#547 — Sam Mendes, Jason Blum & James Wan, Todd Field

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

We're back! Finally! And properly! The first Empire Podcast of 2023 is here, folks, and it features an interview that Helen did with Noah Baumbach, director of White Noi... no, only kidding. This week's interviews are a one-time deal, folks, but they are absolute belters, as Chris Hewitt sits down with Empire Of Light writer-director Sam Mendes, and M3GAN producers Jason Blum and James Wan; while Ian Freer has a natter with Todd Field, who returns as director after a long hiatus with the brilliant Tár. Then, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara and James Dyer to tackle a bunch of questions, discuss the most recent movie news (including the new Quantumania trailer), and run their eye over all three of our guests' films, along with Mark Jenkin's Enys Men, a film seemingly specifically designed to annoy James. We've started 2023 as we mean to go on, folks, with an onslaught of utter nonsense. We hope you'll join us for the ride. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	On the Empire Podcast this week, we talk to the director of the film that has my favorite
0:18.4	title of the year so far, Empire of Light.
0:23.0	It's Sam Mendez.
0:24.5	Plus, we talk to a director who's outstanding in a field of his own.
0:29.6	This Todd Field director of TAR and we speak to the men behind Megan, Superproducers
0:36.2	James Wan and Jason Blum.
0:38.5	All that and more on the movie podcast that has heard about the rumored trophiles as
0:43.8	sailing Francis Ford Coppola on Megalopolis and would like to suggest this.
0:48.9	Megalopolis Francis don't think that's going to go well.
0:51.2	The box office mate.
0:53.0	Megalopolis low.
0:54.8	That's a whole different kettle of fish.
0:57.6	Hello, pod.
0:58.6	I'm Chris Hewitt.
0:59.6	Welcome to the Empire Podcast for the first official time in 2023.
1:04.2	Last week we did a kind of unofficial podcast, but this is it.
1:08.0	We're back in the studio and we are me and my two colleagues of such at lethal cunning
1:14.2	only three mics this week.
1:16.3	No fourth chair.
1:17.3	Geek Queen Helena Harra is here.
1:19.3	Hello, Helena Harra.
1:20.3	Hello.
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