Overview

• Joseph Kosinski confirmed Top Gun 3 is in active development following the film’s over $1.4 billion global success.
• Ehren Kruger, the screenwriter behind F1: The Movie, has been enlisted to pen the sequel’s script.
• Tom Cruise will reprise Pete “Maverick” Mitchell as the character grapples with a crisis that challenges his place in a changing world.
• Key plot elements remain under wraps, though early reports suggest a thematic focus on AI or robotic pilots reshaping aerial combat.
• Paramount Pictures has not set a release date and will only proceed once the creative team finalizes a story they deem strong enough.