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Empire

WELCOME

DISPATCHES • TEAM EMPIRE ON A FEW OF OUR HIGH POINTS THIS MONTH

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THE BIG QUESTION • THIS MONTH WE ASKED: WHAT FILM TITLE BEST SUMS UP YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR 2026?

PREVIOUSLY, IN EMPIRE… • EMPIRE’S FIRST LORD OF THE RINGS COVER FEBRUARY 2001

AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE • AMAZING EVENTS EXCLUSIVE PODCASTS BESPOKE COVERS FREE CINEMA TICKETS

What’s happening with Hollywood? • WITH MAJOR EVENTS ROILING THE MOVIE INDUSTRY, TEAM EMPIRE SHARE OUR HOPES AND FEARS FOR 2026

THE PIPELINE • EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Rethinking the clink • THE STARS OF WASTEMAN ON THEIR INTENSE PRISON DRAMA

“I wish that when I’d first had kids, cinema norms had offered all the complexity of life that this era’s have” • LEILA LATIF ON HOW THE MOVIES’ PORTRAYAL OF MOTHERHOOD IS GETTING MORE DEPTH

On A Role CLAIRE FOY IS HELEN MACDONALD • THE ACTOR PLAYS A GRIEVING DAUGHTER AND BIRD-TRAINER IN ADAPTATION H IS FOR HAWK

IS FRANCHISE FATIGUE FINISHED? • ON THE HUNT FOR THE NEXT SINNERS OR WEAPONS, STUDIOS ARE SNAPPING UP ORIGINAL SCRIPTS

THE BEST OF BRITISH • WHY HOLLYWOOD HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR OUR NATIONAL TREASURES

Avengers reassemble • MARK RUFFALO AND CHRIS HEMSWORTH ARE BACK TOGETHER FOR HARD-BOILED THRILLER CRIME 101

A time-travel epic that does it all • FRENCH ANIMATION ARCO HAS ALL THE COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW

THE ADAMS FAMILY FIGHT THEIR DEMONS • WITH MOTHER OF FLIES, A UNIQUE FILMMAKING CLAN BRING US MORE HORROR THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME

ON OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE STRANGE BRAINS OF TEAM EMPIRE

The Spotlight Alfie Williams • THE BONE TEMPLE ACTOR IS HUNGRY FOR THE NEXT ROUND

RUNNING UP THAT HOLLYWOOD HILL • A GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR STEPS IN, ACCORDING TO THE MOVIES

Uncovering the King • IN MUSIC DOC EPi C: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT, BAZ LUHRMANN DISCOVERS THE HOUND DOG’S HIDDEN DEPTHS

THE PRICE OF PEANUTS • HOW SNOOPY HAS RISEN TO BECOME HOT HOLLYWOOD PROPERTY

THE HUNT IS ON FOR GASTON • A SPIN-OFF FOR THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BADDIE IS CONFIRMED. WHO MIGHT MAKE THE CUT?

Fists of middle-aged fury • HOW SPLITSVILLE DELIVERS A DUST-UP FOR THE AGES

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… INK

Rave to the grave • BUZZY THRILLER SIRĀT, ABOUT A FATHER ON A MISSION, BRINGS DANCING AND DEATH TO THE DESERT

THE MVP MEET OUR HERO OF THE MONTH

LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE? THE OSCARS GO DIGITAL • WE WEIGH UP THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS AND PITFALLS OF THE ACADEMY’S PIVOT TO YOUTUBE

THE EMPIRE SPOILER SPECIAL PODCAST • DIRECTORS SPILL THE BEANS ON THE YEAR’S HOTTEST MOVIES

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Katherine Wasterston • THE FACKHAM HALL ACTOR ON CLUMSY SEA MONSTERS AND CHALLENGING SEAFOOD

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE • NIA DACOSTA’S COMING-OF-RAGE FILM

NOUVELLE VAGUE • WAITING FOR GODARD

SAIPAN

H IS FOR HAWK

100 NIGHTS OF HERO • AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH • YOU ARE (STILL) NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB • A DOCU-DRAMA UNLIKE ANY OTHER

AMADEUS • A TV SHOW THAT WILL ROCK YOU

PETER HUJAR’S DAY

MY FATHER’S SHADOW

THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER • KRISTEN...