200 AND COUNTING...

THE EMPIRE PODCAST HITS ANOTHER MILESTONE

HEY SAID IT couldn’t be done. Perhaps they said it shouldn’t be done, but we went and did it anyway. Four years ago, we launched the Empire Podcast, a weekly show that combines movie news, reviews, and interviews with some of movieland’s biggest and brightest stars, and in late February we hit a landmark: 200 episodes. That may not sound like much, but to put it in perspective, that’s 135 more episodes than ’ Allo ’Allo managed. We still have some catching up to do on Coronation Street.

To celebrate, we held a live recording of the Podcast at the Prince Charles Cinema in late February, attended by a sell-out crowd and, of course, the Podcast team — Chris Hewitt, Helen O’hara, Phil de Semlyen and John Nugent. And a cracking night it was, too — our special guests were the wonderfully deadpan director of High-rise, Ben Wheatley, and the great Jason Isaacs, who regaled us with anecdotes from the set of The Tall Guy and Event Horizon, and revealed a long-held desire to play Daredevil. We didn’t have the heart to tell him.

To hear the Podcast, or to catch up on the previous episodes if you have roughly 199 hours free, simply go to empireonline.com/podcast, or check it out on itunes or Soundcloud. A subscription also includes our incredible spoiler specials, where we sit down with directors of the latest blockbusters, including Sam Mendes, Christopher Mcquarrie, Joss Whedon and more, and grill them on all that third-act goodness. Next up: Daredevil Season 2 and Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice...