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DreamWorks’ latest animated effort, The Wild Robot, may not have even made it to British multiplexes just yet, but it’s already whipping up quite the critical and commercial storm stateside. In fact, writer-director Chris Sanders’ take on Peter Brown’s bot-on-an-island book has proven so successful that, after cleaning up at the domestic box office to the tune of over $100 million thus far, more adventures for Lupita Nyong’o’s Roz and her anthropomorphic pals are already in the pipeline. As confirmed by Deadline during their Contenders event in London this weekend, DreamWorks and Sanders will be giving The Wild Robot a…

In recent years, we’ve seen a real resurgence of big ol’ stage-to-screen movie musicals hitting cinemas and streamers. West Side Story, Wicked, In The Heights, Tick, Tick… BOOM!, err… *cough* Dear Evan Hansen and Cats *cough* — you name it, some big wig in Tinseltown’s already figuring out how to turn it into a blockbuster smash. Somewhat rarer however is the (non-Disney) movie musical that gets the screen-to-stage treatment. But now, having made a splash Off-Broadway back in 2019 before the pandemic halted its run, Sing Street: A New Musical — an all-singing, all-dancing stage adaptation of John Carney’s beloved,…

With the likes of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Sonic The Hedgehog doing big business in the multiplexes and The Last Of Us and Fallout receiving critical acclaim on TV, stock in video game adaptations has never been higher. Hell, even Minecraft is about to get the cinematic treatment! And now, according to Deadline, Universal and Sega are looking to capitalise on the genre boom with a live-action take on ninja hack-and-slash classic Shinobi. And that’s not all, either — Extraction director Sam Hargrave is set to direct it. Chronicling modern day ninja Joe Musashi’s battles with the forces…

It’s a good time to be an Alien fan right about now. Alien: Romulus has just been in cinemas, Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth TV series is well on its way (and even has a teaser already!), and one of the best movie tie-in video games ever made, Alien: Isolation, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. But that’s not all folks — that is not all! Not only does the aforementioned Alien: Isolation turn a decade old today, but — after years of fans waiting, and waiting, and waiting — the occasion has been marked by an official announcement from…

Just a couple of short weeks ago, Edgar Wright’s zombie horror-comedy Shaun Of The Dead turned 20 years old. (We know, we feel it, too!) But with time inexorably marching on — running on, even — our attention is already being turned back to the British filmmaker’s next movie, a new retooling of Stephen King’s dystopian sci-fi novel The Running Man. Having already nabbed the highly in-demand Glen Powell to take on the Arnold Schwarzenegger role from the classic 1987 movie, Deadline are reporting that Wright has snapped up Love Lies Bleeding breakout Katy O’Brian to get her running shoes…

By royal decree, we shall all be returning to the principality of Genovia! Yup, you heard us right — after two whole decades of waiting for the return of Queen Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, Disney’s long rumoured Princess Diaries 3 is officially happening. Per Deadline’s reporting, Raya And The Last Dragon writer and Joy Ride director Adele Lim has signed up to direct the third movie in Disney’s beloved ’00s royal franchise. And what’s more, a follow-up Instagram post from Queen Mia herself, Anne Hathaway, looks to confirm the Idea Of You star’s return to the role that made…

As we head towards 2025, we’re getting closer and closer to the dawn of James Gunn’s all-new DCU. The Suicide Squad filmmaker and producer Peter Safran are at the helm of the re-jigged DC Studios, going big with next summer’s Gunn-directed Superman, but technically launching this December with animated series Creature Commandos. And now, Gunn has announced another animated project for the DCU slate – this one a big-screen release, titled Dynamic Duo. Make way for the story of Robin. Or, as Gunn himself put it on social media, ‘Robins’. Because as its title suggests, there’ll be a pair of…

You’ve swooned for Baby Groot. You’ve “aww”ed at Baby Yoda. But are you ready for the fluffy little bundle of adorable that is Baby Paddington? Because in the latest trailer for Paddington In Peru, Dougal Wilson’s hotly anticipated upcoming Brown family threequel, Baby Paddington is exactly what we get. As well as more of Antonio Banderas’ _Puss In Boots_ian riverboat captain, more of Olivia Colman’s sus singing nun, and… a quest to find the mythical lost city of El Dorado? Pack your bags — we’re off to Peru! Check out the trailer below; Do you hear that? It’s the sound…

Come on, come on, come on, come on. A pop star as swaggering as Robbie Williams – the British ‘90s icon who rocketed out of Take That to his own mega-fame – was never going to fit the standard rags-to-riches biopic treatment we’ve seen hundreds of times over. But admit it: you didn’t exactly expect this. Better Man is, indeed, a Robbie Williams biopic, depicting his rise as a pop provocateur, chart-smasher, and general troublemaker. Except, the part of Robbie Williams is played by… a CGI ape, Planet Of The Apes style. No, really. Not a bad fit for the…

Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting directors on this (or any other) planet, his two-part adaptation of Dune standing as a colossus in modern science-fiction moviemaking. And now, with our very special Empire VIP members event, you could be in the room with him while he talks about the making of Dune: Part Two, and its predecessor. On the afternoon of Saturday 12 October, the master filmmaker will join us for a deep dive into bringing Frank Herbert’s epic novel to life – from the escalating love story between Paul Atreides and Chani, to the all-out Fremen war,…