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THIS MONTH

EMPIRE • WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH

TALK TO US • COMMENT OF THE MONTH

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No./1 Marvel’s most risky movie yet • ETERNALS isn’t your average MCU adventure, says Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore — he explains why it’s no safe bet (but exciting as all hell)

No./2 The Game Of Thrones guy goes sci-fi • He shot GOT’s biggest episodes — now Miguel Sapochnik is swapping dragons for robots (and Tom Hanks) in FINCH

BLACK IN FOCUS • AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month

No./3 The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain • [ ON-SET REPORT ] BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH stars as the Victorian oddball artist with a penchant for pussycats in Will Sharpe’s off-kilter biopic

No./4 Revealed: Taika’s surprise cameo • Empire exclusively reveals Taika Waititi’s secret role in Louis Wain

No./5 Inside the year’s most unlikely spin-off • How a minor character became the star for surprise Army Of The Dead prequel ARMY OF THIEVES

House of Gucci • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

No./6 Swords, ghosts — and an exploding body part • With PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND, Nicolas Cage finds an equally wild spirit in subversive Japanese director Sion Sono

No./7 From Fear Street — to real horror • Why the director behind the Netflix smash is taking on a real-life scare story

No./8 MEMORIA • TILDA SWINTON HEADS TO THE JUNGLE FOR A FEVER DREAM OF AN ART FILM

No./9 Yep! It’s Nope • Six clues from the NOPE poster that hint at the mystery behind Jordan Peele’s next horror

Jaden Michael • MEET THE TEENAGE ACTOR HAND-PICKED BY AVA DUVERNAY TO STAR IN HER NEW MINISERIES

No./10 When civil war breaks out in Hollywood • Unprecedented lawsuits and a public war of words — why are A-list stars and studios going head-to-head?

No./11 “I wanted it to make people angry” • The three filmmaking methods that ensure Covid care-home drama HELP will pack an emotional punch

No./12 Emilia Clarke’s comics career change • The Game Of Thrones actor on writing M.O.M: Mother Of Madness, her first comic book, about a superpowered single mum

No./13 Dealing with a fan-favourite horse god • And four other challenges facing the showrunner of new fantasy series THE WHEEL OF TIME

No./14 NEXT IN THE SERIES • You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair — Boyd Hilton recommends the sibling shows to watch next

No./15 INANIMATE OBJECT ROMANCES • The course of true love never did run smooth — especially for these weird cinematic love stories

No./16 Finding new shades to Jamie Dornan • With Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST (after that scene-stealing turn in Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar), the Northern Irish actor is finding different dimensions to his career

No./17 “Big stars, big action… big budget!” • With a near $200 million budget, Red Notice is one of Netflix’s biggest blockbusters yet. What did they splash the cash on?

No./18 THE NEW PREDATOR FILM AIN’T GOT TIME TO BLEED • Four ways that prequel Skull will be a fresh start for the franchise

No./19 A new master of British brutality • BULL, which screens at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, sees filmmaker Paul Andrew Williams on savage form

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