Something strange — well, stranger than the usual Ghostface stabby-stabby antics — is going on in Woodsboro. As production ramps up on Kevin Williamson’s upcoming Scream 7, the last few weeks have seen both Matthew Lillard’s Stu Macher and Scott Foley’s Roman Bridger confirmed to be making a comeback in the slasher saga‘s seventh instalment, despite both … Read more
When My Neighbour Totoro was released in Japan in 1988, the odds were stacked against it. Such was the lack of confidence in Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘50s-set story about two young girls and a giant forest spirit that the film had been tacked onto another Studio Ghibli film — the considerably darker _Grave Of The Fireflie_s — in a bid to win … Read more
Picture the scene. You’re sat on the sofa after a long day at work, hot tea (or coffee) in hand, all cosy and ready to fire up Netflix for your next film fix. You’re scrolling, scrolling, scrolling… and suddenly it’s 10pm, your brew’s gone cold, and movie night is cancelled because there’s just too damn … Read more
If you’re on this page, you’re here for Empire‘s list of the 25 best kids’ movies on Netflix UK — that’s what the header promises, and it’s what the list that awaits as you scroll down delivers. But for us, it’s also a bit of a chance to reconnect with the budding young cinephile within. You … Read more
13 years after announcing his retirement, Steven Soderbergh is busier than ever. Black Bag is his second film out this year — it arrives just two months after his unconventional ghost story Presence – and marks his third collaboration with prolific screenwriter David Koepp. And it’s tremendous fun: think Ocean’s 11, if they were spies. As with his earlier … Read more
Pop quiz, hotshot: What happens if you take the co-director of Shin Godzilla, give him the premise of Speed and the bones of the classic 70s Japanese action thriller that inspired it, and stump up some serious Netflix moolah to let him fully off the leash? Answer: Bullet Train Explosion. Yes, having gotten his kaiju on with big lad … Read more
Avatar: Fire And Ash almost didn’t exist at all. James Cameron’s original plan was to follow up his 2009 mega-smash Avatar with three sequels, but when he and his writers’ room got into developing the story, there proved just too much juicy material. Hence, as Cameron tells Empire in our latest Path To Pandora dispatch, some of the story planned … Read more
This week’s Empire Podcast features two cracking interviews with two directors at two very different stages of their career. First, actor-turned-director Jack Huston sits down on Zoom and talks to our very own Chris Hewitt about how he managed to make his directorial debut, the black-and-white drama Day Of The Fight, about recruiting Joe Pesci for … Read more
It’s been a good few years now since Edgar Wright delivered the double-whammy of Last Night In Soho and The Sparks Brothers. And just as his career post-Cornetto Trilogy has seen him move between various genres – from heist thriller, to ‘60s-set psychological horror, to music docs – his next step is another new move for him: adapting … Read more
On the occasion of Women’s Day, Zee Studios and the team of Jatadhara unveiled the first look of Sonakshi Sinha as the leading lady from the highly anticipated Pan-India film. While there has been quite a bit of buzz about the actress making her Telugu debut with this magnum opus, confirming the same, the makers unveiled the … Read more