Exciting news for Tom Cruise fans as the action star is set to reprise his role as Navy pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in the greenlit Top Gun 3. According to media reports, Paramount is in the early stages of developing the third instalment, with Ehren Kruger, co-writer of Top Gun: Maverick, working on the script.
Top Gun 3 is expected to bring back familiar faces, including Miles Teller and Glen Powell, along with producers Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison. Joe Kosinski, the director of Top Gun: Maverick, is reported to either direct or produce the upcoming instalment. Currently, Tom Cruise is occupied with Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 2, and production for Top Gun 3 is slated to commence after Mission: Impossible 8.
The last Top Gun instalment, Maverick (2022), stands as Tom Cruise’s highest-grossing movie, earning $1.49 billion. It also received critical acclaim, winning an Oscar for Best Sound and garnering six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
In a recent development, Warner Bros announced a non-exclusive deal with Cruise to jointly develop and produce original and franchise theatrical films. However, Top Gun remains under the ownership of Paramount, the studio overseeing Top Gun 3, which is anticipated to be Cruise’s next film.
Paramount also holds the rights to the Mission: Impossible series, including the delayed eighth instalment, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, directed by Christopher McQuarrie and set for a May 2025 theatrical release.