As filming continues on the long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick, the latest set photos from the sequel to the 1986 action classic show Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly recreating the famous motorcycle scene from the original film, with a Kawasaki Ninja H2 standing in for the GPZ900R and Connelly’s single mother character replacing Kelly McGillis’ Charlie […]
Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie rewriting Top Gun: Maverick for Tom Cruise
As he prepares to return to the Danger Zone in Top Gun: Maverick, Empire has revealed that Tom Cruise has enlisted his frequent collaborator and Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie to rewrite the screenplay for the sequel to the 80s classic. Top Gun: Maverick will mark the tenth time that Cruise and McQuarrie […]
Harold Faltermeyer and Hans Zimmer to score Top Gun: Maverick
The official website for Hans Zimmer has revealed that the Oscar-winning composer will be teaming with Harold Faltermeyer, composer on the original Top Gun, to score the 2020 sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Faltermeyer, who is probably best known for composing the ‘Axel F’ theme from Beverly Hills Cop, last worked with Cruise on the original […]
Tom Cruise gets back on the motorcycle in Top Gun: Maverick set photos
Coming off the back of the blockbuster success of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Tom Cruise has dusted off the motorcycle and the aviators as he reprises the role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell for Top Gun: Maverick, the hotly-anticipated sequel to 1986’s action classic. Incredibly, there’s a 33-year gap between the above photo and the below… Tom […]
Top Gun: Maverick rounds out its supporting cast
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Media’s Top Gun sequel Top Gun: Maverick has filled out its supporting cast with the addition of seven new faces. Joining the Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion) directed film, which was recently delayed a year, are Kara Wang (Good Trouble), Jack Schumacher (Empire), Greg Tarzan Davis (Chicago P.D.), Jake […]
Top Gun: Maverick adds The Good Place’s Manny Jacinto
Another pilot will be suiting up for Top Gun: Maverick. Deadline has reported The Good Place’s Manny Jacinto has joined the film alongside Miles Teller (Whiplash) and the returning Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer. Jacinto is set to play a pilot named Fritz. The anticipated sequel will see Teller as Goose’s grown-up son who follows in his […]
Top Gun: Maverick pushed back a year as Terminator 6, Sonic the Hedgehog and A Quiet Place 2 get new dates
THR is reporting that Paramount Pictures has shuffled the release dates for a number of its big upcoming movies, as well as dating the follow-up to this year’s hit horror A Quiet Place. The Tom Cruise-headlined Top Gun: Maverick has been pushed back a year, and is now scheduled for take off on June 26th […]
Top Gun: Maverick casting breakdown reveals new call signs
With production on Top Gun: Maverick set to resume this September, The Hollywood Reporter has got its hands on a casting breakdown which reveals the call signs for the new recruits set to join Tom Cruise’s Maverick and Val Kilmer’s Iceman at the Top Gun school – including the likes of Phoenix, Slayer, Bob, Warlock, […]
Top Gun: Maverick adds Jon Hamm, Ed Harris and Lewis Pullman
Top Gun: Maverick isn’t done with its castings just yet. After signing on several actors yesterday, Deadline has revealed that Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ed Harris (Westworld) and Lewis Pullman (Bad Times at the El Royale) have now been added to the star-studded sequel. There is no word on who they will be playing, but they […]
Top Gun 2 adds Leave No Trace’s Thomasin McKenzie to its impressive cast
The volleyball roster is growing for Paramount’s Top Gun sequel, with the announcement that Leave No Trace’s Thomasin McKenzie is set to join the already impressive ensemble on Top Gun: Maverick. Deadline announced that McKenizie, who was spectacularly good in Debra Granik’s film-of-the-year contender (read our ★★★★★ review), joins Charles Parnell (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Bashir Salahuddin (Glow), […]