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May the clay be with you • Global studios from Aardman to Cartoon Saloon are bringing their animation A-game to STAR WARS: VISIONS

Fast X gives an old engine a fresh tool-up • Director LOUIS LETERRIER on refreshing the franchise’s core ingredients

James Gunn’s path to Krypton • As the director gears up for Superman: Legacy, why he was always destined to make it

The uprising of Warrior Nun’s warriors • The cancelled drama’s showrunner on the movement that won’t kick the habit

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

BEHIND ZORRO’S MANY MASKS • With a Disney+ revamp of the dashing vigilante incoming, we chart the key faces of the century-old character

How to turn a desktop into a crime scene • The filmmakers behind MISSING on creating a mouse-click mystery

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

A VERY JORDAN PEELE CHRISTMAS • WITH HIS NEW FILM DUE NEXT DECEMBER, WE IMAGINE CLASSICS GIVEN THE PEELE TREATMENT

Could a stunts award finally crash the Oscars? • With a campaign urging the Academy to recognise stunt-people gathering steam, Empire investigates their battle for recognition

Inside Pixar’s Elemental ecosystem • Director PETER SOHN on forging his fiery, wet, windy, earthy new animation

The Room remake nobody saw coming • Ready your spoons. The cinematic curio is back, with Bob Odenkirk on board

“I’m a wicked character in Spider-Verse that sounds exactly like me. Come on!” • DANIEL KALUUYA on playing a North London Spidey variant and where his post-Oscar career is taking him

Mrs. Maisel has the last laugh • Rachel Brosnahan on finishing her run as the stylish 1950s stand-up

JELLY CREATURES

The deranged stop-motion sci-fi that’s taken decades to make • JUNK HEAD’s Takahide Hori on making his nightmarish vision a reality

THE SEQUEL AIMING FOR NEW HEIGHTS • The first Fall film took us to the top of a 2,000-foot radio tower. Where next for Scott Mann and his white-knuckle franchise?

“He brought dignity and strength and gravitas” • [IN MEMORIAM] Ian McShane remembers Lance Reddick, his late John Wick co-star

Big Shark • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

Priya Kansara • THE ACTOR BREAKS THROUGH AS A WANNABE MARTIAL ARTIST IN ACTION COMEDY POLITE SOCIETY

Michael J. Fox looks back • The filmmaker behind an intimate new documentary on bringing the star’s triumphant story to the screen

Neill Blomkamp’s need for speed • The GRAN TURISMO filmmaker steers Empire through his high-octane racing film

Is Tarantino’s latest character Pauline Kael? • The director’s final film is reported to be about the legendary essayist who made Hollywood quake

BEN SCHWARTZ

EVIL DEAD RISE • BIG SCREEN. SMALL SCREEN. YOUR REVIEWS BIBLE STARTS HERE

RENFIELD

POLITE SOCIETY

THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY

TETRIS

WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

AIR

SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS

LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE

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