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THE EMPIRE SPOILER SPECIAL PODCAST

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WELCOME

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

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THE BIG QUESTIONS

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How the UK became a blockbuster factory • TRUMP’S PROPOSED MOVIE TARIFFS HIGHLIGHT THE RAPIDLY RISING DEMAND TO SHOOT ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND

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

It takes three, baby • CELINE SONG RETURNS TO THE TRICKY LOVE TRIANGLE IN HER PAST LIVES FOLLOW-UP

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… TONY

On A Role DAMSON IDRIS IS JOSHUA PEARCE • THE LONDON-BORN ACTOR PLAYS A BRITISH ROOKIE RACER IN F1

MEET THE NEW SCORSESE • MARTIN’S DAUGHTER FRANCESCA ON FOLLOWING IN HIS FILMMAKING FOOTSTEPS

PAYNE AND (TV) GAIN • WITH A SMALL-SCREEN ADAPTATION OF THE HOLDOVERS INCOMING, WHAT OTHER ALEXANDER PAYNE MOVIES COULD GET THE TELLY TREATMENT?

What’s in an asterisk? • THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE THUNDERBOLTS* TITLE CHANGE ON KEEPING MARVEL’S BIG SECRET

TIME TO GRIP IT AND RIP IT (AGAIN) • HAPPY GILMORE 2’S DIRECTOR ON WHY THE CLUB-SWINGING HERO IS BACK IN THE BUNKER

Auteurs assemble! • RICHARD LINKLATER ON BRINGING LEGENDARY DIRECTORS BACK TO LIFE FOR NOUVELLE VAGUE

THE MONTHLY MIXTAPE • EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL TUNES

BIG CATS, BIGGER DRAMA • WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WILD THINGS, THE UNBELIEVABLE TALE OF SIEGFRIED & ROY

Making a horror that goes harder • WEAPONS’ WRITER-DIRECTOR ZACH CREGGER ON HIS RULE-BREAKING FOLLOW-UP TO BARBARIAN

“Sinners is everything that Hollywood wants more of. Yet it was labelled a risk” • AMON WARMANN ON THE FRUSTRATING DOUBLE STANDARDS APPLIED TO THE TRAILBLAZING MOVIE

The Spotlight Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, Jack Champion & Bailey Bass • THE AVATAR STARS ON GROWING UP BLUE AND APPROACHING THEIR MOST CHALLENGING CHAPTER YET

Smells like screen spirit • HOW A RISING NUMBER OF YOUNG CLASSIC-MOVIE LOVERS ARE KEEPING CINEMAS ALIVE

A CANNES LEGEND PUSHES HER LIMITS • JULIA DUCOURNAU FOLLOWS HER PALME D’OR WIN WITH HER MOST PERSONAL FILM YET, ALPHA

ON OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

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Jack Quaid • THE ACTOR LOVES WATCHING FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. JUST NOT ON A PLANE

reviews • FLIMS, TV, BOOKS, GAMES - ALL THE BIG RELEASES, RATED

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — THE FINAL RECKONING • HAS TOM CRUISE FINALLY RUN OUT OF THINGS TO FALL OFF?

KARATE KID: LEGENDS • WAX ON, WAX OFF WITH TWO MARTIAL-ARTS MASTERS

LOLLIPOP

HALLOW ROAD

DEEP COVER • THE DEPARTED MEETS WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?

FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES • DEATH RETURNS FROM SICK LEAVE

BONO: STORIES OF SURRENDER • WILL THIS FILM GIVE YOU VERTIGO?

POKER FACE: SEASON 2 • JUST ONE MORE THING FROM NATASHA LYONNE’S COLUMBO RIFF

STAR WARS: TALES OF THE UNDERWORLD

ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOUR

MOUNTAINHEAD • JESSE ARMSTRONG’S HIGH-ALTITUDE SUCCESSION FOLLOW-UP

MY NEXT BREATH • RENNER TURNS WRITER

MURDERBOT • ALEXANDER...