Top Gun 3 Officially preparing for take off.
“Top Gun 3 “The film is officially in development with a script in the works, reuniting Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer,” Paramount film co-president Josh Greenstein said Thursday at CinemaCon, but there was no mention of the director.
Follow up until 2022 Top Gun: Maverick It has been in the business for several years now, with Maverick Co-writer Ehren Kruger was hired to write the script two years ago.
Maverick It was directed by Joe Kosinski and also starred Teller and Glen Powell. The sequel — which came decades after Tony Scott’s 1986 original — was a massive box office hit in 2022, grossing $1.5 billion globally, prompting Steven Spielberg to credit Cruise with saving the theatrical business after the pandemic.
David Ellison, now owner of Paramount, produced it Maverick Through his company Skydance; When meeting with the press last summer while discussing his plans for the studio, he specifically mentioned Ellison Top Gun 3 was a top priority for Paramount and he said he would remain in the cruise business as long as the A-list star – with whom he has made ten films – wanted to tell stories with him.
While Cruise was not on stage during Top Gun After the announcement, he actually participated in the Paramount show in a significant way, kicking off the event with a video filmed on the famous water tower on Melrose Avenue. THR The secret video shoot was reported last month, and was brought to life at CinemaCon, where Cruise will promote Paramount’s history and legacy, as well as celebrate its future under new leadership.
In the video, directed by Jon M. Chu, Cruise provides a voiceover as dozens of big stars help highlight some of the studio’s biggest hits over the years. It ended with Cruise sitting on top of the water tower and declaring, “The future looks pretty great from here.”
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