Overview
- At CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Paramount said the sequel is officially in development with a script underway and Tom Cruise back as Maverick.
- Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is returning, and footage of Cruise on the studio’s water tower was shown to exhibitors at the event.
- The studio has not named a director or set a release date, and story details remain under wraps.
- Several outlets report that Ehren Kruger, a co-writer on Top Gun: Maverick, is writing the new script, though the studio has not announced this.
- The greenlight follows Maverick’s near-$1.5 billion global run and extensive U.S. Navy support, which set expectations for more real-aircraft aerial filmmaking in the next chapter.