Issue #A16 • ships from Jun 6 2007
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132 packed pages…

Transformers Exclusive!
• The giant robots from the ’80s are back and smashing their way onto the big screen.
The Works meets with actor Peter Cullen as the legend describes what it was like voicing Optimus Prime once again and star Tyrese Gibson tells us why Transformers is going to be the ultimate summer blockbuster.
Plus
We meet Callum Godfrey , the producer of the game tie-in who grants us a behind-the-scenes look at bringing the Transformers to life…

Studio 60
on the Sunset Strip
• The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin discusses leaving the White House behind to tackle the politics of television networking in his new show.
Plus
Stars Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet and Bradley Whitford reveal why they jumped on board

Shrek the Third
• The Scottish ogre is back for another helping of fairytale mayhem. The Works goes Stateside to meet the famous voices behind the animation…

Chris Cornell Exclusive!
• The Works meets the talent behind this year’s blistering Bond theme tune and finds out why the former Audioslave frontman decided to go solo again

Matt Damon
• The Hollywood star on working with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro and his plans to re-team with Ben Affleck

The Time of Your Life
• We meet the cast of ITV’s dazzling new relationship drama about a woman who emerges from an 18-year long coma

Lionel Shriver Exclusive!
• The author of the best-seller We Need To Talk About Kevin reflects on the rise in US school shootings and discusses her latest novel, The Post-Birthday World

CSI
• The story so far: The Works takes a look at the original forensic drama that has gone on to produce one of TV’s biggest franchises

Downloading
• Boggled by downloading?
The Works reveals the recent developments that are altering the face of home entertainment

PLUS...

Hannibal Rising
• Newcomer Gaspard Ulliel on stepping into Anthony Hopkins’s shoes as cinema’s infamous cannibal

Heroes
• Star Adrian Pasdar on taking the plunge in the US’s popular superhero show

Owen Sheers
• The first-time novelist discusses his alternate vision of WWII in his book Resistance

• We discuss Lori Lansen’s The Girls

• We take a closer look at Jekyll from behind the scenes

• Our regular columnist considers whether the recent Spider-Man 3 was over-hyped

• More teasing trivia to get you thinking

• Through the years… Big Brother

• With the release of superhero sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Jason Caro ponders why often the films critics hate go on to become box office hits

• TV
  Desperate Housewives - Season 3
  Gavin & Stacey
  Heroes - Season 1
  PLUS: All the brand new dramas launching in the US…
  
  
• Movies
  The Chumscrubber
  Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End
  Shrek the Third
  PLUS The hottest new Stateside releases reviewed
  A complete guide to the month’s films
  
  
• DVDs
  Apocalypto
  Blood Diamond
  Hot Fuzz
  And more!
  
  
• Computer Games
  Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
  Final Fantasy III
  Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
  And more!
  
  
• Music
  Carry On Chris Cornell
  Light At The End Of The World Erasure
  Real Girl Mutya Buena
  And more!
  
  
• Books
  Love Falls by Esther Freud
  The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
  When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
  And more!
  
  

• Our essential guide to the entertainment you should not miss over the coming weeks
  
  

• If you have any comments to make on the world of Entertainment then contact us at: theworks@visimag.com
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: NBC, DreamWorks SKG

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2007. Not for reproduction

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