{"id":8292,"date":"2026-04-08T15:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/empire-issue-preview-steven-spielberg-disclosure-day-mother-mary-power-ballad\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:30:52","slug":"empire-issue-preview-steven-spielberg-disclosure-day-mother-mary-power-ballad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/empire-issue-preview-steven-spielberg-disclosure-day-mother-mary-power-ballad\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Issue Preview: Steven Spielberg, Disclosure Day, Mother Mary, Power Ballad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ready for the truth to be revealed? Disclosure Day<\/em> is coming, Steven Spielberg\u2019s new summer blockbuster set to spill extra-terrestrial secrets \u2013 and the new issue of Empire has the first word on the master\u2019s latest original.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll find the magazine on newsstands from Thursday April 9 \u2013 and you can order a copy online here right now \u2013 but first, here\u2019s a sneak peek inside its pages.<\/p>\n

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Steven Spielberg<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Over 50 years ago, he invented the blockbuster. Now Spielberg is back with a fresh one \u2013 and he sits down for a major new interview, revisiting his sci-fi classics, and exploring his relationship to the genre as he readies Disclosure Day<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Disclosure Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Plus, we take a deep dive into his new film, speaking to stars Josh O\u2019Connor, Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo and Eve Hewson, plus writer David Koepp, to get the first word on the summer\u2019s most secretive film.<\/p>\n

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Mother Mary<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Are you ready for it? David Lowery is back with a pop psychodrama that sees Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel go head-to-head. He talks Empire through its original songs, the styling, its central rivalry, and the psychological power-struggle at its core.<\/p>\n

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Power Ballad<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Nobody delivers harmonious cinema like John Carney. His latest sees Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas face off in a case of a stolen song \u2013 and they tell Empire<\/em> all about hitting the high notes on a music-based comedy.<\/p>\n

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Jet Li<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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For decades, Jet Li has been delivering mind-blowing martial arts in action cinema. As he prepares to release his book, he talks Empire<\/em> through his game-changing career \u2013 from Hong Kong to Hollywood.<\/p>\n

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The Sheep Detectives<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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You\u2019ve seen murder-mysteries, but never one where the sleuth is a flock of sheep. Enter The Sheep Detectives<\/em>. The film\u2019s sprawling cast \u2013 including Hugh Jackman, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Regina Hall, Nicholas Braun and Hong Chau \u2013 talks Empire<\/em> through its mad making-of.<\/p>\n

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Rivals: Season 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The sauciest \u2013 and most surprising \u2013 show on TV is back. Empire<\/em> goes on set of Rivals<\/em>\u2019 ripping return, speaking to the cast and crew about going deeper on the Jilly Cooper series that had everyone hooked.<\/p>\n

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First Word<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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In the news section, we tap in to Toy Story 5<\/em> with director Andrew Stanton; talk art and arseholery with Ian McKellen for The Christophers<\/em>; get a fresh slice of Beef<\/em> as Season 2 looms; peek ahead to what\u2019s in store in Dune: Part Three<\/em>; look at the latest series from Baby Reindeer<\/em> creator Richard Gadd, Half-Man<\/em>; and much more.<\/p>\n

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Final Cut<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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In the home entertainment section, we look back on the reception of The Running Man<\/em> with Edgar Wright; go beat-by-beat on Zootropolis 2<\/em> with its directors; rank the films of the late, great Robert Duvall; revisit the game-changing Hard Boiled<\/em> with John Woo, and much more.<\/p>\n

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Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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In this issue, you\u2019ll find reviews of starry relationship nightmare The Drama<\/em>; James McAvoy\u2019s directorial debut California Schemin\u2019<\/em>, Mark Jenkin\u2019s latest singular Cornish original, Rose Of Nevada<\/em>; Season 5 of galactic drama For All Mankind<\/em>; the return of Jim Jarmusch with Father Mother Sister Brother<\/em>; and many more.<\/p>\n

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Ready for the truth to be revealed? Disclosure Day is coming, Steven Spielberg\u2019s new summer blockbuster set to spill extra-terrestrial secrets \u2013 and the new issue of Empire has the first word on the master\u2019s latest original. You\u2019ll find the magazine on newsstands from Thursday April 9 \u2013 and you can order a copy online […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-8292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-47","tag-dune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}