Paramount PicturesGreat balls of fire! Tom Cruise is back writing cheques his body can’t cash in the new trailer for Top Gun: Maverick.
Pulse-pounding aerial battles, Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins, homoerotic volleyball matches – Top Gun is the epitome of super-cool 80s cinema.
Next year, 35 years after the original film, a sequel is coming – and the new trailer is finally here.
Check out the trailer for Top Gun: Maverick here:
Directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy), the long-awaited follow-up will see Tom Cruise return to the role of Maverick, all grown-up and training new recruits at the Top Gun school – while also competing with the dawn of drones in the military.
The synopsis for Top Gun: Maverick reads:
Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell mentors a new generation of US Navy fighter pilots.
There’s a whole roster of new and returning characters: Val Kilmer is back as Iceman, Maverick’s old sparring partner-cum-wingman.
Inaugural Top Gun stars include Jennifer Connelly, expected to be Maverick’s love interest as a single mother who runs a local bar. There’s also Miles Teller as Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw, a pilot trainee – but most importantly, the son of Goose (spoiler warning: Goose died in the first film).
Also on writing duties is Christopher McQuarrie, who steered action film-making to the realms of legends with Mission: Impossible – Fallout last year. Similarly, the stunt-work in Top Gun: Maverick looks absolutely bonkers.
Paramount PicturesSpeaking about the upcoming film, Jon Hamm, who also stars in the sequel, told Digital Spy:
It’s very cool – the technology involved with putting cameras in F-18 Super Hornets is pretty cool. I’m excited for people to see it.
They showed me 15 minutes of footage and I left the trailer with my chin on the ground. I was like: ‘Oh my God, this is so cool!’ It’s been a long shoot – we’ve gone since October – but it’s going to be very cool.
Cruise’s flying has taken centre-stage in the past two trailers, with the star (who’s famous for doing his own stunts) actually flying a fighter jet. Yes, really.
Paramount PicturesAfter announcing the film at San Diego Comic-Con, Cruise told the crowd:
Top Gun is about family, about sacrifice, and it’s about aviation. 34 years ago I made a movie in San Diego, right here. I actually shot across the street in a restaurant.
You all have asked for many, many years and I’ve travelled across the world and people have asked: ‘When are you going to do another one?’ I felt it was my responsibility to finally deliver for you.
Due to the extensive, ground-breaking technology being employed for the movie, the release date has endured several push-backs.
However, you better feel the need… the need… for speed on July 17, 2020, when Top Gun: Maverick hits cinemas.
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After graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University with an NCTJ and BCTJ-accredited Multimedia Journalism degree, Cameron ventured into the world of print journalism at The National, while also working as a freelance film journalist on the side, becoming an accredited Rotten Tomatoes critic in the process. He’s now left his Scottish homelands and took up residence at UNILAD as a journalist.