TOP GUN 2 – As many of the films, Top Gun Maverick has been delayed by several months. Instead of going out to the end of the year 2020, we will not be able to see it until 2021.
[updated July 24, 2020 at 9h52] Paramount made the announcement sensational in this Thursday, July 23, 2020 : Top Gun 2 will come out eventually, not in 2020. Originally planned for the summer, Top Gun Maverick had been postponed a first time to December 2020, for the Christmas holidays. And finally, the fans, who are waiting since more than 34 years, the continued adventures of the pilot played by Tom Cruise, will still need to exercise patience. The blockbuster movie has been scheduled for release on July 2, 2021. This decision is the result of a mixture of several factors. The pandemic of sars coronavirus continues to affect the United States, where many movie theaters are still closed. In the Face of uncertainty of their reopening, many studios have announced the postponement of their film flagship the year 2020. For Top Gun 2, a second factor also tilts the balance : according to Variety, the deferral is also due to the schedule that is in charge of Tom Cruise. It should resume very soon the shooting of two films of the franchise Mission Impossible, making it unavailable to promote the second film Top Gun at the end of the year 2020. Pushing the film to 2021, the main actor of the blockbuster is expected to be more available.
Top Gun : Maverick, following the feature-length film of Tony Scott, sees Tom Cruise back as a fighter pilot. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is now an instructor in the Navy. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski, the filmmaker who has already had the opportunity to work with Tom Cruise on the sci-fi film Oblivion. The casting, Top Gun 2 will see the return of Val Kilmer, but also the arrival of Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, or even Miles Teller. The feature film is slated for release in France on December 23, 2020, two weeks after the american release.