Empire Magazine Issue 438 (April 2025) Mission: Impossible

The fuse is lit, and the countdown is on – Ethan Hunt is about to burst back onto screens in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, sending Tom Cruise to even greater lengths in the name of our entertainment.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning - Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie are back with a new (final?) Mission, taking Ethan Hunt to even dizzier heights, and deeper depths – in every sense. Empire goes on set to witness the madness, speaking to the director and star – plus the likes of Pom Klementieff, Hayley Atwell and Simon Pegg – about pulling off the most dangerous Mission ever.

Mission By Mission - The entire Mission saga has been fuelled by Tom Cruise’s star power. Here, he looks back at one sequence from each movie in the franchise, dishing up new stories and details on his most daring feats.

David Lynch Remembered - The legendary filmmaker passed away in January, leaving an astonishing cinematic legacy. Empire celebrates David Lynch’s life and work across 12 pages, speaking to Nicolas Cage about his time shooting Wild At Heart; looking back on The Elephant Man with Dexter Fletcher; hearing from Chris Isaak on how he came to be cast in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; tracing his work with writer Barry Gifford on Lost Highway and more. Plus, Empire writers look back on Lynch’s screen heroines, Prano Bailey-Bond hails the filmmaker who always inspired her, and much, much more.

Daredevil: Born Again - Ready to return to Hell’s Kitchen? Daredevil is reborn on Disney+, in a series forged in fire. Empire speaks to Charlie Cox, showrunner Dario Scardapane, directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead and more, on the fight to get Matt Murdock and friends back in action.

The Alto Knights - What happens when you take a double dose of De Niro, and team him back up with writer Nicholas ‘GoodFellas’ Pileggi? You get The Alto Knights, bringing a slice of mafia history to life. Empire gets the inside story on the ultimate mob movie.

Jamie Lee Curtis - Jamie Lee Curtis doesn’t compromise. Empire sits down with the Hollywood legend for a major new career-spanning interview, discussing  her wild and unpredictable roles, and why she isn’t slowing down.

Flow - Feline animated hit Flow has broken the mould – and is going toe-to-toe with animation giants at the Oscars. Director Gints Zilbalodis talks Empire through his filmmaking journey to make a moggy masterpiece.

First Word - This month’s news section explores the fallout of the Hollywood fires; gets up close and personal with the Thunderbolts* team; returns to Pandora for a fresh look at Avatar: Fire And Ash; talks spy games with Black Box stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett; goes biblical with Gangs Of London Season 3; gets Christina Hendricks on the Pint Of Milk interview; meets the muscle-mountains of Reacher’s return; and much more.

Final Cut - In the world of home entertainment, we talk the return of Wallace & Gromit in Vengeance Most Fowl with creator Nick Park; revisit Hammer favourite Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter; rank the Transformers movies; give Whiplash the Masterpiece treatment; go scare-by-scare on Smile 2, and much more besides.

Reviews - Reviewed in this issue, you’ll find the likes of Oscar nominated animation Memoir Of A Snail; Osgood Perkins’ horror-comedy The Monkey; Pamela Anderson comeback The Last Showgirl; Ke Huy Quan action blowout Love Hurts, and plenty more.

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