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
The Great Unwatched — An Empire Podcast Special, In Association With JustWatch
#506 — Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones, Simon Farnaby
The Three Fact Structure (Live At Episode 500)
#505 — Sandra Oh and Rosalie Chiang, Sean Baker
A Deep Dive Into The Dropout: An Empire Podcast + Pilot TV Podcast Special, In Association With Disney+
#504 — David Koepp, Paul Dano
Questlove On Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — An Empire Podcast Interview Special
Kenneth Branagh On Belfast — An Empire Podcast Interview Special
#503 — Joe Wright, Paul Thomas Anderson, Dave Grohl
#502 — Joanna Scanlan, Peter Dinklage
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Trailer Breakdown Special
Hot Fuzz At 15: A Live Celebration ft. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg
#501 — Josephine Decker, Ariana DeBose
#500 — Tom Holland, Joanna Hogg & Harris Dickinson, Brett Goldstein, Rachel Zegler, Kate Herron, Johnny Knoxville
Donnie Yen: An Empire Podcast Interview Special
The Ranking: The Films Of Stanley Kubrick
An Empire Podcast Interview Special: Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns On Last Night In Soho
#499 — Alan Ritchson, Romola Garai
The Godfather At 50: An Empire Podcast Discussion Special
#498 — Guillermo del Toro, Jamie Dornan
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