The Avengers: Endgame directors have congratulated the Spider-Man: Brand New Day team on its record-breaking domestic box office opening by continuing a Hollywood tradition. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

REVIEW: Ted Lasso is back with a new narrative, bringing Jason Sudeikis' cheery coach to Richmond's women's team, but its tangible desperation to recapture old magic makes it the show's weakest season yet. Read the Empire review: www.empireonline.com/tv/rev...

"A coming-of-age story to rival Scrapper and Aftersun." Writer-director Imran Perretta makes his feature debut with Luton based drama Ish — in UK cinemas now. Read our review: www.empireonline.com/movies...

"The Ninth Jedi spins familiar hallmarks into something new and exciting." Lah Kara's journey in the Force continues with Star Wars: Visions Presents — The Ninth Jedi, streaming now on Disney+. Read our review: www.empireonline.com/tv/rev...

"A sharper, more mature step up from the first volume." Bruce Timm's spiritual Batman: The Animated Series successor continues with Caped Crusader Season 2 — streaming now on Prime Video. Read our review: www.empireonline.com/tv/rev...

"The glam-rock B-side to Interview's gothic A-side." Sam Reid takes centre stage in Anne Rice adaptation The Vampire Lestat — streaming now on BBC iPlayer. Read our review: www.empireonline.com/tv/rev...

Oded Fehr's Ardeth Bay will return in Radio Silence's upcoming The Mummy sequel — alongside Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett's fourquel is set to hit cinemas on 15 October, 2027. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

The trailer for Violent Night 2 puts David Harbour's buff Santa on the naughty list — and introduces Kristen Bell's katana-and-hammer wielding Mrs. Claus. Tommy Wirkola's festive action sequel hits cinemas on 4 December. Watch it here: www.empireonline.com/movies...

After years of falling box office returns and waning audience engagement, the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and renewed optimism for what lies ahead suggest Marvel Studios may be finding its feet again, writes @BenSTravis. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...

REVIEW: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is Jane Schoenbrun's playful homage to schlocky horror. It's a joyful, funny, and visceral celebration of queerness and the strange, violent things that turn us on. Read our ★★★★★ review: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Star Wars is officially getting a Welsh-language dub this Christmas, with Matthew Rhys, Rhys Ifans, and more lending their voices to a galaxy far, far away. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

DC’s Jimmy Olsen mockumentary has found its female lead, with Mary Holland joining the true-crime docuseries hosted by Skyler Gisondo’s Daily Planet reporter. Read more: www.empireonline.com/tv/new...

Dave Bautista is reportedly in talks to replace Ryan Hurst as Kratos in Amazon's live-action God Of War series. Hurst left Ronald D. Moore's show last month following a major injury sustained on-set. Read more: www.empireonline.com/tv/new...

Kumail Nanjiani is set to make his directorial debut with werewolf horror comedy Howl, which has just landed at Orion Pictures. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Mahershala Ali flexes his blade skills as a religious hitman in the trailer for Bassam Tariq's violent drama Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Watch it here: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is finally swinging into IMAX screens across North America this Thursday, after Nolan’s The Odyssey has dominated the format for weeks. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

The U.S. box office just had its biggest weekend of all time, with Spider-Man and The Odyssey leading the pack with a total haul of $430 million. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has just swung a spectacular $927 million debut at the global box office, second only to Avengers: Endgame in the all-time opening weekend rankings. Read more. 👉 www.empireonline.com/movies...

Now that Spider-Man: Brand New Day has hit cinemas, the film seems to reflect Tom Holland's own uncertainty about returning to Spider-Man through a Peter Parker who is caught between being himself, and the iconic hero he has become. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

From 007 First Light to Saros to Resident Evil: Requiem, Empire presents the best games of 2026... so far. Read our full ranked list: www.empireonline.com/gaming...

Beep, beepity, beep-beep! The Inbetweeners are officially coming back for a reunion movie at Netflix, with all four leads expected to return. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

As the MCU heads towards a new age of mutants, Team Empire handpicks three first class X-Men movies you can watch right now. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

On this week's #EmpirePodcast we're talking Spider-Man: Brand New Day with director Destin Daniel Cretton. Plus! News! Reviews! Spider-movie nonsense! And more! Enjoy... Listen here: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Peter Parker's latest invention in Spider-Man: Brand New Day may have just changed the MCU forever. Join Empire as we explore, in great spoiler-y detail, something with potentially disastrous consequences for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Mahershala Ali has spoken out about Marvel Studios' unsuccessful attempts to make an MCU Blade movie. "If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it," said Ali — among other things — In an eye-opening new GQ interview. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Samara Weaving has reportedly been cast as telepathic mutant Emma Frost in Marvel Studios' upcoming X-Men movie, according to Deadline. The film will be directed by Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

Marvel's Wonder Man won't be back for Season 2 after all – and star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II seems just as surprised as the rest of us. Read More: www.empireonline.com/tv/new...

The first trailer for Wicker sees fisherwoman Olivia Colman getting r-rated with a rattan Alexander Skarsgård in an absurd period sex comedy. Watch it here: www.empireonline.com/movies...

John Leguizamo is eyeing a reunion with The Odyssey co-star Matt Damon on The Daniels' secretive next movie. Described as "The Breakfast Club meets Inception meets an anime film", The Daniels' latest is set to hit cinemas on 19 November, 2027. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...

Marvel's Wonder Man has been cancelled at Disney+ just four months after scoring a Season 2 renewal. Read more: www.empireonline.com/tv/new...