Top Gun 3 confirmed with Tom Cruise returning in iconic role

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Tom Cruise appears set to reprise his role as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in a 3rd Top Gun film.

The 61-year-old motion star first performed the character in 1986’s Top Gun and returned in 2022 for Top Gun: Maverick, which was a massively profitable field workplace hit grossing $1.496bn worldwide.

Now, Puck studies that Paramount has commissioned Top Gun: Maverick screenwriter Ehren Kruger to start out work on a 3rd instalment in the franchise.

Additionally, sources instructed The Hollywood Reporter that the studio additionally plans for director Joseph Kosinski to return and for Cruise to reunite with his co-stars Glen Powell and Miles Teller.

While it’s no shock that Paramount would look to repeat the success of Top Gun: Maverick, the information has induced some eyebrows to be raised in Hollywood as Cruise lately signed a brand new deal with rival studio Warner Bros.

Cruise will develop and star in movies for Warner Bros, however the contract is non-exclusive so the star can proceed engaged on Top Gun 3 at Paramount.

As nicely as being a industrial hit, Top Gun: Maverick was additionally nominated for Best Picture eventually yr’s Oscars.

At the time, Steven Spielberg stated he was “encouraged” to see the blockbuster on the shortlist alongside with Avatar: The Way of Water.

“I’m really encouraged by that,” stated the legendary ET director. “[But] it came late for the film that should have been nominated a number of years ago, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

“That movie would have definitely garnered a Best Picture Nomination today, so having these two blockbusters solidly presented on the top 10 list is something we should all be celebrating.”

In her four-star overview of Top Gun: Maverick for The Independent, movie critic Clarisse Loughrey wrote: “The film is a true legacy sequel. In the tradition of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it’s a carefully reconstructed clone of its predecessor, tooled not only to reflect changing tastes and attitudes, but the ascendancy of its star Tom Cruise to a level of fame that borders on the mythological. Do we still think of Cruise as a man these days, or as an idea?”

She added: (*3*)