Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz grace new ‘Spectre’ Empire cover

The new issue of Empire is guest edited by Sam Mendes, the director of Spectre. This is, needless to say, very exciting news and brings some very obvious benefits. And we’re not talking about his generous approval of our holiday requests. No, the new boss has delivered into readers’ laps the most spectacular array of scoops, new looks and access to his 24th instalment of the mighty 007 franchise. It also has a cover – revealed exclusively below – that sets the movie’s two adversaries check-by-jowl in a face-off for the ages.