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Hype Malaysia
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hype Malaysia
2 New Drops From IWC & HVILINA Serve Pilot Rizz & Astronaut Chic
Everyone has fantasised about flying through the clouds, or rocketing into space – and one way to realise that fantasy is by having one of these watches on your wrist. From encapsulating a legendary fighter pilot school, to putting the solar system in your hand – here are two new timepiece drops that take to you to the skies, space and beyond. IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 TOP GUN Miramar The new Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 TOP GUN Miramar, which comes in two different editions, adds to IWC's Colours of TOP GUN collection. The unique model, which is only available in 1,000 pieces, has a light blue ceramic case that was created by Pantone® and was influenced by the t-shirts that TOP GUN instructors wore. Zirconium oxide and metallic oxides are mixed in exact ratios during the manufacturing process of the coloured ceramic case, necessitating numerous trials to produce the desired shade and uniformity across the dial and strap. The ceramic case is combined with a rubber strap and dial that are both the same shade, making for a unified and eye-catching design. The IWC 69380 calibre, a high-precision chronograph movement with a column-wheel design and 46 hours of power reserve, powers this edition. It includes a titanium case back engraved with the 'TOP GUN' logo and a soft-iron inner case for magnetic protection. The Maison also introduces a stainless steel edition in addition to the ceramic one, which is the first time a Pantone® colour from the TOP GUN series has been used in a non-ceramic watch. This model comes with a matching rubber strap, a Miramar blue dial, and a 41mm steel case. Legibility is improved by rhodium-plated hands that are filled with Super-LumiNova®, and the in-house 69385 movement is visible through the open caseback. With the help of IWC's EasX-CHANGE® system, users of both models can easily switch up the straps to match their outfit or mood. The ceramic version costs US$13,500 (~RM57,057), while the steel version costs US$7,200 (~RM30,430), both of which can be purchased through IWC. HVILINA's Universum Cosmographia The recently unveiled Universum Cosmographia by HVILINA is a watch that skilfully blends contemporary horology with historical astronomy. With a three-dimensional planetarium and a GMT disc modelled after a celestial chart from the ninth century, the watch draws inspiration from both contemporary planetary science and mediaeval star maps. The project, which was created in partnership with Professor Richard Kerner, a mediaeval cartography specialist and physicist at the Sorbonne, connects traditional cosmological worldviews with contemporary innovation. The watch, which has a 50-meter water resistance and sapphire crystals on both sides, is housed in a stainless steel case with a redesigned bezel and caseback. A finely detailed 3D model of the Solar System, with tiny stylised planets that seem to float in zero gravity, is at its centre. The multi-layered dial is enhanced by guilloché engraving, which gives it depth and a sense of celestial movement. Through a sculpted aperture above the planetary display, a mediaeval star map is revealed by a rotating GMT disc. The zodiac constellations' Latin inscriptions, on the other hand, show the day and night as contrasting halves of light and dark, forming a 24-hour cycle. The timepiece is powered by the Miyota 9075 Premium automatic movement, delivering GMT functionality, a 42-hour power reserve and a daily accuracy of -10/+30 seconds. The movement's rotor is engraved with trans-Neptunian objects. The astronomical theme is furthered by the inclusion of the oval-shaped dwarf planet Haumea. The timepiece, which retails for EU€400 (~RM1,985), can now be pre-ordered through HVILINA's online store. The official release date of the watch is November 2025.
