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 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), […]
Jennifer Connelly joins Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick
It looks like we may have our second new cast addition for Top Gun: Maverick, with Variety reporting that Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly has joined the sequel to the 1986 classic. According to the site, Connelly will portray the female lead, a single mother who runs a bar near the air force base where Tom Cruise’s […]
Miles Teller will play Goose’s son in Top Gun: Maverick
Last week there was a report that Tom Cruise, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison had begun meeting with several young actors to play the role of Goose’s grown-up son in Top Gun: Maverick. After several screen tests and deliberation, it seems that the Cruise and Kosinski have now settled on an actor to play the […]
Nicholas Hoult, Miles Teller and Glen Powell wanted for Goose’s son in Top Gun: Maverick
Despite the fact that it is gearing up for production, the long-awaited Top Gun sequel Top Gun: Maverick is yet to cast one of its major roles – that of Bradley Bradshaw, the son of Maverick’s former wingman Goose. According to THR, director Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion) and producers Tom Cruise, Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison […]
Kenny Loggins has spoke with Tom Cruise about a new version of Danger Zone for Top Gun: Maverick
We know we’re getting the return of Tom Cruise’s Maverick and Val Kilmer’s Iceman, it’s been suggested by Cruise that we’ll get another volleyball scene, and now ‘King of the Movie Soundtrack’ Kenny Loggins has revealed to TMZ that he’s hoping to record a new version of ‘Danger Zone’ for next year’s Top Gun: Maverick. […]
Val Kilmer returning as Iceman for Top Gun: Maverick
Just as Top Gun: Maverick begins production, The Wrap has reported Maverick will meet his professional rival once again as Val Kilmer is set to reprise the role of Iceman for the anticipated sequel. As one of the original stars of Tony Scott’s Top Gun, Kilmer played Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, one of the Top Gun program’s best pilots. […]
Top Gun: Maverick will reportedly start shooting in July
Back in May of last year, Tom Cruise promised that the long-rumoured sequel to Top Gun was “definitely happening” and could shoot in 2018, and sure enough, it seems like that is indeed the case. According to Omega Underground, Top Gun: Maverick will begin principal photography in July, and will shoot through to Thanksgiving. As […]
Rumoured casting breakdown for Top Gun 2 reveals new characters, including Goose’s son
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 […]
Top Gun: Maverick director shoots down rumor that film’s plot involves drones, Jerry Bruckheimer talks sequel pressure
Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski recently addressed the rumor circulating that the film involves the rise of drone technology. Speaking to CinemaBlend, the director swiftly shoots down the idea: “Personally, I would never want to see a movie about drones. For me Top Gun has always been not about fighter planes. It’s been about […]