Top Gun sequel flying back in 2019!

Fans of the Top Gun movies will be happy to hear that the much anticipated sequel has been given a tentative release date.
The news of a sequel 33 years after the original and will see Tom Cruise reprise his role as fighter pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell.
And the all important date to add to your diary? July 12, 2019. So only an entire year to wait.
Tron: Legacy filmmaker Joseph Kosinski is also planning to direct the film and judging by his previous work we have a feeling that this is going to be a good one and could give younger generations who missed out on the hype a chance to experience it in modern times.


Producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed on Twitter: ‘Excited to make it official. Joe Kosinski is on board to direct. And Top Gun is coming to theaters July 12, 2019. #TopGun #Maverick (sic)”
And for fans who may not like change so much Tom has previously explained the movie will be similar in tone to the first Top Gun film.
He said: ‘Aviators are back, the need for speed. We’re going to have big, fast machines. It’s going to be a competition film, like the first one … but a progression for Maverick.’

The original ‘Top Gun’ movie was directed by the late Tony Scott – who passed away in 2012 – and also starred Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt.
In the movie, Tom plays a cocky aspiring pilot who falls in love with the beautiful instructor Charlie Blackwood, played by McGillis.
Joseph – who previously worked with Tom on ‘Oblivion’ – was favourite to take the director’s job after he recently met with the actor and impressed him with his vision for the film.
Speculation about a follow-up to the classic movie has been circulating since 2008, when it was reported Hollywood bosses were keen to resurrect the movie.
A source said at the time: ‘The idea is Maverick is at the Top Gun school as an instructor – and this time it is he who has to deal with a cocky new female pilot

Metro.co.uk