Empire Magazine’s July 2020 edition is dedicated to movie heroes.
As long there’s been cinema, there have been movie heroes – characters that have inspired and astonished with their words, deeds, and bravery in the face of evil or injustice. This month’s issue of Empire is all about the greatest ever heroes in film – as voted for by you, our readers. We tallied up your choices of the movie characters that have personally inspired you – from Batman to Bourne, Ripley to Rey, Atticus Finch to Axel Foley – for a celebration of the 50 Greatest Movie Heroes.
Inside the issue, you’ll find exclusive interviews with the directors, writers and stars behind these filmic icons – including Sigourney Weaver on the journey of Ellen Ripley across the Alien Quadrilogy, Sean Astin on the fearless friendship of Samwise Gamgee, Carrie-Anne Moss on slow-mo saviour Trinity in The Matrix, Keanu Reeves and Chad Stahelski on the birth of Baba Yaga in John Wick, the one and only Michael J. Fox talking the magnificent Marty McFly, and much, much more.
For Superman fans, look for an interview with writer Mark Millar, who tweeted a photo of himself holding his Christopher Reeve Superman cape.
Pick up the new @empiremagazine magazine today for a billion reasons, one of which is me holding my Christopher Reeve cape and talking to @MrGodfrey about Superman: pic.twitter.com/PkBnI5IdLj
— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) June 17, 2020
Mark Millar? Is he working on a movie script??? Alarm bells are ringing in my head. I mean, I like ‘Red Son’ well enough, and I really enjoyed his deconstruction of the Avengers in ‘The Ultimates’ volumes 1 and 2, and that’s proved hugely influential – but then, I really wasn’t invested in those characters in the first place, so I didn’t mind him turning Captain America into a xenophobic jackass with an anger management problem, or the Hulk into a cannibal rapist, or Hank Pym into a wife-beater … I mean, it was well-written and entertaining, but that sort… Read more »
I DEFINITELY minded that he turned Cap into a xenophobic jackass and cannibal Hulk etc. In addition to being the guy who wrote Trouble. All of his crass nihilistic shock tactic stuff casts way too big a shadow for me to ever want to see him near Superman.
Why can’t they just get Jurgens to write a script ? Will these nihilistic alternate versions of Superman ever end ?? SMH
Writing a book and writing a movie are two completely different things. I love Dan as much as the next person, but you don’t want to risk your next 250 mil blockbuster on someone with no experience in this branch of the entertainment industry.
He’s not working on Superman, you can relax guys.
Nice cape, but I really have to agree with what my fellow Superman fans have said on this one.