Overview
- Paramount told exhibitors at CinemaCon on Thursday in Las Vegas that a third Top Gun film is officially in development with Tom Cruise back as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
- Producer Jerry Bruckheimer will return, and Paramount copresident Josh Greenstein said the screenplay is well advanced.
- The 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick earned about $1.5 billion worldwide, a box-office run theaters credited with lifting attendance after pandemic lows.
- Cruise appeared by video to open Paramount’s presentation, as the studio underscored a 45-day exclusive theatrical window and, in pursuit of a Warner Bros. deal, a plan to release at least 30 films a year.
- Paramount has not named a director, wider cast, or a release date, though earlier reports linked Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger to the new script.