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Just last Friday, Abel Tesfaye — aka music megastar The Weeknd — dropped Hurry Up Tomorrow, the blockbuster finale to a trilogy of albums that started with 2020’s After Hours and continued in 2022 with Dawn FM. A high-concept, semi-autobiographical deconstruction of the fame monster laden with synths, hooky beats, and a brooding noirish undercurrent, Tomorrow doesn’t just feel like a movie — it’s about to become one. Directed by Trey Edward Shults (It Comes At Night) and starring Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keoghan, the cinematic version of The Weeknd’s latest — and supposedly last — album is an…

Horror reboots are all the rage these days. Scream, Scary Movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Saw — you name it, there’s a decent chance someone’s out there with red string and pins figuring out a fiendish way to bring it back. With that being said, the latest addition to the growing reboot canon is New Line Cinema’s Final Destination: Bloodlines, the first new entry in what remains the only major franchise that can proudly boast Death itself as its antagonist since Final Destination 5 some 14 years ago. And if the gnarly first trailer for Freaks directors…

Move over, John Kramer — there’s a new twisted vigilante in town! And this ain’t just any old bloodthirsty kook either: it’s Hannibal Lecter himself, Sir Anthony Hopkins. Yes, in David Yarovesky’s upcoming single location thriller Locked, Hopkins plays William, a Jigsaw-style cool, calm, and collected killer who traps unsuspecting lout Eddie (Bill Skarsgård) in his luxury SUV when the down-on-his-luck thief tries to steal his car. Thus ensues a battle of wits as William employs all sorts of cruel, car-based torture to punish Eddie while his hostage fights for survival. And you can check out the trailer for the…

Live from London — it’s Friday night! And it’s also another bumper, jam-packed edition of the Empire Podcast that we’ve got in store for you this week, dear listeners. The great Angelina Jolie heads up our trio of amazing guests, as she talks to our very own musical icon, George Har— we mean, er, John Nugent about taking on the challenge of playing legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Maria [20:48 — 34:02 approx.] Then, Chris Hewitt has a fascinating chat with Jason Reitman about how, exactly, he recreated the chaos of SNL’s opening night in Saturday Night…

It’s a good time to be a Den Of Thieves die-hard. (They exist!) The Gerard Butler crime-actioner came out way back in 2018 – and this year finally got a belated sequel, Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera, released Stateside in January to a decent US box office reception. And while it’s yet to arrive on UK shores, the early success of the sequel has given its creators the confidence to plough onward with the story of Butler’s ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien: Den Of Thieves 3 has been officially confirmed. ‘Den Of Threeves’, anyone? The official Den Of Thieves account confirmed the…

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…