Take a trip to The Walking Dead: Dead City with the latest issue of SFX

The Walking Dead: Dead City’s Maggie and Negan are on the cover of SFX 391, as part of a horror-heavy halfway-to-Halloween issue.

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The Walking Dead: Dead City 

The Manhattan-based spinoff of the zombie franchise returns for its second season shortly. In an eight-page feature, we quiz producer Scott G Gimple and star Lauren Cohan about what’s in store. 

Thunderbolts*

The MCU will be dabbling in morally grey territory come 2 May, as Phase Five closes out by assembling a team of anti-heroes including the likes of Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes and Taskmaster (not, not Greg Davies). We speak to director Jake Schreier. 

Doctor Who

The sixth episode of Ncuti Gatwa’s second season, “The Intergalactic Song Contest”, looks almost certain to be this year’s most-watched, given that (barring the football going to extra time...) it’ll be jammed in-between the FA Cup Final and the Eurovision final. We get the inside word from writer Juno Dawson and production designer Phil Sims (illustrated with concept designs and Dawson's on-set snaps).  

Until Dawn

Haunted cabin video game Until Dawn is coming to the big screen, and the team behind it are doing something a bit different, employing a time loop structure to riff on multiple horror subgenres. Co-writer Gary Dauberman and director David F Sandberg tell us more.

Final Destination Bloodlines 

After a gap of 14 years, the death-dealing franchise that makes the wait to see how a Casualty guest star ends up in Holby City look tame is returning. We talk gore, Easter eggs and Tony Todd with directors Adam B Stein and Zach Lipovsky. 

Wolf Man

As regular readers will know, SFX loves to showcase the work of behind-the-scenes creatives. In this month’s design feature we talk to special make-up effects whizz Arjen Tuiten about his contributions to Leigh Whannell’s new riff on the Universal classic. 

And that’s not all, feature-wise. We also find out how director Dean Fleischer Camp approached bringing Lilo & Stitch to live action, and talk magic potions and punning monikers with the directors of Netflix series Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight. Plus we speak to Emma Newman about her latest novel, and get Chuck Wendig to answer our author questionnaire. 

Red Alert

And the big features are just the tip of the iceberg! As ever, our news section, Red Alert, is crammed with insights into yet more TV shows, comics and books. In the spotlight this month: Murderbot, the new Apple TV+ show based on the Murderbot Diaries books, and the latest Gwenpool, Predator, Scarlet Traces, Battle Beast and Spider-Man comics. Scattered throughout the mag you’ll also find two-pagers on more upcoming horror movies: Screamboat, Fear Street: Prom Queen and Bambi: The Reckoning. 

Reviews

The SFX verdict on Sinners kicks off 21 pages of searing critical analysis, as we inform you which of the latest films, TV shows, books, comics, audio plays, and video games are worth splashing your hard-earned cash on!

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