Rustle up your boys and head to Birmingham: it’s time to meet a fresh bunch of Brummie gangsters in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, a feature film follow-up to the hit series. The new issue of Empire goes inside the film, and you can pick up a copy on newsstands from Thursday December 18 – or order online here.
But first up, here’s a sneak peek inside its page.
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Cillian Murphy and Steven Knight are back to bring Peaky Blinders into a whole new era. The pair – plus incoming star cast members Barry Keoghan and Rebecca Ferguson – talk Empire through the film that brings the global smash gangster saga to the big screen.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
After 28 Years Later proved all the rage, the story continues in a weirder, wilder sequel. Director Nia DaCosta – and cast members Jack O’Connell and Ralph Fiennes – tell Empire about bringing Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s horror saga into a strange new world.
Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
On screen and on scripting duties, the pair have been regular collaborators – and as they ready their latest team-up, crime thriller The Rip, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck unite for a joint interview about their partnership over decades of movies.
Richard Linklater On Nouvelle Vague
The second new Richard Linklater movie of 2025 is an homage to – and making-of story for – Jean-Luc Godard’s game-changing French New Wave Breathless, aka A Bout De Souffle. Linklater writes exclusively for Empire on channeling one of his director heroes.
Review Of The Year 2025
That’s a wrap, folks! The year is (almost) over, and it’s been full of cinematic (and televisual) excellence. Inside the mag, we celebrate the best of the best, including…
Sinners
Officially Empire’s film of the year, Ryan Coogler’s vampire original is a thrilling instant classic. We spoke to him about the reception to the film, and heading into uncharted territory.
Andor
Talk about sticking the landing. Star Wars’ extraordinary tale of rebellion, Imperialism, and its human cost came to a thunderous close with its time-hopping Season 2. Writer Dan Gilroy opens up about that pivotal Mon Mothma speech.
Weapons
Has a film finale given us more joy this year than Weapons? Probably not. Aunt Gladys herself, Amy Madigan, talks taking on the year’s most legendary villain – and filming those incredible final moments.
First Word
This month’s news section blasts off with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to talk Project Hail Mary; dives into the directorial debut of Kristen Stewart, The Chronology Of Water; steps up to the table with Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie; talks bloody satire with No Other Choice’s Park Chan-wook; meets the new players in Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come; explores the phenomenon of high-end movie merch, and much more.
Final Cut
In the home entertainment section, we burn rubber with F1 director Joseph Kosinski; get the story of the shot on Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan’s heartbreaking Spock farewell; go gag-by-gag on The Naked Gun with Akiva Schaffer; rank the movies of John Hughes; give Agnès Varda’s Cleo From 5 To 7 the Masterpiece treatment; and plenty more.
Reviews
In this issue, you’ll find reviews of Chloé Zhao’s deeply emotional Hamnet; Park Chan-wook’s anti-capitalist riot No Other Choice; Josh Safdie’s sweaty-palmed table-tennis drama Marty Supreme; Paul Feig’s starry adaptation of The Housemaid; Joachim Trier’s affecting family drama Sentimental Value; the full uncut Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair; and many more.
