The return of James Bond. New films from Edgar Wright and Christopher Nolan. Phase 4 of the MCU. All-singing all-dancing musicals. When January rolls around, we’ll be entering a thrilling new year of bold, daring and diverse movies ready to thrill, chill, and transport us for a few precious hours. The December 2019 issue of Empire is our 2020 Preview Issue – your ultimate guide to the most exciting films just around the corner. Here’s a sneak peek inside this month’s magazine, on newsstands from Thursday 31 October.
2020 Preview
The new year isn’t far away – and it’s going to be packed with exciting new movies. This month we run you through the most intriguing films coming your way in 2020 – with exclusive reports, first-look images and more on the likes of No Time To Die, Edgar Wright’s Last Night In Soho, the long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984, drag queen musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, and much more.
Little Women
Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to Lady Bird sees her adopt a beloved classic novel with Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen playing the central March sisters. Exclusively for Empire, the writer-director interviews her four stars, posing them questions on their characters, their performances – and hoop skirts.
Fight Club
We’re not supposed to talk about it. But considering Fight Club is now 20 years old, we’re breaking the first two rules to revisit David Fincher’s satirical tale of toxic masculinity, anti-capitalist revolutions, and bars of soap – with the filmmaker opening his personal photo archive from his time making the movie.
The People Vs. David Fincher
In the latest Empire 30 special, we pose your reader questions to the filmmaker behind Fight Club, Seven, The Social Network, Zodiac and more.
Last Christmas
Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding are teaming up for George Michael-soundtracked festive rom-com Last Christmas. In a joint interview, they discuss their break-out roles in Game Of Thrones and Crazy Rich Asians, their go-to Christmas movies, and celebrity freak-outs.
Marriage Story
The director of The Squid And The Whale and Frances Ha is Noah Baum-back in business with a surprisingly funny and emotionally raw divorce movie. Baumbach tells Empire about how he crafted such a personal and widely-relatable drama.
Review
In this month’s home entertainment section, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy talk through the entire Before trilogy, Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley breaks down the movie’s emotion-driven developments, Keanu Reeves gets the ranking treatment, and much more.
Take 20
This month’s film moments that matter include Sam Mendes talking up his ambitious World War I drama 1917, Colin Trevorrow talking exclusively about pulling together the classic Jurassic cast for the next World, Bong Joon-Ho on the hugely-anticipated Parasite – and the ultimate debate on the matter of Martin Scorsese vs. Marvel.
Spoiler Special
We delve into the biggest talking points in Joker and Hustlers, with input from filmmakers Todd Phillips and Lorene Scafaria – as well as members of the Empire team.
On Screen
Reviewed this issue are the likes of The Irishman, James Mangold’s racing drama Le Mans ’66, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Lupita Nyong’o’s zombie-horror-comedy Little Monsters, and Rian Johnson’s twist-filled whodunnit Knives Out.
Pick up Empire's 2020 Preview Issue from Thursday 31 October.