Empire

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Empire

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

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THE BIG QUESTION • THIS MONTH WE ASKED: NICOLAS CAGE IS MAKING LONGLEGS 2. WHICH OTHER CAGE SEQUELS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?

PREVIOUSLY, IN EMPIRE …

Hollywood finds hope in the stars • HOW ON-SCREEN SCI-FI AND REAL-LIFE ROCKET SCIENCE ARE INTERTWINING IN AMAZE, AMAZE, AMAZING WAYS

Drama comes to dinner • OLIVIA WILDE ENTERS A NEW CHAPTER OF HER DIRECTING ERA WITH THE INVITE

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… ARTIFICIAL

Clash of the titans • WITH AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY AND DUNE: PART THREE SET FOR SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE, COULD DUNESDAY BEAT BARBENHEIMER?

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

A new kind of Bond song • THE SUPER-SPY’S LATEST ANTHEM COMES COURTESY OF VIDEO GAME 007 FIRST LIGHT

THE BEST OF ENEMIES • HOW THRILLER SERIES TIP TOE USES A BRUTAL ACT OF VIOLENCE TO SHOW A COUNTRY DIVIDED

Cinema’s Avengers assemble • THE NEWLY FORMED FILMMAKER LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AIMS TO DELIVER A BRIGHT FUTURE AT THE MOVIES

On a Role LEO WOODALL IS NIKI • THE ACTOR PLAYS A PIANO PRODIGY-TURNED-SAFE-CRACKER IN TUNER

A BRAVE CHICKEN TAKES A CHANCE • HEN BRINGS A POULTRY PERSPECTIVE TO A POLITICAL DRAMA

UNLEASHING THE SNAKE • HOW METAL GEAR SOLID FINALLY SLITHERED OUT OF DEVELOPMENT HELL

Rebuilding an iconic castle • MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE BRINGS A NOSTALGIC FORTRESS BACK BRICK BY BRICK

WHERE NEXT FOR SETH ROGEN’S TINSELTOWN? • WITH DETAILS OF THE STUDIO SEASON 2 FIRMING UP, WE PREDICT WHERE THE SATIRE COULD GO NEXT

What happened in Vegas • THE HOTTEST AND WEIRDEST TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS YEAR’S CINEMACON

“A new golden age of songster screen domination is upon us” • BETH WEBB ON HOW MORE MUSICIANS ARE MAKING THE LEAP TO MOVIE STARDOM

A magic franchise’s next trick • NOW YOU SEE ME TAKES ITS CROWDPLEASING ANTICS TO THE STAGE

THE ‘BUTT BIRTH RHINO’ MAKING BANK • THE HORN-BEARING BEAST FROM ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS IS GETTING A NEW LEASE OF LIFE

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

There will be mud • TOM CRUISE AS A BONKERS, SHOVEL-WIELDING OIL TYCOON? WE ATTEMPT TO UNEARTH THE SECRETS OF DIGGER

THE JESSICA FLETCHER CASE NOTES • WITH JAMIE LEE CURTIS TO STAR IN A MURDER, SHE WROTE REBOOT, WE PRESENT A PRIMER ON THE LEGENDARY AUTHOR AND SLEUTH

CAN YOU FEEL THE BOMBADIL? • WHAT WE’D LIKE TO SEE IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: SHADOW OF THE PAST

Your ticket to Hollywood • 3 issues of Empire for £5*

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? Bob Odenkirk • THE NORMAL STAR LOVES ICE CREAM, BUT MAYBE NOT IN A VOLCANO

POWER BALLAD • JOHN CARNEY’S MAGNIFICENT MIX-TAPE VOL 5

HOKUM • ADAM SCOTT NEEDS THE LUCK OF THE IRISH

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THE CHRISTOPHERS • YOU… SHALL NOT… PAINT!

APEX • OR ‘EDDIE THE EAGLE 2: THE DARKER YEARS’

MOTHER MARY • NOT A SEQUEL TO PROJECT HAIL MARY

STRANGER THINGS: TALES FROM ’85 • A SATURDAY-MORNING CARTOON, HAWKINS-STYLE

BALLS UP

OUTCOME

LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY • AN ANCIENT FRANCHISE RE-EMERGES FROM HER SLUMBER

BEYOND LIFE AND DEATH • CRADLE 2 THE...