Like a baby crawling across a ceiling, a new issue of Empire is slowly creeping towards you. Issue #332 of the world’s biggest and inarguably best film magazine comes with a choice of four iconic orange-and-monochrome T2 Trainspotting covers, and almost 150 pages of filmy goodness within. The new issue arrives in all good and evil newsagents from December 29 – available to buy online here – with subscribers to Empire getting theirs a little early.
And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got Empire?
T2 Trainspotting
Taking centre stage on our four covers and that explosively colourful subscriber-only cover is Danny Boyle’s hugely-anticipated follow-up to the classic ‘90s Brit hit. Empire was on set to witness toilet antics and fisticuffs – and interview all the key cast and crew to see if they still have a lust for life.
The big 2017 preview
It’s time we showed 2016 the exit and tell it to close the door behind it. This issue, we beckon 2017 in with open arms, and our outrageously massive 18-page (!) annual preview includes exclusive looks at the likes of (deep breath) Kong: Skull Island, Fast & Furious 8, Alien: Covenant, Logan, Dunkirk, Wonder Woman, War For The Planet Of The Apes, Mute, and many many more.
John Wick Chapter 2
People keep asking Keanu Reeves if he’s back...yeah, he’s thinking he’s back. Empire pops along to the set of John Wick: Chapter 2 and attempts not to get in the way of a thousand bullets flying every which way. We also learn that Wick will kill “more people than the bubonic plague”.
A Monster Calls
Liam Neeson plays a Treebeard-on-steroids-esque monster in epic new tear-jerking fantasy A Monster Calls – and we have some exclusive early concept art of the monster, from original illustrations for the Patrick Ness novel to VFX designs. Plus, an unforgettable photo of Neeson in some very fetching mo-cap pyjamas.
Preview: A Cure For Wellness
Gore Verbinski’s art-deco creeper A Cure For Wellness leads up the front section of the mag this month, which also has exclusive sneak-peeks of The Lost City Of Z, Certain Women, Ghost In The Shell, and some little indie series called Star Wars which has a new movie about some guy called Han Solo. No idea what that’s about.
On Screen: Manchester By The Sea
The Oscar-tipped Manchester By The Sea leads up our reviews section, which also includes trusty Empire critiques on films like Silence, La La Land and A Monster Calls; TV shows like The Man In The High Castle and Sherlock; and games like The Last Guardian and Dead Rising 4.
Empire Interview: Viola Davis
Annalise Keating in How To Get Away With Murder; Aibileen Clark in The Help; Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad; and now Rose Maxon in the awards-likely Fences. The queen-like Viola Davis is the subject of our big interview this month.
Re.View: Brotherhood
Noel Clarke’s Brotherhood gets the Viewing Guide treatment this month, leading up a bumper Re.View section that includes looks back on Kubo And The Two Strings, Hell Or High Water, Akira, Jerry Maguire, and The Seven Year Itch.
Edgar Wright interviews Walter Hill
In a previous issue, we had Christopher McQuarrie quiz William Friedkin on The French Connection. This issue, we have Edgar Wright (director of the upcoming Baby Driver) interview Walter Hill (director of The Driver), the latest in our loose series of director-on-director profiles.
All that, and a substantial amount more, can be found in the shiny new issue of Empire, arriving in all good and evil newsagents from December 29. You can buy the issue online here. Want to get exclusive subscriber-only covers delivered days before everyone else? You’ll want to subscribe to Empire{