Overview
- Paramount and Skydance have put Top Gun 3 into active development with Tom Cruise set to return, Jerry Bruckheimer producing, and Ehren Kruger writing the script.
- Industry reports say Joseph Kosinski, who directed Top Gun: Maverick, is not expected to return because his next films are already booked.
- With Kosinski out, the sequel is now an open directing assignment and Cruise and Bruckheimer are sounding out filmmakers who fit their approach.
- Early candidates reportedly include Jon M. Chu, Joachim Rønning, and the duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, though no offer has been made.
- Reports also note that frequent Cruise collaborator Christopher McQuarrie is not on the early list, and the studio has not set a production start or release date.