All hail the Alien Queen! For the legendary Sigourney Weaver, star of some of the finest sci-fi films of all time, is our esteemed guest on this week’s episode of the Empire Podcast, as she tells Chris Hewitt all about starring in her first Star War, The Mandalorian And Grogu. [44:47 — 58:17 approx] Then, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O’Hara and James Dyer to discuss their predictions for the biggest movies of the year; cast their eye over the week’s movie news, including a shocking development in the hunt for the new James Bond and a welcome update on Netflix’s Cliff Booth movie release plans; and review The Mandalorian And Grogu, Jack Ryan: Ghost War, Finding Emily, Tom & Jerry: Forbidden Compass, and Passenger. Oh, and the team eat some burgers, but thankfully they don’t bang on about it. Enjoy.
And if all of the above isn’t quite enough Empire Podcast for you, then there’s plenty more where that came from. You can listen to this week’s episode (which, if you’re counting, is #718) on the pod app of your choice. There, you’ll also find the latest episode of Empire Pod regular The Shameless Plug, which sees Chris Hewitt and our intrepid leader, Nick de Semlyen, deliver a monthly behind-the-scenes deep-dive into the making of the world’s biggest movie magazine. This month, the duo become a trio as James Dyer joins Nick and Chris to discuss how our Aliens 40th Anniversary issue came to be, and just how exactly the team managed to get James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn and Jenette Goldstein to come together on Zoom in celebration of the ultimate sci-fi blockbuster sequel.
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