Studio heads at Paramount Pictures are feeling the need, the need for social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Thursday, actor Tom Cruise confirmed dreaded expectations when he tweeted that \u201cTop Gun: Maverick,\u201d the sequel to the 1986 naval aviation big screen staple, would be pushed back six months from its previously scheduled release date of June 24, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI know many of you have waited 34 years,\u201d Cruise tweeted Thursday. \u201cUnfortunately, it will be a little longer. Top Gun: Maverick will fly this December. Stay safe, everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If audience anticipation for \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d wasn\u2019t already redlining following the release of the film\u2019s trailers, an even longer wait \u2014 coupled a recent interview with Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer in an upcoming May issue of Empire Magazine<\/a> \u2014 should certainly do the trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Details revealed in the Empire interview include director Joseph Kosinski\u2019s (\u201cOblivion,\u201d \u201cOnly the Brave\u201d) decision to put IMAX cameras in the cockpit of an F\/A-18 Super Hornet to showcase CGI-free in-flight sequences that feature actors physically in the aircraft bolting through frames of stunning terrain and low altitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\t