After reinventing the Hollywood franchise model, making major stars of lesser-known superheroes, and delivering the highest-grossing movie of all time, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to face its greatest challenge yet: moving to the small-screen. And its first Disney+ series is no mere TV show – it’s a comic book adventure that’s also an homage to classic sitcoms, starring a witch and a robot, and promising to change up the MCU for good. You can read all about it in the new issue of Empire, on sale Thursday 26 November (and available to pre-order here). For now, here’s a sneak peek inside this month’s mag.
WandaVision
As Marvel moves into a whole new medium, Empire gets the full story on the weird and wild WandaVision – with brand new exclusive images, and interviews with stars Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and Teyonah Parris, plus writer Jac Schaeffer, director Matt Shakman, and MCU boss Kevin Feige.
Sean Connery Remembered
Just weeks ago, cinema lost one of the greats – an actor who defined one of the most iconic movie characters of all time, and who put in decades worth of brilliant performances. Across 14 pages, we look at his tenure as James Bond, his work outside 007, his final Empire interview, and more.
George Clooney
The Hollywood mega-star is back both behind and in front of the camera with his apocalyptic sci-fi drama The Midnight Sky. Empire speaks to the man himself in a career-spanning interview, talking his career as a director, the power of creative control, and Batman & Robin.
Nomadland
As the awards race heats up, all eyes are on Chloé Zhao’s Frances McDormand-starring drama Nomadland. Empire speaks to one of the most distinctive rising filmmakers working today.
TV’s Golden Year
In a year where most of us have had to stay at home, the small screen has risen to the challenge – maybe the best year for TV, well, ever.
In a major celebration, we talk to Michaela Coel about her instant-classic series I May Destroy You, get existential with Alex Garland on Devs, talk the miraculous feat of The Third Day’s extraordinary 12-hour live episode, and speak to six writers from the likes of Gangs Of London, Sex Education, Killing Eve and more about the last twelve months of telly.
Take 20
In this month’s look at all the movie moments that matter, we took at why 2020 was actually a great year for film, get a music masterclass from John Carpenter, dive into Ben Wheatley’s new Meg movie, meet One Night In Miami’s Kingsley Ben-Adir, and rate those accents from the Wild Mountain Thyme trailer.
Re View
In this month’s home entertainment section, we revisit Die Hard 2 with director Renny Harlin, talk National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation with Jeremiah Chechik, rank the movies of Shane Black, and much more.
On Screen
Reviewed this month is David Fincher’s Mank, Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor, Spike Lee and David Byrne’s new concert film American Utopia, the new season of The Crown, and much more.
Spoiler Special
Getting the spoiler treatment this month is the incredible Rocks, with input from director Sarah Gavron and co-writer Theresa Ikoko, and the long-awaited incendiary sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.