something all-new with Sinners – an original vampire horror movie, with Michael B. Jordan battling fanged foes in the Deep South. In fact, the actor is Coogler’s lucky charm to such an extent that he’s in Sinners twice, playing twin brothers fighting for survival. Check out the trailer here: Compared to the last…

We might not have had a new Star Wars movie since 2019, but there’s been no shortage of movie news flying in from that galaxy far, far away in recent months. There’s been talk of a new Simon Kinberg trilogy, confirmation that James Mangold’s Dawn Of The Jedi will be set 25,000 years before The Phantom Menace, and even the curveball potential casting of Ryan Gosling in Shawn Levy’s secretive Star Wars project. And now THR are reporting that Disney’s New Jedi Order movie with Daisy Ridley has brought aboard Ocean’s Twelve and The Bourne Ultimatum writer George Nolfi. As…

In just a few short months, we’ll be seeing Booksmart star Kaitlyn Dever come face to face with Clickers, Bloaters, and all sorts as she takes on the role of Abby Anderson in HBO’s The Last Of Us Season 2. And it looks like Dever isn’t done tangling with monsters just yet, as the in-demand actor has just booked herself a role in Legendary’s ever-expanding MonsterVerse. That’s right, folks: as reported by Deadline, Dever has landed a part in the upcoming sequel to Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, which is set to be helmed by I Am Mother director…

This week’s episode of the acclaimed Empire Film Podcast is even more acclaimed than usual as we welcome not one but two Oscar winners to the show. First up, Chris Hewitt sits down with Michelle Yeoh to talk about her new Star Trek movie, Section 31, and how the Best Actress Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once changed her life [20:56 — 36:39 approx]; then, John Nugent has a fascinating chat with The Brutalist star, current Oscar nominee, and former Best Actor winner, Adrien Brody, about the LA Fires and his role in Brady Corbet’s epic drama [1:02:49 —…

Few is the number of singers who’ve successfully made the leap from the studio to the screen. Frank Sinatra, Cher, Lady Gaga, David Bowie, Elvis, Madonna, *ahem* Justin Timberlake perhaps. But having conquered the music world and given everyone a Brat summer in 2024, pop star Charli XCX is changing lanes in a big way this year. After booking a whole bunch of buzzy film projects in recent months (more on those below), Variety is reporting that the ‘Sympathy is a knife’ singer is gearing up to produce and star in The Moment, an A24 movie based on her own…

He’s conquered the realms of witches (The Witch), vampires (Nosferatu), and very soon will have taken a 13th century set stab at werewolves too (Werwulf), but emerging master of the macabre Robert Eggers has already decided where his watchful eye will be cast next — and we’ll bet it’s not somewhere you had on your Eggers bingo card. Hot on the heels of scoring four Oscar nominations for his take on F.W. Murnau’s Gothic chiller Nosferatu, Deadline is reporting that Eggers has closed a deal to write and direct a sequel to Jim Henson’s 1986 dark fantasy Labyrinth at TriStar.…

It’s official: Emilia Pérez has emerged as the frontrunner of awards season this year. Not only did Jacques Audiard’s gangster-thriller-musical-character-drama rack up major love at this year’s BAFTA nominations, but it’s the leader of the pack in the Oscar nominees in 2025 too. The film has been nominated in 13 categories at this year’s Academy Awards – including Best Picture, Director for Audiard, Leading Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña, and Adapted Screenplay. It nabbed two Original Song nominations too, going up against itself with ‘El Mal’ and ‘Mi Camino’. As ever, though, the most nominations…

Listen up, The Bear fans. Ever since Ayo Edebiri stepped into the kitchen and became a standout in the ensemble of TV’s most beautifully stressful show, we’ve been waiting for her to take centre stage. From Bottoms, to Theater Camp, to Inside Out 2, she’s since proved herself as a comedy master – but in Opus, Edebiri finally takes the lead. The A24 thriller marks the writer-directorial feature debut of Mark Anthony Green, unspooling a mystery around a reclusive legendary pop star, who announces his return to much excitement. But when Edebiri’s journalist is invited to his private compound, it…