News18
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Top Gun: Maverick 2 Update: Tom Cruise To Return For 'One Last Ride', Confirms Director
Last Updated: Joseph Kosinski teased there was 'still more story to tell' about Cruise's character. Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski has teased that the sequel will be 'much bigger" than the 2022 movie. The 51-year-old filmmaker is set to return for the upcoming action blockbuster in what will be the next instalment in the story of Tom Cruise's Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, and Kosinski has now revealed the Top Gun: Maverick follow-up will see the titular fighter pilot in a 'really existential crisis". Speaking with GQ, the F1 director said: 'I think we've found a way to do it, not only in the scale of what we're proposing, but the idea itself of the story we're telling. We're thinking much bigger than … It's a really existential crisis that Maverick has in this, and it's much bigger than himself. It actually … I'm trying to describe it without giving anything away. It's an existential question that Maverick has to deal with, that would make Maverick feel small, I think, as a movie, compared to what we're talking about." By the end of Top Gun: Maverick, the naval captain passes the torch to the next generation of pilots like Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw (Miles Teller), Jake 'Hangman' Seresin (Glen Powell) and Robert 'Bob' Floyd (Lewis Pullman), though Kosinski teased there was 'still more story to tell" about Cruise's character. The director said: 'Yeah, there's still more story to tell for him. There's one last ride. So we're working on it now. Ehren Kruger, who wrote F1, is writing the script. Like all things, it takes a while to work things out, and we'll only do it if we feel like we've got a strong enough story." Top Gun: Maverick – which is the legacy sequel to 1986's Top Gun and also stars Jennifer Connelly and the late Val Kilmer – follows Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell (Cruise) as he trains the next generation of TOPGUN pilots while they prepare to carry out a dangerous mission. Producer Christopher McQuarrie recently said the plot for the Top Gun: Maverick sequel was 'already in the bag". During an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning director said: 'It wasn't hard. I thought it would be, and that's a good place to go from is you walk into the room going, 'Come on, what are we going to do?' and Ehren Kruger pitched something, and I went, 'Mhm actually.' And we had one conversation about it and the framework is there. So, no, it's not hard to crack. The truth of the matter is, none of these are hard to crack." While Top Gun: Maverick and its 1986 predecessor were praised for their outstanding action and impressive visuals, McQuarrie insisted 'emotion" was the key to making a successful film. He explained: 'It's as you start to execute it, and as you start to interrogate it, as you start [to think] why these movies are made the way they are. It's not the action, it's not even the level of or intensity of or the scope and scale of the action [or] the engineering around the action, it's none of those things — it's the emotion." First Published:
AsiaOne
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- AsiaOne
Christopher McQuarrie has plot for Top Gun 3 'already in the bag', Entertainment News
Christopher McQuarrie has a plot for Top Gun 3 "already in the bag". The writer and producer of 2022's Top Gun: Maverick said it "wasn't hard" to come up with a story for a threequel to the hugely popular action-adventure franchise, which follows fighter pilot Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise, 62. Speaking to YouTuber Josh Horowitz on the latest episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Josh asked Christopher, 56: "Is Top Gun 3 harder to crack in some ways than Top Gun: Maverick?" To which he replied: "No, it's already in the bag." Following up on the Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning director's answer, he then said: "You've cracked it?" Confirming that an idea for Top Gun 3 was nailed, Christopher added: "Yeah, I already know what it is." The filmmaker then went on to explain how F1 screenwriter Ehren Kruger, 52, suggested an idea for the upcoming third instalment to the Top Gun series, of which a release year has not been announced, and it ticked the "framework" boxes. Christopher said: "It wasn't hard. I thought it would be, and that's a good place to go from is you walk into the room going, 'Come on, what are we going to do?' and Ehren Kruger pitched something, and I went, 'Mhm actually,' and we had one conversation about it and the framework is there. "So, no, it's not hard to crack. The truth of the matter is, none of these are hard to crack." The original Top Gun movie — which shot Cruise to stardom in 1986 — follows Maverick as he is sent to the prestigious Fighter Weapons School in the wake of his dad's death, where he later battles through a "challenging training regimen", competes against rival Iceman (Val Kilmer) to clench the coveted Top Gun trophy, and strikes up a romance with civilian flight instructor Charlotte 'Charlie' Blackwood (Kelly McGillis). Top Gun: Maverick saw Cruise reprise his alter ego 36 years later, where Maverick trained TOPGUN graduates for a "high-profile" mission as Maverick "battles his past demons". But for Christopher, the key to a successful movie is emotion rather than action or intensity. He said: "It's as you start to execute it, and as you start to interrogate it, as you start [to think] why these movies are made the way they are. "It's not the action, it's not even the level of or intensity of or the scope and scale of the action [or] the engineering around the action, it's none of those things — it's the emotion." [[nid:718364]]
Perth Now
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Christopher McQuarrie says Top Gun 3 is 'already in the bag'
