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Editor NICK DE SEMLYEN Creative Director

DISPATCHES

TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

SHARK TALE

So, Jaws ’ 50th anniversary [Cover story, issue

PREVIOUSLY, IN EMPIRE...

THE ORIGINAL JURASSIC PARK COVER AUGUST 1993

WELCOME

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Life finds a

The robot who’s here to help

THE SECRET WEAPON IN THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS ? LOVEABLE SIDEKICK H.E.R.B.I.E.

Re-igniting a hotheaded rivalry

IDRIS ELBA AND JOHN CENA ON REVIVING THEIR ONSCREEN FEUD VIA ACTION-COMEDY HEADS OF STATE

NEED TO KNOW

GET UP TO SPEED ON… MARTIN SCORSESE ’S HAWAIIAN CRIME DRAMA

On A Role

OWEN WILSON IS PRYCE ‘STICK’ CAHILL

THE BOY WHO LIVES AGAIN

WITH SIX ACTORS CONFIRMED, THE HARRY POTTER HBO SERIES INCHES CLOSER TO OUR MUGGLE SCREENS

THE FIRING LINE

BILL HADER’S RECENT ACCOUNT OF A PRE-ACTING SACKING PUTS HIM IN ELITE COMPANY

When gun-fu meets tutus

BALLERINA ’S ANA DE ARMAS AND LEN WISEMAN ON THEIR BOLD, BLOODY JOHN WICK SPIN-OFF

YEAH, WE’RE THINKING HE’S BACK

CHAD STAHELSKI GIVES US A WORLD-FIRST SCOOP ON THE FUTURE OF JOHN WICK

Taking on the MCU’s metallic mantle

IRONHEART STAR DOMINIQUE THORNE ON GIVING TONY STARK A RUN FOR HIS MONEY

ON OUR MINDS

DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

CANNES-THARDLY WAIT

TEAM EMPIRE ’S PICKS FROM THE FLAGSHIP FRENCH FESTIVAL’S PROGRAMME

Neytiri strikes back

ZOE SALDAÑA ON HER NA’VI WARRIOR’S EMOTIONAL JOURNEY IN AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

THE PIPELINE

EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

The Spotlight

Ben Wang

HOW WILE E. COYOTE DODGED DEATH AGAIN

WITH COYOTE VS. ACME FINALLY SET FOR RELEASE, WE CHART ITS TORTURED PATH TO THE SCREEN

Triple threat

NEW CRIME COMEDY DEEP COVER SEES ORLANDO BLOOM, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD AND NICK MOHAMMED IMPROVISING FOR THEIR LIVES. HERE, THE TRIO TALK FAST-THINKING AND AWKWARD ADS

The blockbuster that rocked the multiplex

CHICKEN JOCKEYS? LAVA ANTHEMS? STEVE?! EMPIRE DISSECTS THE FAN-FUELLED PHENOMENON BEHIND A MINECRAFT MOVIE

DARE TO MEME

WHICH INTERNET-FRIENDLY VIDEO GAME WILL RECREATE THE MINECRAFT MOVIE PHENOMENON?

“Come on, Tom Cruise. Hit us with a full-on ’90s flashback”

DAN JOLIN ON THE STAR TAKING A BREAK FROM ACTION WITH THE NEW IÑÁRRITU MOVIE

Crash, bang, Oscars

BRACE YOURSELF: THE LONG-ARGUEDFOR ACADEMY AWARD FOR STUNTS IS FINALLY A GO

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE

EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH’S

A CHRISTIAN CROWDPLEASER HITS BIG

HOW THE KING OF KINGS STORMED THE BOX OFFICE

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk?

Zach Galifianakis

ANDOR: SEASON 2

Hope is where the heart is: Cassian Andor

HAVOC

Man on a mission: Walker ( Tom Hardy).

THE PENGUIN LESSONS

★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 12A / 112

YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS

★★★ OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) / EPISODES VIEWED

SINNERS

They had a lot at stake. Red eyes

THE LAST OF US: SEASON 2

Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) living life on the edge.

