Top Gun 3: Cruise Returns as Maverick

0:00It's April 17. You're listening to Entertainment and celebrity news today. AI-powered pop culture updates. I'm Cory with the story. Tom Cruise just dropped the news that Top Gun 3 is officially in development with the script already underway and he's suiting up again as... Maverick. He shared the update in a video from the Paramount lot during cinema con in Las Vegas, standing tall on that famous water tower while Paramount bosses confirmed their teaming him back up with producer Jerry Brookheimer. Fans are buzzing online, split between height for more high-flying action after Maverick raked in $1,500,000,000 worldwide on. All. A $170,000,000 budget, and those worried it'll mess with the perfect ending from three years back. The project builds on the 1986 original and Maverick's massive hit status where Cruise mentored young pilots like Miles Tellers. Rooster, but no directors locked in yet, and Aaron Krueger's handling the screenplay. Word is the story's been brewing for over two years,

1:01so expect those real jet stunts from the 63-year-old Daredevil to keep the franchise. Soaring into the next chapter.