After more than 30 years of service in the US military, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where it should be – at the top. He is a master pilot testing the most modern machines. When he leads a group of experts training pilots to take part in a mission never seen before, he meets with Lieutenant Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), known as “Rooster”. This is the son of his friend, “Goose”, who died years ago during one of the missions. Maverick must face an uncertain future and ghosts from his past.
The film also starred: Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connolly, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Lewis Pullman, Glen Powell, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin and Monika Barbaro.
In January, Variety confirmed that Paramount Pictures had started work on the third part of the series “Top Gun”. A co-screenwriter was hired to write the film's script “Top Gun: Maverick”Ehren Kruger.
The decision about the third part was obvious. The second installment of the series earned nearly one and a half billion dollars in cinemas around the world and became the second highest-grossing film of 2022. Despite this, the start of production depends on the calendar being filled to the brim Tom Cruise.
“Tom Cruise will definitely star in the main role. He is amazing. We spent some time with him and came up with a story. Joe Kosinski came up with a great idea for it, Tom liked it, so we started developing this project. However, it is impossible to say when it will be it can be shot because Tom is very busy,” said Jerry Bruckheimer in an interview with Screen Rant.
“I will play in this movie. I'm ready,” Jennifer Connelly assured in the latest interview with Entertainment Tonight when asked about returning to the role of Penny Benjamin and making the third part of “Top Gun.”
“We had a great time shooting this film. It was great fun,” added the actress.
Connely also revealed to the portal that although she has not yet seen the script of “Top Gun: Maverick 2”, she has talked about it with Joseph Kosinski.
“I'm his biggest fan. I think he's great,” Connelly told Entertainment Tonight. – “(I talked to him) about this possibility, but I don't know anything specific.”
Let us remind you that Tom Cruise is currently filming the eighth part of the “Mission: Impossible” serieswhich was originally intended to be a direct sequel to the film “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One”. After the film did not achieve the expected box office success, these plans changed. The title “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part Two” has been abandoned and it is possible that changes will also occur in the previously planned plot.