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“This is not a female John Wick.” So says director Len Wiseman at the start of the freshly dropped CCXP behind the scenes look at his upcoming actioner Ballerina, the latest off-shoot from the John Wick universe. But while that’s certainly true — this movie is set to represent the introduction point for Ana De Armas’ Eve Macarro, the Ruska Roma trained dancing assassin who’ll be bringing a whole new meaning to the expression ‘bullet ballet’ in Lionsgate’s hotly anticipated John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum and Chapter 4 midquel — it doesn’t mean the ever-expanding JWU’s latest lead is…

You know the old saying about the truth being stranger than fiction? Well, it’s certainly one that applies to the story of Raynor and Moth Winn, a couple who — after a business deal with a friend went awry — lost their home, suffered a devastating neurodegenerative condition diagnosis for husband Moth, and then decided to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path despite having no prior rambling experience. It’s a simultaneously harrowing and inspiring story that first became The Salt Path, a bestselling memoir-cum-travelogue for Raynor Winn, and is now about to become a major new film starring Jason…

Just a year ago, Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail was encouraging us all to Leave The World Behind with his eponymous noodle-twisting, apocalyptic Netflix thriller. Clearly however, Esmail forgot to make a very specific exemption to that directive — it should’ve been Leave The World Behind (But Not Julia Roberts). “How so?” We hear you cry. Well because, per Deadline’s reporting, the LTWB leading lady is teaming up with Esmail once again on new Warner Bros. thriller Panic Carefully. And, what’s more, he’s only gone and gotten the Scarlet Witch herself, Elizabeth Olsen, to come along for the ride too.…

2024 kicked off with the exciting news that Danny Boyle and Alex Garland were officially developing 28 Years Later, the first in a planned sequel trilogy to their 2002 post-apocalyptic horror 28 Days Later (and, by extension, its follow-up 28 Weeks Later.) Since then, we’ve seen Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes announced as the new movie’s leads, gotten word of Cillian Murphy’s return to the franchise, and been drip-fed tantalising plot details by Fiennes. Now, as the year comes to a close and the film’s June 2025 release grows ever closer, Sony has revealed the first poster…

We knew from the moment we first saw All Of Us Strangers all the way back in January that Andrew Haigh’s film, a haunting queer romance centred around Andrew Scott’s isolated writer Adam and the connection he makes with Paul Mescal’s sad-eyed drifter Harry, was special. Is it a ghost story? A fever dream? A tangible construct formed of a grieving man’s subconscious? We didn’t — and still don’t truly — know, but by God we felt every exquisite moment of its magnetising melancholy, its smouldering sensuality. So much so that when we came to write Empire’s ‘Best Movies Of…

Magic mirror, on the wall… what’s the latest classic animated Disney movie to get the live-action treatment? Why yes, it’s Snow White! And a new, full-length trailer has dropped for the photo-real adaptation, with West Side Story and The Hunger Games star Rachel Zegler stepping into that blue puff-sleeve corset and yellow skirt, and Wonder Woman herself, Gal Gadot, going full villain mode as the evil Queen. Watch it below. This new version of Disney’s debut feature is directed by The Amazing Spider-Man’s Marc Webb – and from the look of this trailer, is channelling pure Disney fantasy, especially in…

At this point in his career, there is very little that Tom Cruise hasn’t done. The Mission: Impossible action man has flown Boeing fighter jets, scaled the tallest building in the world, held his breath underwater for six whole minutes, rode a motorcycle off a cliff, and somehow convinced us that his 5’7″ frame could still pass for man mountain Jack Reacher. But one thing the Hollywood icon has yet to do is dabble in the realms of horror (no, Interview With The Vampire doesn’t count!). According to Deadline however, that’s all set to change as Cruise looks set to…

Make way, make way — Moana 2 is here at last! And not only is Walt Disney Animation’s latest a bop-laden banger (‘Can I Get A Chee Hoo’ and ‘Beyond’ are already on heavy rotation at Empire HQ), but the continuing adventures of the House of Mouse’s Polynesian princess and her demigod bestie Maui is also doing big business at the box office. Having released stateside just in time for Thanksgiving last Wednesday before finding its way into cinemas worldwide on Friday, David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller’s animated sequel has sailed to an eye-watering $386…

As the famous line goes, “Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten… when it comes to receiving the Disney live-action treatment.” That’s right, folks — we’ve marvelled at Elliot in Pete’s Dragon, gawped at Beauty & The Beast’s titular furry fella, witnessed photorealistic Simba in The Lion King, and… well… you get the idea! Now, it’s noughties banger Lilo & Stitch’s turn to go from drawn to life, guided by the Oscar nominated filmmaker behind Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Dean Fleischer Camp. And while we’ve only had a few blink-and-you’ll-miss-it glimpses at what Camp…

Hollywood may be enjoying a long weekend giving thanks, cooking turkeys, and parading supersized Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?), but that doesn’t mean this week’s Empire Podcast is any less stuffed to the gills with guests, greatness, and guesty greatness than usual. And talking of guesty greatness, our first guest this week is Auli’i Cravalho, Moana herself, who sits down with Chris Hewitt to talk about returning as a master wayfinder in this week’s newly released Moana 2 — and to talk about the art of not talking to people on planes [16:03 — 29:35 approx]. And then, tripling down on the guesty…