Tom Cruise has given us one of the best movie sequels in recent years with Top Gun: Maverick, and there’s more where that came from! Cruise is gearing up to return as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell after Paramount confirmed they’re plotting the third movie in this franchise.
Paramount has reportedly tapped Top Gun: Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger to develop a script for the sequel, while Joseph Kosinski is expected to direct it. Top Gun 3 won’t get off the ground until Cruise and the studio signed off on the final version, and the Maverick young cast, led by Miles Teller and Glen Powell, are yet to confirm their involvement.
The news comes just a few days after Cruise signed a non-exclusive deal to develop franchises and original movies for Warner Bros. He’s also in business with Paramount on the eighth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise, in addition to plotting Doug Liman’s space movie with NASA at Universal.
Top Gun: Maverick made quite a splash when it hit the theatres in 2022, and went on to become the highest-grossing of Cruise’s career, with $1.496 billion grossed worldwide. It also won numerous awards and scored six Academy Awards nominations, including best picture.
