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Making the perfect organism • HOW FEDE ÁLVAREZ FUSED TWO MOVIES TO CREATE HIS IDEAL XENOMORPH STORY, ALIEN: ROMULUS

Inside the evolution of the Oscars • EMPIRE CHATS EXCLUSIVELY WITH ACADEMY HEADS JANET YANG AND BILL KRAMER ABOUT THE AWARD SHOW’S FUTURE

NEED TO KNOW • GET UP TO SPEED ON… 28 YEARS LATER

On A Role • THE ACTOR PIVOTS TO PIONEERING IN KEVIN COSTNER’S HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA

ACTION AND REACTION • HOW THE FALL GUY HAS SHONE A SPOTLIGHT ON TWO VETERAN STUNT-GUYS

GETTING RATTY • HOW RATATOUILLE KEEPS LEAVING BITE MARKS ON POP CULTURE

The trio taking on the Taliban • MALALA YOUSAFZAI, JENNIFER LAWRENCE AND SAHRA MANI ON THEIR BOLD DOCUMENTARY, BREAD & ROSES

THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING SANDS • A HANDY EXPLAINER FOR DUNE: PROPHECY, THE TV SPIN-OFF THAT WILL DELVE INTO A SHADOWY ORDER

THE PIPELINE • EIGHT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

Brushing up on Big foot • JESSE EISENBERG AND RILEY KEOUGH GUIDE US THROUGH THEIR BIZARRE NEW MOVIE, SASQUATCH SUNSET

The Spotlight Taylour Paige • BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F’S NEW BLOOD BREAKS DOWN HER HOLLYWOOD PAST AND FUTURE

GALACTUS VS FINCHY • THE FANTASTIC FOUR’S GALACTUS WILL BE PLAYED BY RALPH INESON. HERE’S HOW HE COMPARES TO INESON’S OTHER ICONIC VILLAIN, THE OFFICE SALES REP CHRIS FINCH

Roland Emmerich maximises Ancient Rome • HOLLYWOOD’S MOST BOMBASTIC DIRECTOR MAKES HIS TV DEBUT WITH THE EPIC THOSE ABOUT TO DIE

FINDING SANCTUARY IN THE SMALL SCREEN • I SAW THE TV GLOW DIRECTOR JANE SCHOENBRUN ON TELLING THE STORIES THEY WANT TO SEE

ON OUR MINDS • DAFT MUSINGS FROM THE WARPED MINDS OF TEAM EMPIRE

Middle-earth gets a glow-up • THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER IS ABOUT TO UNLEASH MAGICAL-RING MAYHEM

The secrets of a troubling triptych • YORGOS LANTHIMOS BREAKS DOWN THE CHAPTERS OF HIS ANGSTY ANTHOLOGY MOVIE, KINDS OF KINDNESS

CABINET IN THE WOODS • THE DIRECTORS OF RUMOURS ON MAKING POLITICAL SATIRE WITH A DIFFERENCE

CARTOON CRIBS • THE LATEST PROMO TREND? TAKING ANIMATED ABODES AND TURNING THEM INTO REAL-LIFE AIRBNBS

Fighting fire with fire • HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’S EMMA D’ARCY AND OLIVIA COOKE ON HOW THEIR ON-SCREEN RIVALRY IS HEATING UP IN SEASON 2

“Comedy sequels often feel like an extended Comic Relief sketch” • TOM ELLEN ON WHY SPINAL TAP II SHOULD BEWARE THE CURSE OF THE CAMEO -PACKED FOLLOW-UP

From font to fairy tale

THE MONTHLY ΜΙΧΤΑΡΕ • EMPIRE MIXMASTER AMON WARMANN SELECTS THIS MONTH'S ESSENTIAL TUNES

A HORROR THAT REALLY GETS UNDER THE SKIN • CORALIE FARGEAT BREAKS DOWN THE INSPIRATIONS FOR HER BARMY SHOCKER

“Nobody in Hollywood knew as much about making movies” • DIRECTOR JOE DANTE WRITES FOR EMPIRE ABOUT THE LATE, GREAT

THE BATTLE FOR SCARLETT JOHANSSON’S VOICE • A RECENT DISPUTE BETWEEN THE STAR AND OPENAI IS THE LATEST TWIST IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACTORS AND AI

THE SMÉAGOL HAS LANDED • THE THINGS WE’D MOST LIKE TO SEE IN ANDY SERKIS’ UPCOMING LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIE, THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM

How Much Is A Pint Of Milk? • THE LEGENDARY ACTOR GETS ANIMALISTIC FOR OUR OFFTHE-WALL...