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With 28 Years Later, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are preparing to take audiences further into the post-rage-virus apocalypse than ever before. In their original 28 Days Later, the societal collapse had only really just begun. But decades on, there are scattered survivors finding a way to live in the ruins of what came before – not just the Holy Island community that plays home to Aaron-Taylor Johnson’s Jamie, Jodie Comer’s Isla, and their son Spike (Alfie Williams), but other mysterious figures. Take, for instance, Ralph Fiennes’ Dr. Kelson – a physically imposing figure who’ll play a part both in…

It’s been decades now since Danny Boyle and Alex Garland first went viral. Back in 2002, the acclaimed filmmaker and then-novelist teamed up on a true horror game-changer – rewriting the foundations of the zombie genre in 28 Days Later, with its fast-running rage-infected (not-actually-zombie) hordes. Now, 18 years on from sequel 28 Weeks Later (made without Boyle and Garland), the original creators are returning with 28 Years Later – the beginning of an epic new era in the apocalyptic flesh-eating saga, with all-new characters, a fresh world to explore, and narratively-ambitious plans spanning three films. The rage has only…

It’s almost a year to the day since we shared the news that Aussie actor Jacob Elordi, star of Saltburn and Priscilla, would be replacing Andrew Garfield in Guillermo Del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein movie. And now, in what is perilously close to becoming an annual tradition, today brings with it news that Elordi is set to step in once again to replace the lead in a revered auteur’s next literary adaptation. Yes, per Variety’s reporting, the in demand actor — soon to be seen in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights with Margot Robbie — is being eyed to replace Paul Mescal…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that, right now, video game adaptations are all the rage. The latest Sonic The Hedgehog movie took that franchise past $1 billion at the box office, The Super Mario Bros. Movie took over a billion dollars on its own, and small screen fare like The Last Of Us, Fallout, and The Witcher have brought critical acclaim alongside commercial success. It’s a trend that Sony and PlayStation Productions have clearly been paying close attention to, as they just announced cinematic takes on Horizon: Zero Dawn and Helldivers — and a new Ghost Of Tsushima anime…

The red carpet has been rolled out, the suits and gowns have been set free, and the statuettes have been shined, which can only mean one thing: Awards season is back back back! Last night, at a ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, it was the 2025 Golden Globes’ turn to kick off the Hollywood festivities, offering us our first real sense of the top dogs and dark horses as the BAFTAs and Oscars inch ever nearer. And so far, Jacques Audiard’s trans mobster musical Emilia Pérez and Brady Corbet’s monumental epic The Brutalist are leading the…

Steven Soderbergh is not a director averse to variety. From the slick heists and capers of the Ocean’s movies and Logan Lucky, to the science-fiction of Solaris, the claustrophobic, paranoid thrills of Unsane and Kimi and the joyful seduction of Magic Mike, his is a filmography that spans all kinds of genres, settings and concepts. But his newest movie Presence might be the most high-concept of all – a haunted house drama told from the perspective of the ghostly entity itself. Pulling off the ghost POV was challenging, with Soderbergh himself carrying the camera around the house, all shot on…

We’re back! Yes, after a whole week off for the Christmas holidays (in which we only dropped a near three-hour-long Review Of The Year special pod), the Empire Podcast is back with a New Year’s resolution of its own — to be a belters only zone, same as every other year! And boy are we making good on that with our first ep of 2025 as Chris Hewitt sits down with not one, not two, not three, but four — yes, FOUR! — incredible guests. First, he talks carousel horses and chocolate with We Live In Time stars Florence Pugh…

At long, long last, the news we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived — Bluey: The Movie is happening, for real life. Hooray! Taking to Twitter/X earlier today, the official Bluey account confirmed that the beloved children’s animated TV show — which centres around the adventures of Australian canine family The Heelers — is following up its extended Season 3 finale ‘The Sign’ with a feature-length film, set to hit cinemas in 2027. Per an official press release on the Bluey website, BBC Studios, The Walt Disney Company, and Ludo Studio are working with the show’s writer-director and creator…

Best get working on those crane kicks – there’s a new Karate Kid in town. After five movies, an animated series, and Netflix spin-off Cobra Kai, the franchise is returning to the big screen with Karate Kid: Legends, the first trailer for which just dropped_._ There are more senseis than you can shake a stick at, with the teaser uniting multiple generations of martial arts masters, including the titular kid from the original trilogy, and star of Cobra Kai, Ralph Macchio, and the one and only Jackie Chan, who played Mr. Han in the 2010 film, opposite Jaden Smith. The…

Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Substance. There were many memorable things about The Substance, Coralie Fargeat’s award-winning, box-office-busting, Demi Moore-starring body horror from earlier this year. There was Moore’s outstanding, vulnerable, totally committed performance. There was the banging score, pulsating every beat of this bizarre deconstruction of unrealistic beauty standards. There were the stomach-churning injection scenes, Margaret Qualley jabbing a massive needle into the same infected spot of the spine, again and again. But most memorable of all? It has to be Monstro Elisa-Sue! We’re referring, of course, to the lumpy, bumpy creation that pours out of Qualley’s…