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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Tom Cruise is back for the long-awaited sequel to the 1986 classic with Top Gun: Maverick, from Paramount Pictures.

Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick
PG-13
Action
Drama

Director
Joseph Kosinski
Release Date
May 27, 2022
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Tom Cruise , Miles Teller , Jennifer Connelly , Val Kilmer , Jay Ellis , Jon Hamm , Bashir Salahuddin , Charles Parnell , Lewis Pullman , Glen Powell , Monica Barbaro , Ed Harris
Writers
Christopher McQuarrie , Ehren Kruger , Eric Warren Singer
Runtime
130 minutes
Main Genre
Action
Franchise
Top Gun
Story By
Prequel
Top Gun
Cinematographer
Claudio Miranda
Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison
Production Company
Skydance Media, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Budget
$170 Million

Summary

United States Navy Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and Tom "Iceman" Kazansky are back, 30 years after the original Top Gun, for Top Gun: Maverick. The film sees Maverick leading a new group of TOPGUN graduates, reuniting with his former girlfriend Penny Benjamin and becoming a true team leader.

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