Paramount Pushes Top Gun Sequel Back to 2020

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By Sam Stone

Published Aug 29, 2018

Paramount has pushed back Top Gun: Maverick to June 2020 from its original July 2019 release date as filming continues.

Maverick's return to the skies in the Top Gun: Maverick has been delayed by a year as Paramount announces a later release date for the sequel.

The follow-up to the popular 1986 film has been pushed back to June 2020 from its original July 2019 release date. The delay is reportedly due to the extensive flight sequences and visual effects work being more challenging than originally anticipated by the production.

Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have been interested in creating a sequel to Top Gun for decades with the film finally greenlit by Paramount in June 2017. The sequel reportedly sees an older Maverick facing his legacy as fighter pilots give way to drone aircraft while he is reunited with the son of his former wingman, Goose, who has followed in his late father's footsteps.

Principal photography on Top Gun: Maverick began this past May taking a short break for Cruise to complete his promotional commitments for Mission: Impossible -- Fallout. The film reteams Cruise with filmmaker Kosinski who had previously worked with the star on 2013's Oblivion.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun: Maverick is scheduled for release sometime in June 2020. The film stars Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm, and Ed Harris. Cruise is also producing the sequel along with David Ellison and original producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

(via TheWrap)