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EMPIRE • WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO THIS MONTH

TALK TO US • COMMENT OF THE MONTH

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No./1 Disney’s biggest bombshells, digested • From Marvel to Pixar, we distil down the metric tonne of chest-tightening news just revealed by Disney

No./ 2 Inside Robert Rodriguez’s hero factory • How the gonzo filmmaker mentors new talent and icons – on and off screen

No./ 3 HORRIFIC BODY SWAPS • Anatomical exchanges used to be charming and cute - now they’re deeply messed-up

No./ 3 Inside the big WB drama of 2020 • How the studio broke the internet with the plan to release all of its 2021 films simultaneously in cinemas and on streaming

No./ 5 Meet the robots of the (not too distant) future • How the first-time fiimmake behind new sci-fi ARCHIVE created three robots from scratch

No./6 THE COMFORT ZONE THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER • Alfred and Clara’s long-awaited smooch continues our lockdown celebration of the best comfort movies

No./7 Sam Neill’s guide to sheep • The actor, real-life farmer and star of new dramedy RAMS offers his tips for budding farmers

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No./8 The anti-romcom leading man • Actor Leo Bill on being Billie Piper’s unorthodox romantic interest in her directorial debut,

NO./9 How a 1940s singer became a 2020s icon • Director LEE DANIELS on why now is the perfect time to tell the warts-and-all tale of jazz legend Billie Holiday’s tumultuous life

Ariana DeBose • THE HAMILTON ORIGINAL CAST MEMBER IS NOW STARRING IN MAJOR MOVIE MUSICALS FOR RYAN MURPHY AND STEVEN SPIELBERG

No. / 10 “I don’t want to retire. I’ll go on ’til all my teeth fall out” • [THE Q&A] With an astonishing performance in new drama The Father, SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS shows no sign of stopping. It’s all down to destiny, he says

No. / 11 WHAT HOLLYWOOD WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE BIDEN ERA • Three top screenwriters offer their predictions for cinema after Trump

No./12 The all-new Island Of Dr. Moreau • Writer Zack Stentz reveals his updated TV-show take on the H.G. Wells sci-fi classic

No. /13 “Dave was the opposite of everything Darth Vader was” • [ IN MEMORIAM] Mark Hamill remembers DAVE PROMISE – the Bristolian bodybuilder who became Darth Vader

No. /14 BRING ON THE SCORPION KING REBOOT • Empire’s John Nugent on the welcome return of The Rock’s blockbuster

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

No. / 15 The very meta lockdown antidote • Michael Sheen and David Tennant on returning to play Michael Sheen and David Tennant in STAGED

No. /16 WELCOME BACK TO THE PARTY, PAL • Die Hard director John McTiernan talks exclusively about his long-awaited comeback

No. /17 Carey goes carefree • With a blinding lead role in Promising Young Woman Carey Mulligan is learning to throw the shackles off

No. / 18 The Mauritanian • [ON - SET REPORT] On location of the shocking true story about a man put through a gruesome 14-year ordeal

No./19 THE WATCH LIST • Team Empire (and a famous friend) on their. upcoming picks from TV and film

No./20 THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC • A NOTORIOUS INDONESIAN HORROR GETS A GRUESOME MODERN REBOOT

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