The Interviews (ft. Mason Thames & Lee Kirk; Adam Shankman; Sam Spruell)
The Interviews returns this week with a jam-packed show, as Chris Hewitt sits down at Comic-Con in San Diego with, after a delayed start, Mason Thames (and yes, we have learned how to pronounce his su...
23 Aug 1h
Middle-Aged Sex And Death At Camp Empire
This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Jane Schoenbrun, director of Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma, chat to Harry Stainer on Zoom about their new movie, creating a new horror icon, and t...
21 Aug 1h 31min
Jurassic Street: Cull De Sac (ft. guest, Matt Johnson)
This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees director Matt Johnson return, just a few weeks after he was talking up Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie. This time, he's talking to Amon Warmann abou...
14 Aug 1h 29min
The Greig Fraser Key Light Challenge (ft. guest, Taika Waititi)
This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Taika Waititi, director of Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Zoom in for a cracking chat with Chris Hewitt about that movie's tenth anniversary re-release, his ...
7 Aug 1h 24min
No Sex Scenes! (ft. guest, Destin Daniel Cretton)
This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt — freshly returned from Comic-Con and San Diego — sit down for a lovely chat with Spider-Man: Brand New Day director, Destin Daniel Cretton....
31 Juli 1h 34min
Comic-Con 2026: The Reaction Pod (recorded in San Diego)
And so Empire has said goodbye to Comic-Con 2026, after an absolutely jam-packed few days that saw our Chris Hewitt race around the San Diego Convention Centre, taking in panels and press lines galore...
27 Juli 1h 14min
Dogg Day Afternoon (ft. Mary Steenburgen; and Tom Hiddleston)
On this week's Empire Podcast, Helen O'Hara slides into the host's chair in the Comic-Con-related absence of Chris Hewitt, and together, she, James Dyer and Amon Warmann come up with some of the great...
24 Juli 1h 37min
Scott Aukerman on Comedy Bang! Bang! — An Empire Podcast Interview Special
Here's a fun treat for anyone interested in comedy, movies, improv and more: when Chris Hewitt was in LA the other week, not only did he talk to John Woo for a one-hour special that can be found in th...
21 Juli 1h 8min
