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Chloe Zhao and Shaka King are among those who have had their work featured on the list of the best production-ready screenplays from Tisch School of the Arts graduate film students and recent alumni.

Share This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Purple List and an important milestone with two of its distinguished alumni, Shaka King and Chloé Zhao, earning 2021 Academy Award nominations for Judas and the Black Messiah and Nomadland, respectively. Both of their debut features—Zhao’s Songs My Brother Taught Me and King’s Newlyweeds—were official selections in the inaugural Purple List in 2012. The annual list was inspired by Franklin Leonard’s Black List, an annual survey of Hollywood executives’ favorite unproduced screenplays. Throughout its 10 year history, the Purple Lis...

This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt go on a rollercoaster ride as he has a natter about Meryl Streep, Eddie Murphy, and ice-skating uphill with Wesley Snipes, star of next week's big comedy release, Coming 2 America, and then pivots to talking docs and directing with Alex Winter, the former Bill S. Preston, Esq., about his new movie, Zappa, which tells the tale of Frank Zappa's life thanks to unprecedented archive access. Then, in the virtual podbooth, Chris is joined by Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Beth Webb for a fun episode in which they talk about the best spac...

The Lord of the Rings and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter cast their spell on cinema screens in 2001. Directors Peter Jackson and Chris Columbus, along with their extraordinary cadres of creative talent, ushered in a new era of fantasy filmmaking, the echoes of which are still evident in todays blockbuster film and television. Two decades and multiple sequels, prequels and spin-offs later, we're still entranced. This month's very special issue of Empire celebrates that legacy, curates that history and reunites the biggest names of the era. It's on sale from Thursday 18 February, and available...