Author: Empire

Sound the Steven Spielberg movie news klaxon! Just last month we brought you the exciting news that in-demand Oppenheimer and The Fall Guy star Emily Blunt is in talks to lead the legendary American filmmaker’s mysterious new UFO movie, currently slated for release in May 2026. And now we’re getting word of another big British name who could be boarding the project. According to the latest issue of Production Weekly, Challengers’ Josh O’Connor may yet be the second hand in Spielberg’s very vaguely described ‘two-hander’, though it is important to note at this time that Universal have yet to confirm…

It’s often said that there’s no right or wrong way to grieve the loss of a loved one. And in His Three Daughters, the latest film from French Exit director and mumblecore maestro Azazel Jacobs — which premiered to rave reviews at TIFF last year — we’ll get to see three diverging approaches to loss as Elizabeth Olsen, Natasha Lyonne, and Carrie Coon’s estranged sisters Christina, Rachel, and Katie reunite to care for their dying father (Jay O. Sanders). If the first trailer for the already-in-the-Oscars-conversation Netflix film is anything to go by, Jacobs has an emotional wringer and we’re…

Having just starred in George Miller’s action epic Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and with Transformers One already well on its way, Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth could be forgiven for taking a moment to catch his breath over the summer. But before we’ve even had chance to see his take on Optimus Prime in Josh Cooley’s Autobot origin story, the Thor star has already put another buzzy project in his pipeline. Per Deadline’s reporting, Apple Original Films has won a hotly contested bid for The Corsair Code, an original sci-fi movie set to be led by Hemsworth. Based on a…