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Ever since his Venice Silver Lion winning first movie Little Odessa way back in 1995, James Gray has time and again proved himself one of America’s most introspective, thoughtful filmmakers. From the railroad drama of The Yards, to inner and outer Odyssean epic The Lost City Of Z, to space bound father-son fictive Ad Astra, Gray’s movies are always worth paying close attention to. Now, having made perhaps his most personal film yet in the shape of 2022’s Armageddon Time, the auteur is reuniting with his leads from that picture and welcoming a new face into the Gray fray for…

Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. Do you hear that? It’s the unmistakable sound of colossal Godzilla news, wading in from the sea to smash a city to smithereens. And it’s the news Godzilla fans have been hoping for ever since Godzilla Minus One dropped. The most recent kaiju outing from Japan proved to be a major success – an outstanding film that made fans across the globe, and even crashed the Oscars by winning the Visual Effects award. That was, in large part, down to Takashi Yamazaki – not only the writer-director of the film, but also its visual effects producer, having…

We’ve another double interview episode of the Empire Podcast for you this week, folks. First up, Hugh Grant returns to the pod for an in-depth chat with Evolution Of Horror host and friend of Empire Mike Muncer about his new movie, Heretic, and whether or not he’s into horror [24:54 — 38:02 approx]. The, our very own man who is super, Chris Hewitt, has a lovely chat about Christopher Reeve with Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui, directors of a new documentary about the late Superman star, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story [58:32 – 1:17:42 approx]. Either side of those, Chris…

The clocks have gone back. Winter is coming. And that can only mean one thing. No, not Christmas — news from Westeros, of course! With prequel series House Of The Dragon proving a hit with fans and critics alike (even if not always Thrones author George R. R. Martin), and spin-off show A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms well on its way, stock in Game Of Thrones — five years after HBO’s eight season fantasy epic concluded — has scarcely been higher. And now, as THR are reporting, it looks like A Song Of Ice And Fire may be about…

Over the last decade, perhaps no filmmaker has expressed lust, longing, and simmering sensuality on the big screen with as much verve as Luca Guadagnino. From the May-December, sun-kissed romance of Call Me By Your Name, to the cannibals-on-the-lam love affair of Bones And All, to this year’s intoxicating tennis-based ménage à trois Challengers, the Italian auteur has been bringing sexy back since long before it seemingly went away. And with his latest, William S. Burroughs adaptation Queer, the filmmaker — working from a script by his Challengers collaborator Justin Kuritzkes — looks to have done it again. The movie…

Whilst he may be about to appear on our screens in Oscar hopeful Papal conspiracy thriller Conclave, British acting heavyweight Ralph Fiennes will soon be heading into more unholy territory as one of the stars of Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s upcoming zombie franchise revival 28 Years Later. And now, as we barrel towards the 28 Days Later sequel trilogy opener’s 20 June, 2025 release date, Fiennes has started teasing more details about what we can expect from the post-apocalyptic series’ latest chapter. Speaking with IndieWire just last week, Fiennes gave some exciting updates on the new movies’ progress. “It’s…

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and after the dramatic exits of Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, and director Christopher Landon from the Scream franchise in the last year, Kevin Williamson — OG Scream writer and soon-to-be first-time Scream director — has quite some inventing to do with his upcoming Scream 7. And having made a promising start by convincing the slasher series’ talisman Neve Campbell to get her Sidney Prescott on once again in the new movie, we’re now getting word that Williamson could be set to bring back another familiar face to go toe-to-toe with Ghostface.…

News on new Tom Holland projects is getting to be a little like buses — you wait ages and ages for something to show up and then suddenly you just can’t seem to stop ’em. It’s certainly proving to be the case right now at least. A week ago, we brought you news that the Spider-Man: No Way Home star had read a Spider-Man 4 script with co-star girlfriend Zendaya; and then, just three days later, we learned that the British actor has landed another gig of a lifetime as the lead in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Universal movie. Now, completing…

It’s a question as old as time: Who ya gonna call? And an equally aged answer: Ghostbusters! Or, in the case of this week’s Empire Podcast, not Ghostbusters but rather a Ghostbuster. And not just any old Ghostbuster, either — no sirree! The heart of the Ghostbusters and legendary co-creator of the franchise Dan Aykroyd jumps on the blower with our very own ecto one, Chris Hewitt, to talk about the upcoming Ghostbusters In Concert show at the Royal Albert Hall, webbed feet, and writing one of the greatest comedies of all time [21:55 – 41:32 approx]. Our other guest…

We’ve felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Or, in other words, we’ve got some less-than-great news on one of our most hotly anticipated new Star Wars movies. You know that new Rey movie with Daisy Ridley that was announced at Star Wars Celebration last year? The one being directed by Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and written by Steven Knight? Well, according to Variety’s reporting, Knight has cancelled his trip to a galaxy far, far away and won’t be penning the picture after all. Having previously…