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Maverick returns as Tom Cruise tweets first image from Top Gun 2

May 31, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Talk of a return to the cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat and another ride into the danger zone, had been rumoured before and after the death of original director Tony Scott, with Tom Cruise keen to reprise the role of Maverick. So now in a move that has taken our breath away (we’ll stop it […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Tom Cruise, Top Gun 2, Top Gun: Maverick

Rumoured casting breakdown for Top Gun 2 reveals new characters, including Goose’s son

November 5, 2017 by Gary Collinson

With the long-gestating Top Gun sequel seemingly moving forward at speed ahead of its 2019 release date, That Hashtag Show has posted a series of rumoured casting breakdowns for the supporting characters who’ll be joining the returning Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick. Included in the list of characters are Penny Benjamin, a new love […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Top Gun, Top Gun 2, Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun 2 gets director and 2019 release date

July 1, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Back in May, Tom Cruise revealed that Top Gun 2 is finally moving ahead, and now we have word that Paramount has set a release date and director for the sequel to the 1986 box office smash. The currently untitled Top Gun sequel (it seems that Top Gun: Maverick wasn’t official) is set to hit […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun 2, Top Gun: Maverick

Wonder Woman crosses $500 million, Spider-Man spin-offs in MCU, Duke Nukem movie update and more – Weekend News Roundup

June 19, 2017 by Luke Owen

SUCCESS WOMAN After a fantastic opening weekend and even better follow-up (where it only fell 45%), Wonder Woman was finally knocked off the top of the US box office this weekend by Cars 3. However it wasn’t all bad news. The movie earned another $40 million and its worldwide total is now $571 million. It’s […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Avengers: Infinity War, batman begins, DC, DC Extended Universe, Duke Nukem, Fifty Shades of Grey, Josh Hartnett, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, sam taylor johnson, Scarlett Johansson, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tom Cruise, Top Gun 2, Venom, Wonder Woman

Tom Cruise And Why Top Gun 2 Should Be Canned

June 18, 2017 by Neil Calloway

Neil Calloway says it’s time Hollywood started saying no to Cruise… It’s a cliché to say success has many fathers while failure is an orphan, but it’s no less true for that. The most recent example of this in Hollywood is everyone disowning The Mummy and blaming its poor box office on star Tom Cruise […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Neil Calloway Tagged With: Days of Thunder, Mission: Imposssible - Rogue Nation, The Mummy, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun 2, Top Gun: Maverick

Tom Cruise reveals Top Gun 2 is titled Top Gun: Maverick

June 3, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Last week Tom Cruise revealed that Top Gun 2 is “definitely happening” and will likely shoot in 2018, and now the star has been chatting to Access Hollywood about the sequel, revealing that it is currently going by the title of Top Gun: Maverick, referring to his character’s nickname in the original gilm. “Aviators are […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun 2, Top Gun: Maverick

Val Kilmer excited about potential return as Iceman in Top Gun 2

May 25, 2017 by Robert Kojder

Hot on the heels of Tom Cruise announcing that a sequel to the 1980s classic Top Gun is in the works (with his Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski high on the list to helm the project), Val Kilmer took to social media to express enthusiasm in returning as Maverick’s rival turned friend, Iceman. Check it out […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Top Gun, Top Gun 2, Val Kilmer

Star Wars: The Last Jedi images, The Flash script update, Justice League Dark loses another director and more – Daily News Roundup

May 25, 2017 by Luke Owen

THE LAST JEDI, THE FIRST IMAGES The title of the movie might be Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but we’ve now got our first official look at the cast via Vanity Fair. Included in the images are our first look at Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo and Benicio Del Toro’s ‘shady character’, who is apparently unnamed […]

Filed Under: Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien: Covenant, DC, DC Extended Universe, Deadpool 2, Jack Kesy, Justice League Dark, Marvel, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Flash, Top Gun 2, Wonder Woman, X-Men

Joseph Kosinski is the frontrunner to direct Top Gun 2

May 25, 2017 by Ricky Church

After Tom Cruise’s reveal that Top Gun 2 could actually start production next year, Variety has come out with a new piece of information regarding the film, revealing that Paramount has already found a frontrunner among directors for the anticipated sequel: Joseph Kosinski, who directed Cruise in 2013’s sci-fi Oblivion. While no formal announcement has been made, one […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun 2

Tom Cruise says Top Gun 2 is “definitely happening”, could shoot in 2018

May 24, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Despite the passing of director Tony Scott back in 2012, there have been several comments from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Tom Cruise over the past few years suggesting that the long-gestating sequel to Top Gun is still on the cards, and now Cruise has revealed that the project is close to moving forward. Speaking to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun 2

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