DROP

Drop it! Meghann Fahy drives the action. PHONE

BLACK MIRROR: SEASON 7

Cristin Milioti in season sequel ‘USS Callister: Into

A MINECRAFT MOVIE

★★ OUT NOW / CERT PG / 101

THE AMATEUR

★★★ OUT NOW / CERT 12A / 123

THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND

Folk fan Charles (Tim Key); If music be

GANDOLFINI

ALL THIS FOR A SLICE OF GABAGOOL ★★★★

1001 MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE

★★★ EDITOR STEVEN JAY SCHNEIDER This vast

SUDDENLY SOMETHING CLICKED

★★★★ AUTHOR WALTER MURCH Nearly four decades

A MINECRAFT MOVIE: FROM BLOCK TO BIG SCREEN

★★ AUTHOR ANDREW FARAGO This behind-the-scenes account

THUNDERBOLTS*

The Thunderbolts feel ropey; Bucky Barnes goes full

ATOMFALL

He’d kill for some Kendal Mint Cake. IT’S

SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT

★★★ PC, XBOX SERIES X|S When Hazel’s

ASSASSIN’S CREED SHADOWS

★★★★ PS5, XBOX SERIES X|S Set in

BLUE PRINCE

★★★★ PC, PS5, XBOX SERIES X|S Simon

THE SALT PATH

The pasty-and-cream-tea brigade had arrived. GILLIAN ANDERSON AND

THE ACCOUNTANT 2

Brothers in arms. THE LONG-AWAITED (TAX) RETURN OF

THE UNINVITED

“ Get a grip!” She couldn’t find her

INTO THE WILD

AS SCARLETT JOHANSSON LEADS A TEAM INTO TERRIFYING TERRAIN, JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH HERALDS A BRAND-NEW ERA IN DINOSAUR SCARES. AND, OUT HERE IN THE JUNGLE, THINGS ARE GONNA BE A LOT LESS CIVILISED…

IMMACULATE CONCEPTIONS

OVER A SINGULAR CAREER, WES ANDERSON HAS MOUNTED HIS MOVIES WITH UNCOMPROMISING PRECISION. NOW, AS HE UNVEILS THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME , HE TELLS US WHY HE LIKES THINGS TO BE PICTURE-PERFECT

Bad ROBOT?

THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER, SHE WAS A BRUTAL — AND VERY SASSY — KILLING MACHINE. NOW, THOUGH, WITH AN EVEN MORE DIABOLICAL AI LUNATIC AT LARGE, IT’S TIME FOR M3GAN 2.0 . GET READY FOR THE MOTHER OF ALL GLOW-UPS

MEAN MACHINES

CINEMA’S BIGGEST METAL DOUCHEBAGS

DIFFERENT CLASS STARRING

Sydney Sweeney

THE MASTER OF MAYHEM

JAN DE BONT WAS THE WILD MAN OF ACTION FILMMAKING, ALWAYS IN THE EYE OF THE STORM, ALWAYS LEAVING A GLORIOUS TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. WE TALK TO HIM ABOUT THREE DECADES OF UNRESTRAINED CINEMATIC THRILL-SEEKING

SCALING UP

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

FLYING BLIND

LET'S SET A SCENE

IN THE HEIGHTS

CHARTING SUPERGIRL’S HIGH-FLYING HISTORY

Star Baker

ANORA DIRECTOR SEAN BAKER ON THE ULTIMATE HOLLYWOOD HANDSHAKE — SWEEPING THE OSCARS

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

THE SPIDER-MAN MOVIE THAT CHANGED ANIMATION

PICKS OF THE MONTH

1 SATURDAY NIGHT (OUT NOW, DVD/BR/DIGITAL) Jason

Time Capsule

James Mangold

The Ranking

Werewolf movies

THE TOP TEN

1 AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981) 2

The Electric State

THE RUSSO BROTHERS ON THE KEY MOMENTS OF THEIR ROBOT EPIC

TALES FROM KIM'S CRYPT

AN INTRODUCTION TO INDONESIAN HORROR

CRYPT KEEPERS

KIM'S PICK OF THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL

Wayne’s World

THE ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ HEADBANG-A-LONG. MAMMA MIA !

CAMERON CROWE

HERETIC CO-DIRECTOR SCOTT BECK ON HOW THE DIRECTOR NEARLY APPEARED IN THEIR MOVIE

The Knight stuff

EVER-PROLIFIC WRITER STEVEN KNIGHT ON HIS MOST ENDURING CHARACTERS

The Ultimate Empire Quiz

THE MUPPETS

CROSSWORD

ACROSS 3 Reckoning Pom Klementieff’s playing her (5)

THE KARATE KID ON 4K UHD

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Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

PEE-WEE GETS THE HORN

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