Empire Australasia - 04.2020

CONTRIBUTORS

Michael Adams, Liz Beardsworth, Elizabeth Best, Simon Braund, David Michael

Brown, Jenny Colgan, Nick de Semlyen, Fred Dellar, Andrew Dickens, James Dyer,

Angie Errigo, Ian Freer, Alex Godfrey, Chris Hewitt, David Hughes, Travis Johnson,

Dan Jolin, Tim Keen, Will Lawrence, Andrew Lowry, Ben McEachen, Jim Mitchell,

Anthony Morris, Ian Nathan, Kim Newman, John Nugent, Helen O’Hara, George

Palathingal, David Parkinson, Seb Patrick, Sophie Petzal, Nev Pierce, Jonathan

Pile, Olly Richards, Adam Smith, Beth Webb, Amy West, Terri White, Rod Yates.

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PRODUCTION

Production Controller Marsha Mursid

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EMPIRE UK

Editor-In-Chief Terri White

AssociateEditor Liz Beardsworth

InternationalDirector Susan Voss

BAUER MEDIA

Chief Executive Officer Brendon Hill

Publisher Shane Sutton

Commercial Manager Marena Paul

Business Analyst Melissa Tanudjaja

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EDITORIAL

EDITOR DAN LENNARD

ART DIRECTOR JASON STEEL

I WAS GOINGto kick off with an enthusiastic introduction about how
amazing it was to seeNo Time To Diein the cinema this month. But, sadly,
the coronavirus crisis has put a stop to that, and the 25th instalment of the
58-year-old series – Daniel Craig’s final appearance as James Bond – has been
delayed until November. That doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate the greatness
of 007, however, with our terrific 25-page special on all things Bondian: past,
present and future (well, about eight months in the future as we go to press).
No Time To Dieisn’t the only flick to suffer from the world’s attempts to
slow the pandemic.The New Mutants(pg84), which has been “cursed” with
one delay after another for years, was also supposed to come out in April, but
has now been removed from the release schedule. Consider this issue’s article
as a “sneak preview” for its eventual (hopeful) release later this year.
On a more cheerful note, we have a wonderful article on the greatest
animal actor of all time, Bart The Bear (pg90). Pass the honey.
In advance, I’d like to apologise if any of the release dates in this issue
are incorrect. Like everything with the coronavirus right now, events are
happening fast and things are beyond our control.
So let’s get started...and stay safe.

CLASSIC LINES OF THE MONTH

“We were

not just

going to

give the

fans some

spy/assassins

movie.”

p.

“My parents were

evangelical

Christians.

They believed

in demons,

the rapture,

all that stuff.”

p.

“I was thrown

fl at on my face,

then he was

on me. I just

protected my

ears, my eyes,

and played dead.”

p.

DAN LENNARD
EDITOR

Black Widow wears

white on our cover

(just to confuse us).