{"id":23149,"date":"2017-07-03T17:38:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T17:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/03\/top-gun-tom-cruise-to-return-to-the-big-screen-in-2019\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:21:03","slug":"top-gun-tom-cruise-to-return-to-the-big-screen-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/07\/03\/top-gun-tom-cruise-to-return-to-the-big-screen-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Top Gun,&#8217; Tom Cruise to return to the big screen in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Top Gun&#8221; is officially back. The long-awaited sequel to the high-flying blockbuster has been slated for a July 12, 2019, release, <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/06\/top-gun-sequel-release-july-12-2019-tom-cruiise-joseph-kosinski-jerry-bruckheimer-paramount-1202123050\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/deadline.com\/2017\/06\/top-gun-sequel-release-july-12-2019-tom-cruiise-joseph-kosinski-jerry-bruckheimer-paramount-1202123050\/\">Deadline<\/a> reports.<br\/><br\/> The 31-years-in-the-making sequel \u2014 &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221;\u00a0\u2014 will star Tom Cruise as the title character, according to <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/2017\/06\/02\/tom-cruise-top-gun-sequel-title-maverick\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/2017\/06\/02\/tom-cruise-top-gun-sequel-title-maverick\/\">Entertainment Weekly.<\/a>\u00a0Paramount Pictures pegged Joseph Kosinski to direct the film. Kosinski previously directed Cruise in the 2013 film &#8220;Oblivion.&#8221;<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not much else is known about the sequel, but Deadline reports that Maverick is set to be a flight instructor, training the next generation of fighter pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Aviators are back, the need for speed. We\u2019re going to have big, fast machines. It\u2019s going to be a competition film, like the first one \u2026 but a progression for Maverick,&#8221; Cruise told <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O_qJ2ne3OiI\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O_qJ2ne3OiI\">Access Hollywood<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; was released in 1986 and made more than $350 million at the box office. 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