Maverick returns with Top Gun sequel

Fans of the original film will be delighted to know that Ellison hinted that Tom Cruise will reprise his role.

Do you feel the need? The need for a Top Gun sequel? Rumours of Top Gun 2 have swirled since the original touched down in 1986.

Skydance CEO David Ellison confirmed that the project is in development and revealed its plot details at a Terminator Genisys press junket in Berlin, Collider reports. “Justin Marks is writing the screenplay right now,” Ellison said. “He has a phenomenal take to really update that world for what fighter pilots in the Navy has turned into today.” He added, “It is very much a world we live in today where it’s drone technology and fifth generation fighters ... It’s really exploring the end of an era of dogfighting and fighter pilots and what that culture is today.”

Fans of the original film will be delighted to know that Ellison hinted that Tom Cruise will reprise his role. “There is an amazing role for Maverick in the movie and there is no Top Gun without Maverick, and it is going to be Maverick playing Maverick,” Ellison said. Time to blast Berlin’s Take My Breath Away in celebration.