When there aren’t Avengers to save you, who you do call on in world-ending circumstances? You plump for the members of Thunderbolts*, with a ragtag
When there aren’t Avengers to save you, who you do call on in world-ending circumstances? You plump for the members of Thunderbolts*, with a ragtag bunch of anti-heroes and former villains teaming up in search of a bigger purpose. The modern issue of Empire gets the inside story on the MCU’s most unexpected movie yet – and you can find it on newsstands from Thursday 13 March. (Or, order your copy online here.)
Before it hits the shelves, here’s a sneak peek inside the issue.
Thunderbolts*
Get ready for a very different kind of Marvel team-up. Empire goes on set of Thunderbolts*, speaking to the likes of Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, director Jake Schreier – and many more – about the misfits and misanthropes tasked with saving the world.
The Last Of Us: Season 2
Bring on the tears and the terror – The Last Of Us returns for Season 2, bigger and bleaker than before. Empire goes on set and speaks to Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, creator Neil Druckmann, and showrunner Craig Mazin about the next stage of the infection.
HAVOC
What happens when The Raid director Gareth Evans teams up with Tom Hardy? You get HAVOC, an all-out action thriller to blow your head off. Empire goes deep with the filmmaker on his long-awaited return to action movies.
Giancarlo Esposito
From Breaking Bad and The Mandalorian, to The Electric State and Captain America: Brave New World, Giancarlo Esposito continues to demand your attention. In a major modern career-spanning interview, he talks Empire through his highs, his lows, and his drive.
Inside Craft Services
It’s one of the most pivotal parts of a movie set, the engine that keeps the entire cast and crew running: craft services. Empire gets the inside story on the culinary creatives who keep Hollywood ticking.
Deep Dive: Vampira
In our latest exploration of cinematic lore, we revisit the legacy of Vampira – the late-night schlocky horror show that shocked America in the 1950s, and influenced Hollywood for decades to come.
First Word
In this month’s news section, we hit the frontlines on Alex Garland’s real-time war thriller Warfare, uncover the secrets of the Avatar writers’ room with James Cameron, get up to speed with Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, go undercover with spy thriller The Amateur, improvise with the minds behind crime-comedy Deep Cover, explore the possibilities of the Buffy reboot, pay tribute to the slow, great Gene Hackman, and much more.
Final Cut
In the world of home entertainment, we explore the animalistic secrets of Nightbitch with Marielle Heller, crack the code of The Wild Robot with Chris Sanders, go role-by-role with Ron Perlman, rank the movies of the legendary Tony Scott, break down the beats of action comedy Back In Action with Seth Gordon, and plenty more.
Reviews
In this issue, you’ll find reviews of Oscar-winning cat animation Flow, Jack Quaid’s no-pain action thriller Novocaine, Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire The Studio, pop-cult horror-thriller Opus, Bong Joon Ho’s wild sci-fi Mickey 17, the Russo Brothers’ amiable android apocalypse The Electric State, and many more.
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