Tag: Top Gun
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Top Gun: Maverick Cast & Character Guide: Who’s Who in the Legacy Sequel
Top Gun: Maverick is one of the biggest blockbusters since the 2020 pandemic. The film sees Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) return to the esteemed school, Top Gun, to lead a group of young aviators on a near-impossible mission. Seeing Tom Cruise return to Top Gun over 30 years later was a memorable sight. Top…
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‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Featurette: Tom Cruise Shows Just How Much Effort Went Into His Latest Death-Defying Stunt
While Tom Cruise just seems like the type of person people shouldn’t like, with his Scientology background and the occasional less-than-savory story about his personal life, there’s no denying the man is one of the biggest stars on the planet. And he’s also one of the rare people in the film industry who is seemingly…
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Everything Coming to Netflix in January 2023
It goes the same every year; the holidays are a time for joy and renewal, and the new year is a time to throw it all away, recover emotionally, and ignore real life until February (at least). We’re talking peak winter, existential angst — the kind of things you can’t face down without a warm…
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Michael Ironside Didn’t Understand Why Paul Verhoeven Would Direct Starship Troopers
Michael Ironside’s strong jaw lost him the role of Robocop in Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi classic — he tells BFI that “Robocop” special effects creator Rob Bottin said, “If we were to do [the Robocop look] on Michael, he’d look like a Mack truck.” But his stern look has gained the Canadian actor plenty of work…
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A Days Of Thunder Montage Helped Inspire One Of Top Gun: Maverick’s Dogfight Scenes [Exclusive]
When “Top Gun: Maverick” was first announced, few thought that a legacy sequel to the original Tony Scott-directed classic could possibly be a good idea. While many of a certain age fell for the 1986 film in a big way when it first released, those who only came to “Top Gun” in preparation for the…
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Paul Mescal Isn’t Sure He’d Have the ‘Patience’ to Join the MCU
Paul Mescal is envious of a certain type of actor: one with the “patience” to star in a Marvel movie.The “Aftersun” actor discussed the possibility of starring in the MCU as rumors swirl that Mescal’s “Normal People” co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones may be joining Marvel’s Phase 5.“This will be something that I regret saying, but at…
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Jon Hamm Calls Out ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Success Over Marvel Movies: ‘That’s Unprecedented’
Jon Hamm is taking the old Superman catchphrase “it’s a bird, it’s a plane” quite seriously.The “
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The Duffer Brothers Hope ‘Stranger Things’ Will Do For a New Generation What ‘Scream’ Did For Them
Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite Emmy-nominated television programs about the moment they realized their show was breaking big.Despite it having the same opening weekend as their fourth season, “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer saw the success of “Top…
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Passes ‘Titanic’ as Seventh-Highest Grossing Release in Domestic Box Office History
Hook, line and sinker. “Top Gun: Maverick” has toppled “Titanic” as the seventh-biggest film ever at the domestic box office, earning 662 million in ticket sales.For Paramount, “Top Gun: Maverick” has also overtaken “Titanic” as the studio’s biggest film in its 110-year history. However, James Cameron’s disaster epic is still outpacing Tom Cruise’s fighter-jet adventure…