Author: Empire

Praise Eywa — Avatar: Fire And Ash has finally got a Disney+ release date! Six whole months since James Cameron spirited us back to the alien world of Pandora for his latest “I can’t believe I’m seeing this with my own actual eyes” blockbuster epic on the big screen, the maestro’s third Avatar movie is officially set to stream on Disney+ — in all its fiery, ashen glory — on 24 June. Yes, in just two weeks’ time! And there’s even a fancy little trailer teasing the threequel’s small-screen debut. Check it out below; The latest chapter in the Sully…

In 2020’s Enola Holmes, Millie Bobby Brown’s titular heroine, teen sister of Sherlock (yes, that one), set out to find her missing mother and wound up finding her true calling as a swashbuckling super-sleuth all of her own making. In 2022’s Enola Holmes 2, our intrepid heroine found herself looking for a missing match factory worker and unearthing a far grander conspiracy. Now, in Enola Holmes 3, hailing from Adolescence duo Philip Barantini and Jack Thorne, Enola — on the morn of her Malta wedding to Louis Partridge’s Lord Tewkesbury, no less — faces her biggest case yet: the mystery…

Avast ye, scurvy dogs! There be some piratical news we be needin’ to tell ye, so listen up an’ listen up’ real well, arrr-ight? *Cough* Ahem, er, sorry, we don’t quite know what got into us there. Oh yeah, actually, we do! Per Deadline’s reporting, Sir Ridley Scott is getting ready to direct a new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella Treasure Island. And what’s more, not only has Adolescence and Lord Of The Flies scribe Jack Thorne written the script, but the film has also already found its Long John Silver: Hugh Jackman! While there are some iconic…

In recent years, the Evil Dead series has not messed about. While Sam Raimi’s sequels fused his hardcore horror sensibilities with gallons of slapstick gore, the likes of Fede Alvarez’s 2013 Evil Dead and Lee Cronin’s 2023 Evil Dead Rise have veered closer to the transgressive terror of Raimi’s original film; albeit with a sadistic wink in their eye. Next up is the turn of French filmmaker Sebastien Vaniček, whose Evil Dead Burn will subject a new family to the hellish exploits of Kandarian demons. The Necronomicon is open for business once more. At the heart of the madness this…

Great things happen when Brad Bird goes animated. This is the filmmaker who cut his teeth on The Simpsons in its prime, and went on to helm The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and its sequel, and Ratatouille. And running through the background of it all, he’s always wanted to make Ray Gunn – a retro-sci-fi noir which he’s been stewing on since the 1990s. Now, it’s finally real, arriving as an animated feature on Netflix later this year, with some stellar voice talent to boot. In the role of the brilliantly-named Ray Gunn himself is Sam Rockwell. “He’s pretty much…

This week sees the release of Travis Knight’s live-action adaptation of 80s cartoon (and toy line), Masters Of The Universe, so our very own He-Man, Chris Hewitt, sits down on Zoom for a fun chat about films and football with the actual He-Man, Nicholas Galitzine, and Teela, Camila Mendes. [46:56 — 59:46 approx.] Then, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O’Hara, James Dyer, and He-Dan, Dan Jolin, for a fun episode in which they discuss their favourite movie swords, take a look at the week’s movie news including the trailer for Adam Wingard’s Onslaught (aka The Guest 2?),…

Did you watch Scott Mann’s 2022 TV tower thriller Fall and think, “Yeah, this is neat, but I could really do with the action moving about 2,000 feet higher a few more loose footholds, and a lil’ pinch of extra lurching shots over perilous drops?” Well then do we have the movie — and trailer — for you. The Spierig Brothers have picked up Mann’s vertigo-inducing thriller gauntlet for Fall 2: Deadpoint, a sure-to-be-nerve-shredding sequel set 5,000 feet above ground, featuring a new cast of emotionally vulnerable adrenaline junkies climbing things they really probably should leave well alone — this…

A new era is dawning for Spider-Man in Brand New Day – picking back up with Tom Holland’s Spidey in a world where nobody remembers Peter Parker. The new issue of Empire takes a major new look at Marvel’s summer blockbuster – and you can pre-order a copy right here. While the issue doesn’t hit shelves until June 4, here’s a sneak peek inside its pages. Spider-Man: Brand New Day New York’s friendly neighbourhood hero thwips back into action in Spider-Man: Brand New Day – and Empire gets the first word, speaking to stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jon Bernthal,…

By any action aficionado’s standards, stuntman-turned-director David Leitch’s filmography is pretty impressive. Producer of John Wick, director of Atomic Blonde, Bullet Train, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, and veritable actionpalooza The Fall Guy, and one of the reasons we’re finally getting a Stunt Oscar, when it comes to cinematic ass-kicking the man kicks ass. And his latest movie, Nicholas Hoult and Zoë Kravitz led cat-and-mouse heist thriller How To Rob A Bank, looks like another balls-to-the-wall cinematic adrenaline rush. Check out the trailer below; Nicholas Hoult in a wolf mask? Check! Zoë Kravitz and John C. Reilly teaming up…

For years now, the pursuit of an _Escape From New York_remake has been a fool’s errand. To write one is impossible. To direct one is insane. Len Wiseman was going to tackle it in 2007 with Gerard Butler. Joel Silver wanted to make a whole trilogy in the mid-2010s. Just a few short years ago, Radio Silence signed on to bring Snake Plissken back. But now, per THR’s reporting, it appears that Zack Snyder is set to be the man to go in and remake John Carpenter’s dystopian cult classic. According to THR, Snyder — who’s most recently been working…