Christopher McQuarrie has a plot for 'Top Gun 3' "already in the bag". The writer and producer of 2022's 'Top Gun: Maverick' said it "wasn't hard" to come up with a story for a threequel to the hugely popular action-adventure franchise, which follows fighter pilot Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise, 62. Speaking to YouTuber Josh Horowitz on the latest episode of the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast, Josh asked Christopher, 56: "Is 'Top Gun 3' harder to crack in some ways than 'Top Gun: Maverick'?" To which he replied: "No, it's already in the bag.' Following up on the 'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' director's answer, he then said: "You've cracked it?" Confirming that an idea for 'Top Gun 3' was nailed, Christopher added: "Yeah, I already know what it is." The filmmaker then went on to explain how 'F1' screenwriter Ehren Kruger, 52, suggested an idea for the upcoming third instalment to the 'Top Gun' series, of which a release year has not been announced, and it ticked the "framework" boxes. Christopher said: "It wasn't hard. I thought it would be, and that's a good place to go from is you walk into the room going, 'Come on, what are we going to do?' and Ehren Kruger pitched something, and I went, 'Mhm actually,' and we had one conversation about it and the framework is there. 'So, no, it's not hard to crack. The truth of the matter is, none of these are hard to crack.' The original 'Top Gun' movie - which shot Cruise to stardom in 1986 - follows Maverick as he is sent to the prestigious Fighter Weapons School in the wake of his dad's death, where he later battles through a "challenging training regimen", competes against rival Iceman (Val Kilmer) to clench the coveted Top Gun trophy, and strikes up a romance with civilian flight instructor Charlotte 'Charlie' Blackwood (Kelly McGillis). 'Top Gun: Maverick' saw Cruise reprise his alter ego 36 years later, where Maverick trained TOPGUN graduates for a "high-profile" mission as Maverick "battles his past demons". But for Christopher, the key to a successful movie is emotion rather than the action or intensity. He said: 'It's as you start to execute it, and as you start to interrogate it, as you start [to think] why these movies are made the way they are. "It's not the action, it's not even the level of or intensity of or the scope and scale of the action [or] the engineering around the action, it's none of those things — it's the emotion.'
Perth Now
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Tom Cruise gives positive update on Top Gun: Maverick sequel
Tom Cruise has revealed he and the 'Top Gun: Maverick' team are 'thinking and talking about many different stories' for the sequel. The 62-year-old actor is set to reprise his role as pilot Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in the upcoming follow-up to the 2022 blockbuster, and has now shared he and the creative team are currently exploring different avenues of where to take the 'Top Gun' story next. During an appearance on the Australian 'Today' show, Cruise said: 'Yeah, we're thinking and talking about many different stories and what could we do and what's possible. 'It took me 35 years to figure out 'Top Gun: Maverick', so all of these things we're working on, we're discussing 'Days of Thunder' and 'Top Gun: Maverick'.' The 'Mission: Impossible' star added he was working on 'numerous other films' at the moment, including Alejandro Iñárritu's first English language movie since 2015's 'The Revenant', and other projects with his 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' director Christopher McQuarrie. He said: 'There's numerous other films that we're actively working on right now. I'm always shooting a film, prepping a film, posting a film. 'I just finished a film with Alejandro Iñárritu too, who did 'The Revenant', that was an extraordinary experience and [Christopher McQuarrie] and I are always working on several different films.' 'Top Gun: Maverick' - which is the legacy sequel to 1986's 'Top Gun' - followed Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell (Cruise) as he trained the next generation of TOPGUN pilots, including Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw (Miles Teller) Jake 'Hangman' Seresin (Glen Powell) and Robert 'Bob' Floyd (Lewis Pullman). As well as introducing a host of new characters, 'Top Gun: Maverick' reunited Cruise's 'Maverick' with Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, as portrayed by the late Val Kilmer - who passed away last month at the age of 65 from complications related to pneumonia following a long period of ill health - which Cruise described as a 'very special' moment. Speaking with Sight and Sound magazine, the 'Jack Reacher' star said: 'To come back all those years later, and it was amazing being on set for 'Top Gun: Maverick' because it was like time had not passed. We were laughing and it was joyous. 'And then we started acting and it's just, you see it … he became 'Iceman'. The power that this guy has, even not saying anything, to become that character. You see how even the sniff that he gave. He was 'Iceman'. 'And you saw the dynamic between these friends. It was very special, to say the least, for me personally. 'I just tell people … you take Iceman from the first film and you look at it here, that whole journey, he became 'Iceman'. And he didn't even have to speak. 'That's what he's able to do. Beautiful, really beautiful. A gift that he had and that he shared with all of us.' Even so, Kilmer had initially rejected the role of 'Iceman' in the original 'Top Gun'. Cruise explained: 'I felt so grateful that he decided to make the film. We did a lot to get him in the movie. Originally, he just didn't want to make the movie, 'I don't want to be a supporting, I want to star in films.' 'I was calling his agent, and Tony Scott was hunting him down and meeting in an elevator with Val, and he was like, 'Please, Val, please.' 'You just see what a great actor, charismatic guy he was. And in that scene, what I love about what he did and how he played it, he just knew that tone to hit.'
