Overview

• Shaun Gray has filed a lawsuit in New York federal court alleging he co-wrote pivotal scenes for 'Top Gun: Maverick' without credit or compensation.
• Gray claims he worked closely with screenwriter Eric Singer and director Joseph Kosinski over five months in 2017, contributing to critical action sequences.
• The lawsuit includes time-stamped files and emails that Gray says document his contributions to the screenplay, including the film's opening and training sequences.
• Gray seeks a 'screenplay by' credit, inclusion in future marketing, and a share of the film's profits, or alternatively, damages for copyright infringement.
• Paramount has dismissed the lawsuit as 'completely without merit,' drawing parallels to a prior legal case involving the film's original inspiration, which was dismissed in 2024.