Author: Empire

Ready for your next great horror obsession? Good, because Hollywood’s gonna give it to you. Following the staggering critical and commercial success of YouTuber-turned-feature-filmmaker Curry Barker’s first studio movie, ‘One Wish Willow’ thrill-ride Obsession, THR is reporting that horror’s latest enfant terrible has just set his third big-screen chiller at Universal and Blumhouse Atomic Monster. And yes, we did just say third. In case you weren’t already aware, before Obsession even landed in cinemas last month, imprinting itself on the cultural consciousness to the tune of $297 million (and counting), Curry Barker had already shot his sophomore studio feature, Anything…

If this week’s Empire Podcast doesn’t give you a Buzz, it might at least give you a… wonderful sense of warmth and well-being, as all-round acting legends Tom Hanks and Tim Allen chat to Chris Hewitt about returning as Woody and Buzz Lightyear for Toy Story 5, and their surprising plans to keep working together. [47:02 — 1:01:44 approx.] Either side of that, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O’Hara and James Dyer to discuss the strange phenomenon of minor celebrities being asked to lend their voices to animated movies; movies that could have a sequel if you…

We come bearing news, bearing news of a sequel. Not a prequel, nor requel, but a very real sequel. A follow-up to a movie from the year of 2000, about the Whos down in Whoville and a Grinch on a mountain. As THR reports, there will be How The Grinch Stole Christmas 2. And Ron Howard’s coming back, and Jim Carrey’s coming, too — at least if the talks they’ve been talking go through. Plus what’s more, if you can even believe, Universal and Imagine Entertainment have already found writers — one, two, and three. *Ahem* Er, sorry, we came…

It is with great sadness we bring you news that Daveigh Chase, who voiced Lilo in Disney’s animated classic Lilo & Stitch and terrified cinemagoers as The Ring’s Samara, has died at the age of just 35. The former child star, who made her screen debut aged just eight and went on to appear in 50 projects over the course of her career, died on 16 June after battling meningitis and a blood infection, per TMZ’s reporting. Born on 24 July, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Daveigh Elizabeth Chase broke into the world of acting before she’d even broken out…

In the wise words of Donkey, “Oh my God! It’s happening… it’s really happening!” Yes, we are officially a year out from the release of Shrek 5 and our long, long awaited return to far, far away, and to mark the occasion DreamWorks Animation has just dropped its first proper teaser trailer for directors Walt Dohrn and Conrad Vernon’s upcoming animated fivequel. And as you’ll see below, things are looking a little fraught for Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, and family when we pick back up with them here: Storybook opening? Check! Eddie Murphy busting his vocal cords as Donkey? Check! Shrek…

After traveling the cosmos as The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’s kick-ass Princess Peach, Anya Taylor-Joy is coming back down to earth for her next role. Well, Middle-earth, at least. Yes, the Furiosa and Dune: Part Two star is about to add another, most preciousss major movie franchise to her resumé as she joins the increasingly starry line-up of Andy Serkis’ The Lord Of The Rings: The Hunt For Gollum. “But who will she play? Arwen? Galadriel? Goldberry?” we hear you cry. The answer is in fact none of the above, but rather Seren, an all-new elf character conceived specifically for…

Last year, Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow, a Latvian cat animation created entirely in free open-source program Blender, beat both Pixar and Dreamworks at the Oscars. Now, the Luxo Lamp lot over at Disney are looking to strike back with their own black cat tale, Gatto, the latest movie from Luca director Enrico Casarosa. Blending a Pixar-first hand-painted animation style with a curiosity piquing tale of mobster cats in Venice, the movie — which we now know will feature the vocal stylings of Mark Ruffalo and Laurence Fishburne as scrappy black cat Nero and feline mob boss Rocco, respectively — sounds like…

This week’s Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt, Helen O’Hara, and James Dyer pack the sunscreen, flip-flops, and oversized hats into a tiny bag as they discuss some of the movie holidays they’d like to take. And yes, they somehow manage to do this without mentioning Roman Holiday, The Holiday, M. Hulot’s Holiday, or indeed Mr Bean’s Holiday. Any film with the word ‘holiday’ in it, basically, the colossal eejits. They’ve been placed on gardening leave as a result. But before that, they also discuss the week’s movie news, including 24 Jump Street (with a special cameo), and review Steven Spielberg’s…

What a treat it is to exist at the same time as Ludwig Göransson. The legendary composer has been behind some of the most jaw-dropping scores of recent years. Fresh from last year’s astonishing Sinners soundtrack (for which he won his second Oscar, the other for Oppenheimer), he’s already given us the gift of his Mandalorian And Grogu soundtrack this year, boasting an instant banger in the synth-heavy ‘Shakari’. And soon we’ll get his latest collaboration with Christopher Nolan: The Odyssey. As you’d expect, they’re cooking up something wild – take a look here: Well, that sounds incredible. Göransson is…

If there’s one thing David Ayer loves, it’s making a movie about dudes getting put through the absolute wringer and sticking together no matter what. Think Brian and Mike in End Of Watch, Wardaddy and the Sherman tank crew in Fury, and, er, Det. Ward and Jakoby in Bright. For his latest movie, Heart Of The Beast, Ayer is offering up another meditation on the theme, this time reteaming with Brad Pitt on an elemental survival thriller that pits a former Army Special Forces soldier (Pitt) and his beloved German Shepherd against the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness. Check out the trailer…