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It would be fair to say that there have been some legendary clashes in the history of cinema… Luke Skywalker vs Darth Vader, Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris, Neo vs Morpheus, *ahem* Alien Vs Predator to name but a few. And it looks like The Old Guard 2 is about to give us another scrap for the ages: Charlize Theron vs Uma Thurman. In the first trailer for Victoria Mahoney’s Netflix action sequel, which is set to once again take viewers into a world of immortal mercenaries doing battle across the centuries, we see Theron’s millennia-old warrior Andy and her…

It may have taken the best part of two decades, Disney literally buying 20th Century Fox, and a multiversal team-up between Deadpool and Wolverine, but at long last it seems the X-Men’s arrival into the MCU is within an adamantium claw’s reach. And with production now underway on Avengers: Doomsday as the Multiverse Saga nears its end, it seems Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios already have one eye on their next big move. According to Deadline, Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier is being eyed to usher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new age of mutants. Having proven himself a dab hand…

They scrapped in Hong Kong in Godzilla Vs Kong, became buds and joined forces with Mothra to save the Hollow Earth in Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. and now everybody’s favourite scaly boi and giant ape Titan duo are set to return in the freshly titled Godzilla X Kong: Supernova. Today, Warner Bros. took to social media — and YouTube — to reveal the official title and release date for director Grant Sputore’s upcoming MonsterVerse movie, confirming that the Zillakong threequel (as nobody is calling it) has now entered production with a nifty little teaser video. Check it out…

We’re not ones to toot our own horns often, but it’s another cracking episode of the freshly award-nominated Empire Film Podcast this week, folks. Helen O’Hara slips into the hosting chair for our latest episode and tries to wrestle James Dyer and Alex Godfrey into shape as the trio talk changeable movie titles, great actor/director pairings, Alex’s favourite teen movies, and a busy week in the world of movie news. Among the headlines are Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on the film industry, new trailers for The Long Walk and Highest 2 Lowest, the renewal of Apple TV+ tinseltown satire series…

As far as we’re concerned, any Spider-Man news is worth throwing your hands in the air for. But the most recent casting announcement for Destin Daniel Cretton’s upcoming Spidey fourquel Spider-Man: Brand New Day doesn’t just have us throwing our hands up, it has us shouting “Hands!” too. And that’s because, per Deadline’s reporting, Liza Colón-Zayas — aka The Bear’s formidable line cook Tina Marrero — has joined the cast for the return of Tom Holland’s beloved friendly neighbourhod. Officially, Marvel Studios has given no comment Colón-Zayas’ casting as of yet, meaning we have no idea who exactly she’ll be…

Having set himself the unprecedented task of making not one but four interconnected biopics about Liverpudlian lads (and undisputed greatest band of all time) The Beatles, filmmaker Sam Mendes has been working eight days a week to assemble the team to help bring his four film cinematic event to life. And having revealed that Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson, and Joseph Quinn will be playing the Fab Four at CinemaCon just last month, today Deadline are reporting that a suitably terrific three screenwriters have been brought aboard to pen the movies. Per Deadline’s sources, Adolescence scribe Jack Thorne, Mendes’…

For a generation of film lovers, How To Train Your Dragon was a franchise that grew alongside them in their youth. The animated trilogy, directed by Dean DeBlois (joined by Chris Sanders on the first film), began in 2010 and closed out with The Hidden World in 2019 – a period during which those who associated with young hero Hiccup also went from childhood to young adulthood. Now, DeBlois is adapting the films into live-action, set to bring a whole new generation of fans into the world of dragons, vikings, and the Isle Of Berk. And its new Hiccup, The…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when Spike Lee and Denzel Washington get together and make a film, that movie is not to be missed. From Mo’ Better Blues to Malcolm X, He Got Game to Inside Man, the director-actor duo simply do not miss. And if the first teaser for Lee and Washington’s new joint, Highest 2 Lowest, is anything to go by then that hot streak is about to continue in style. A remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 Toshirô Mifune starrer High And Low, Lee’s latest — which also boasts A$AP Rocky, Ice Spice, Jeffrey Wright, and…

For the most part, Avatar: The Way Of Water was so titled for its focus on the oceans of Pandora – with Jake Sully, Neytiri, and their Na’vi children forced to flee the RDA and bed in with the aquamarine Metkayina clan. But the sequel could also have been named for the tears provoked by its final reel. The clash between Na’vi and man came with a major consequence: the death of Jake and Neytiri’s firstborn son, Neteyam, tragically cut down on the cusp of adulthood. It’s a loss that sent Neytiri into a fearsome rage against the RDA –…

They’ve done thriller with a touch of romance in Jan de Bont’s 1994 action classic Speed, and romance with a touch (yes, a very very light touch) of thriller in Alejandro Agresti’s 2006 supernatural weepy The Lake House, but now Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are reuniting to make an out and out romantic thriller at last. Yes, per THR’s reporting, Keanu and Sandy B are teaming up for the first time in nearly two decades to make an as-yet-untitled, “propulsive” new movie together for Amazon MGM Studios. Written by Jackie scribe and Zero Day co-creator Noah Oppenheim, Bullock and…