This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees the podteam — Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, and James Dyer — play themselves as they discuss great 'as themselves' performances in the movies. They also run their collective eye over the week's movie news — including heartening Star Trek developments, our first look at the Legend Of Zelda movie, a starry new Ibelin film, and the new trailer for Project Hail Mary — and review Train Dreams, Wicked: For Good, Playdate, and Sisu: Road To Revenge. Plus, there's some talk about Black Friday bargains thrown into the, er, bargain for good measure. Yippee!
Interview-wise, our cup runneth over as ever, as Chris has interesting chats with The Thing With Feathers star/director duo Benedict Cumberbatch and Dylan Southern; [20:57 — 36:22 approx.] Train Dreams star/director duo Joel Edgerton and Clint Bentley; [59:10 — 1:15:34 approx.] and Now You See Me: Now You Don't star/not director not-duo Ariana Greenblatt. [1:39:14 — 1:53:45 approx.] And if anyone wants the Empire Podcast made available as a sleep story, please do get in touch. Enjoy!
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You can listen to this week's episode (which, if you're counting, is #694) on the pod app of your choice. And if you want more of The Empire Film Podcast, but LIVE and IN PERSON, then boy do we have just the thing for you. On Friday 9 January, 2026 at 7pm, Team Empire will be coming at you live from Kings Place for an evening of movie news, reviews, nonsense, and maybe a special guest or two to celebrate our 700th episode. Head on over to Kings Place's website to secure your ticket now. We'll see you there!