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Top Gun: Maverick adds Jon Hamm, Ed Harris and Lewis Pullman

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Top Gun: Maverick isn’t done with its castings just yet. After signing on several actors yesterday, Deadline has revealed that Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ed Harris (Westworld) and Lewis Pullman (Bad Times at the El Royale) have now been added to the star-studded sequel. There is no word on who they will be playing, but they […]

Top Gun 2 adds Leave No Trace’s Thomasin McKenzie to its impressive cast

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The volleyball roster is growing for Paramount’s Top Gun sequel, with the announcement that Leave No Trace’s Thomasin McKenzie is set to join the already impressive ensemble on Top Gun: Maverick. Deadline announced that McKenizie, who was spectacularly good in Debra Granik’s film-of-the-year contender (read our ★★★★★ review),  joins Charles Parnell (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Bashir Salahuddin (Glow), […]

Jennifer Connelly joins Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick

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It looks like we may have our second new cast addition for Top Gun: Maverick, with Variety reporting that Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly has joined the sequel to the 1986 classic. According to the site, Connelly will portray the female lead, a single mother who runs a bar near the air force base where Tom Cruise’s […]

Miles Teller will play Goose’s son in Top Gun: Maverick

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Last week there was a report that Tom Cruise, Joseph Kosinski, Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison had begun meeting with several young actors to play the role of Goose’s grown-up son in Top Gun: Maverick. After several screen tests and deliberation, it seems that the Cruise and Kosinski have now settled on an actor to play the […]

Nicholas Hoult, Miles Teller and Glen Powell wanted for Goose’s son in Top Gun: Maverick

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Despite the fact that it is gearing up for production, the long-awaited Top Gun sequel Top Gun: Maverick is yet to cast one of its major roles – that of Bradley Bradshaw, the son of Maverick’s former wingman Goose. According to THR, director Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion) and producers Tom Cruise, Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison […]

Kenny Loggins has spoke with Tom Cruise about a new version of Danger Zone for Top Gun: Maverick

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We know we’re getting the return of Tom Cruise’s Maverick and Val Kilmer’s Iceman, it’s been suggested by Cruise that we’ll get another volleyball scene, and now ‘King of the Movie Soundtrack’ Kenny Loggins has revealed to TMZ that he’s hoping to record a new version of ‘Danger Zone’ for next year’s Top Gun: Maverick. […]

Val Kilmer returning as Iceman for Top Gun: Maverick

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Just as Top Gun: Maverick begins production, The Wrap has reported Maverick will meet his professional rival once again as Val Kilmer is set to reprise the role of Iceman for the anticipated sequel. As one of the original stars of Tony Scott’s Top Gun, Kilmer played Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, one of the Top Gun program’s best pilots. […]

Maverick returns as Tom Cruise tweets first image from Top Gun 2

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Talk of a return to the cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat and another ride into the danger zone, had been rumoured before and after the death of original director Tony Scott, with Tom Cruise keen to reprise the role of Maverick. So now in a move that has taken our breath away (we’ll stop it […]

Top Gun: Maverick will reportedly start shooting in July

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Back in May of last year, Tom Cruise promised that the long-rumoured sequel to Top Gun was “definitely happening” and could shoot in 2018, and sure enough, it seems like that is indeed the case. According to Omega Underground, Top Gun: Maverick will begin principal photography in July, and will shoot through to Thanksgiving. As […]