"Top Gun 3" still starring Tom Cruise already has a story

Following the release of the critically acclaimed "Top Gun 2: Maverick" in 2022, legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer exclusively revealed the latest progress of the highly anticipated "Top Gun 3". The sequel directed by Joseph Kosinski has achieved a box office success of 1.4 billion US dollars worldwide and has amazed audiences with its thrilling aerial action scenes. It is reported that Tom Cruise will continue to star, and Miles Teller and Glen Powell will return to play the roles of "Rooster" and "Executioner" respectively.

In a recent interview to promote his new film, The Ungentlemanly War Department, Bruckheimer briefly outlined the plot of Top Gun 3. He said that director Kosinski had conceived a "wonderful" story concept and that Cruise himself loved it. When asked if Powell might take over the lead role, Bruckheimer made it clear that Cruise would still be the core of the film and lead the team to carry out new tasks.

However, due to Cruise's busy schedule, the production schedule of the sequel is still uncertain. Bruckheimer revealed that they are actively developing the script and hope to create a work that will satisfy Cruise, so that the "Lone Ranger" can soar into the sky again.

The specific plot of "Top Gun 3" is still not completely clear. Although the ending of "The Lone Ranger" did not deliberately set up a sequel suspense, it still reserved sufficient narrative space for the natural development of the subsequent story. Similar to the previous sequel, the third film may revolve around a new mission, recalling the "Lone Ranger" and his elite pilots to return to the battlefield for duty. If the screenwriter team of the sequel can continue to write the script for "Top Gun 3", the quality of the film will undoubtedly be guaranteed again. It is worth mentioning that "Top Gun 2: Maverick" broke the convention that action movies rarely receive Oscar nominations, and the quality of the script of its sequel is worth looking forward to.

Currently, the biggest factor hindering the production of "Top Gun 3" is the schedule of the lead actor Tom Cruise. Cruise is currently filming "Mission Impossible 8" and will also be filming another confidential project. According to producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the project may be a collaboration with Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu. In addition, Cruise's new cooperation with Warner Bros., such as the highly anticipated "Edge of Tomorrow 2", may also further delay the production of "Top Gun 3".