‘Top Gun 3’ in early development with Tom Cruise at Paramount

Actor Tom Cruise is gearing up to fly back for a third installment of the movie “Top Gun.”

An individual close to the project says a script for another iteration of the high-octane aviation movie franchise is in the works at Paramount.

The source says the film is in very early stages of development, but plans are underway for the sequel which will follow 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and the original “Top Gun” from 1986.

No deals are in place yet, but it is understood that the idea is to reunite the producers of the film – Cruise, Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joseph Kosinski – and given that the film would be a sequel to “Maverick,” Cruise’s younger co-stars, Miles Teller and Glen Powell, would conceivably also be back.

The source adds that the script is not finalised, but a first draft is being developed by writer Ehren Kruger, who co-wrote “Top Gun: Maverick”.

Developing another sequel is not a huge surprise, given the massive success of “Top Gun: Maverick” which became the most lucrative film of Cruise’s career, grossing nearly $1.5 billion worldwide and nabbing six Oscar nominations, including for best picture and adapted screenplay.

 Source:CNN