{"id":272281,"date":"2025-11-19T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/272281\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:00:16","slug":"empire-issue-preview-inside-the-odyssey-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/272281\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Issue Preview: Inside The Odyssey Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are few films in the world right now more exciting than The Odyssey \u2013 the return of Christopher Nolan, fresh from his knockout, Oscar-toppling Oppenheimer. And you can get your first peek at the filmmaker\u2019s Greek epic in the pages of Empire \u2013 on newsstands from 20 November.<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Before it arrives on shelves, here\u2019s a sneak peek inside the mag \u2013 order yours online here.<\/p>\n

The Odyssey
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The epic to end all epics is coming. Empire flew to Christopher Nolan\u2019s LA HQ to get the first word on The Odyssey \u2013 and even glimpsed a few minutes of footage. Plus, we speak to Odysseus himself, Matt Damon, about embarking on the cinematic adventure of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s your first look anywhere at The Odyssey, and it heads up our\u2026<\/p>\n

2026 Preview
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The new year is nearly upon us, so start planning your must-sees now. Our massive preview includes brand new looks at Sam Raimi\u2019s desert island horror Send Help, Pixar\u2019s much-anticipated Toy Story 5, Richard Linklater\u2019s French New Wave homage Nouvelle Vague, Looney Tunes comeback kid Coyote Vs. Acme, new Westeros adventure A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, the return of Daredevil: Born Again, and many more, as well as\u2026<\/p>\n

The Mandalorian And Grogu<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Star Wars is back on the big screen, with the return of Din Djarin and his little green adoptive son. Jon Favreau tells Empire about bringing Mando into the cinematic arena.<\/p>\n

Hamnet<\/p>\n

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As awards season hots up, all eyes are on Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s deeply emotional Shakespeare drama. Stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal unite for a joint interview about life, art and grief.<\/p>\n

The Bride!<\/p>\n

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The Bride Of Frankenstein is back \u2013 as you\u2019ve never seen her before. Filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal teases what to expect from her wild new take on a cinematic icon.<\/p>\n

James Cameron Answers Your Questions
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As our Path To Pandora series comes to an end, we\u2019re going out with a bang. You posed questions to James Cameron \u2013 on Avatar, Aliens, Alita and more \u2013 and he answered them with candour and meticulous detail. Praise Eywa.<\/p>\n

Pee-Wee\u2019s Big Adventure
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Back at the start of his career, Tim Burton made an oddball odyssey in collaboration with Paul Reubens. Empire revisits the creation of an outsider classic, as it enters the Criterion Collection.<\/p>\n

First Word
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In this month\u2019s news section, we embrace the jungle chaos with Anaconda stars Paul Rudd and Jack Black; get emotional with Sentimental Value\u2019s Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve; go full-meta with the MCU\u2019s Wonder Man; wade into geo-political Doctor Who spin-off The War Between The Land And The Sea; talk the delights of Japan with Rental Family\u2019s Brendan Fraser; and plenty more.<\/p>\n

Final Cut
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In the home entertainment section, we explore the emotional fallout of Materialists with Celine Song; rank the movies of the late, great Robert Redford; go scare-by-scare through Bring Her Back with the Philippou brothers; talk the secret to adapting Stephen King with filmmaker Mike Flanagan; discuss Malcolm McDowell\u2019s greatest roles with the man himself; and much more.<\/p>\n

Reviews
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In this issue, you\u2019ll find reviews of Rian Johnson\u2019s third Benoit Blanc mystery, Wake Up Dead Man; Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s grief-fuelled drama The Thing With Feathers; Sydney Sweeney\u2019s boxing biopic Christy; Richard Linklater\u2019s latest Ethan Hawke team-up Blue Moon; the return of Pennywise in It: Welcome To Derry; Edgar Wright\u2019s actioner The Running Man; Vince Gilligan\u2019s must-see series Pluribus; and many more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are few films in the world right now more exciting than The Odyssey \u2013 the return of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-272281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}