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Time to update your Identity Discs, Tron fans. Yes, Tron: Ares is coming, set to not just return audiences to the Grid – but also to bring the Grid crashing into our world. The new issue of Empire is an Ares deep-dive, going on set of the upcoming threequel – and while it doesn’t hit shelves until Thursday 3 July you can get a sneak peek inside its pages here.
Tron: Ares
Nine Inch Nails
In recent years, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have moulded the movie soundtrack in their own image. Now, they’re about to change the game again, scoring Tron: Ares as Nine Inch Nails. They talk Empire through crafting a score with teeth.
Alien: Earth
Get ready for a take on Alien like no other. Noah Hawley’s small-screen series will bring the Xenomorph to terra firma, unleashing all kinds of beasts, androids, and humans along the way. Empire speaks to Hawley and his cast about birthing a new saga.
The Thursday Murder Club
Tea, cakes, and murder, anyone? Empire goes on set to get clued up on Chris Columbus’ adaptation of Richard Osman’s mega-hit murder-mystery – with a killer cast led by Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie.
The Life Of Chuck
Mike Flanagan’s first film since Doctor Sleep is another Stephen King adaptation that tackles life, the universe, and everything. The director and star Tom Hiddleston unite to discuss their existential odyssey.
Nobody 2
The original Nobody turned Bob Odenkirk into a bone-snapping action star. Now, the sequel ups the stakes – with a cult Indonesian director, a pulpier premise, and the return of Sharon Stone on villainous form. Empire speaks to all the somebodies involved.
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Materialists
Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal are caught in a love triangle in Celine Song’s romantic-drama follow-up to Past Lives. The starry trio sit down to talk love, loss and everything in between.
The Naked Gun
The legendary spoof series returns – with The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer behind the camera, and Liam Neeson at the trigger, ready to unleash some serious silliness. Empire enters Police Squad to get the inside story.
First Word
In this month’s news section we join the hunt with Predator: Badlands, get a look at Spider and Quaritch’s return in Avatar: Fire And Ash, hit the road with The Long Walk, rock out with Lindsay Lohan for Freakier Friday, talk death-defying Mission stunts with Tom Cruise, break down the Eddington trailer, lighten up with Darren Aronofsky on his crime romp Caught Stealing, and plenty more.
Final Cut
In the home entertainment section, we eat the rich with Mountainhead and Succession’s Jesse Armstrong, talk the end of Andor with Tony Gilroy, go beat by bloody beat on HAVOC with Gareth Evans, return to Twin Peaks with Mark Frost, rank the movies of 1995, and much more.
Reviews
In this issue, you’ll find reviews of dino adventure Jurassic World Rebirth, Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd’s ultra-awkward Friendship, action-comedy Heads Of State, David Cronenberg’s grief-fuelled The Shrouds, Pixar’s intergalactic outing Elio, and many more.