The Empire Film Podcast #627 ft. Shawn Levy, Joachim Rønning

Let's fuckin' go! (We may not be allowed to swear in podcast blurbs, but nobody ever said anything about the website!) This week sees the long-awaited release of the MCU's latest movie Deadpool & Wolverine, in which Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman team up for a swear'n'slash session for the ages alongside Britain's Ugliest Dog (We love you Dogpool!). And with the Merc With A Mouth and Wolvie about to throw down, this week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt sit down for a lovely non-spoilerific chat with the film's director, Shawn Levy [22:04 - 39:18 approx]. But that ain't all, folks. Our other guest this week is Joachim Rønning, the director of Young Woman And The Sea, which is now out on Disney+. Alex Godfrey waded into the movie's deep waters for a lovely conversation with Rønning about that, star Daisy Ridley, swimming, and more [57:33 - 1:16:50 approx].

Either side of those interviews, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer for another fun pod in which they take on a shot-and-chaser of questions from BlueSky, including one about actual Blue Sky Studios and another on directors with the best calendar year in moviemaking. Then, in our last pre-SDCC pod, we discuss the week's movie news — A Complete Unknown's first trailer! Sharon Stone joining Nobody 2! Alien: Romulus' final trailer! And more! Then, as is our calling, we also get stuck into reviews of the aforementioned Deadpool & Wolverine, Jane Schoenbrun's also-sorta-about-legacy-franchises-and-our-relationships-with-them I Saw The TV Glow, and Guy Ritchie's not-about-legacy-franchises-and-our-relationships-with-them The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare. As ever, please do — or should that be please Hugh — enjoy. Snikt! Snikt!

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