It's another jam-packed episode of the Empire Podcast this week, folks. First, Chris Hewitt sits down on Zoom with ace composer and musician, Jon Batiste, and Matthew Heineman, about their new documentary, American Symphony; then he battles an uncooperative microphone stand and emerges with an enormously fun interview with Napoleon stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby; and lastly two walking Disney encyclopaedias meet, as our Ben Travis sits down with Jennifer Lee, the writer of this week's Wish and Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios. On either side of all of those is a fun episode in which Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to discuss the actor whose back catalogue they would choose to watch for the rest of their lives; natter about the week's movie news; and review Napoleon, Bradley Cooper's Maestro, George C. Wolfe's Rustin, and Wish. And yes, Chris does know he misquoted Dodgeball. First the Attack of the Clones review, now this: Film Twitter will find his resignation on their desk first thing tomorrow. As for this episode: enjoy.
RUNNING ORDER (all timings approx.)
INTRO/LISTENERS QUESTION: 0:00.00 - 20:13.00
JON BATISTE
MOVIE NEWS: 38:33.00 - 1:01:14.00
JOAQUIN PHOENIX & VANESSA KIRBY
REVIEWS: 1:19:03.00 - 1:43:45.00
JENNIFER LEE & OUTRO
#544 — Lee Unkrich, Rebecca Hall, Antoine Fuqua, Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance
#543 — Damian Lewis & Nick Murphy, Greta Gerwig, Frank Grillo
#542 — Luca Guadagnino, Tim Minchin
#541 — Paul Mescal, Will Ferrell & Octavia Spencer, Florence Pugh & Sebastian Lelio
#540 — Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead
#539 — Daniel Radcliffe, Jennifer Lawrence & Lila Neugebauer
#538 — Billy Eichner & Luke Macfarlane, Georgina Campbell
The Good Nurse: An Empire/London Film Festival Special ft. Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Tobias Lindholm and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
#537 — Pierce Brosnan, Emma Corrin & Michael Grandage
#536 — Jamie Lee Curtis, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Hans Zimmer Interview Special
#535 — Lashana Lynch & Sheila Atim, Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope, Christian Bale & David O. Russell
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Trailer Breakdown Special
Discussing FX's The Bear: An Empire/Pilot TV Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+
#534 — Maika Monroe, B.J. Novak
Bond At 60: A Barbara Broccoli/Michael G. Wilson Interview Special
#533 — Steve Coogan, Bryce Dallas Howard & DeWanda Wise
Wedding Season: An Empire Podcast/Pilot TV Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+
Andor Preview Special ft. Diego Luna and Tony Gilroy
#532 — Reece Shearsmith
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