Tom Cruise’s Collaborator Confirms ‘Top Gun 3’ Is ‘Already In the Bag’
- In May 2025, Christopher McQuarrie revealed during an interview with Josh Horowitz that development is already underway for Top Gun 3.
- This announcement follows strong enthusiasm from Tom Cruise and cast members like Jay Ellis, who expressed willingness to return since Top Gun: Maverick’s 2022 release.
- Key cast members including Tom Cruise, Glen Powell, Miles Teller, and Monica Barbaro are expected to return, with Joseph Kosinski possibly directing and Kruger penning the script.
- Top Gun: Maverick earned $1.48 billion worldwide in 2022, becoming Cruise’s highest-grossing film and the twelfth highest-grossing film ever.
- Production on Top Gun 3 could start in 2025 with a potential 2026 release, indicating the sequel aims to blend emotional depth and action, though some details remain unclear.
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Tom Cruise’s Collaborator Confirms ‘Top Gun 3’ Is ‘Already In the Bag’
A follow-up to 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick is in the works, and the film’s cast and crew is ready for another round in the danger zone. “My whole cast, we would all be there in a heartbeat,” Jay Ellis, who played Reuben “Payback” Fitch in the hit movie, told Fox News Digital in November 2022. “We would be grateful to be there.” The highly anticipated Top Gun sequel followed Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) as he recruited and trained a…
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