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[Maninthemirror]

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/tom-cruise-says-top-gun-sequel-fun-135340891.html

Hollywood star Tom Cruise says he would be open to reprising his 1980s role as U.S. Navy pilot Maverick in a possible sequel to action drama "Top Gun".

The 1986 blockbuster turned Cruise into a major box office draw. Last month, film producer and Skydance media company Chief Executive David Ellison was quoted in media reports as saying work on a "Top Gun 2" screenplay was underway.

"It would be fun. I would like to get back into those jets," Cruise told Reuters at the London premiere of his latest action film "Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation" on Saturday night.

"It would have to be practical. I don't want any CGI jets. I want to shoot it like how we shot the first one."

Hit me with a cruise missile if old

 

[Limited Edition]

I could actually get behind this. Top Gun was an really fun movie for its time.

 

[neptunes]

Why wouldn't he be? Val was always the problem...

 

[John Dunbar]

val has his beach body ready.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Tom Cruise is still the man. I'm watching all the Mission Impossibles right now. Good stuff.

 

[strafer]

I hope Ridley will direct.

 

[Warm Machine]

Why wouldn't he be? Val was always the problem...

Val would be in anything for a sandwich right now. He just needs to hit the gym for a couple months.

 

[Ridley327]

val has his beach ball body ready.

Fixed.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Highway to the danger zone.

Spoiler

awesome song

 

[Messypandas]

Vals thin guys. I actually think he had a throat tumour recently

 

[EloquentM]

I actually had a dream about this last night, despite never having seen top gun.

 

[John Dunbar]

Fixed.

i would have accepted whale as well.

 

[Wiktor]

What about Yukikaze, Tom?
Oh..screw it..make both

 

[ItIsOkBro]

No CGI jets I fucking love this man.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

All Aboard The Cruise Missile

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

Funny, caught some of this on TV yesterday.

Gonna be hard to get a song as iconic as 'Danger Zone' to go with the film, though. That being said, I can't see any reason why it shouldn't happen.

 

[Ridley327]

Vals thin guys. I actually think he had a throat tumour recently

Yikes, I forgot about that. Wasn't there something about him seeking holistic treatments over hospital care, too?

 

[Cereal KiIIer]

Damn Val is looking good again!

 

[Bodacious]

I'd watch it, but I'd rather hear that Com Truise is making a movie called Gop Tun.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Are we finally seeing the return of the cruise missile? MI:RN, Top Gun 2, yessssssssssss

 

[Abounder]

The infamous F-35 could use some of that Cruise missile movie magic but I don't know if it has 2 seaters.

Godspeed gentlemen

 

[MMarston]

Vals thin guys. I actually think he had a throat tumour recently

Damn Val is looking good again!

Okay, something about his weight seems troubling for me.


...or maybe it's just the age.

 

[SJRB]

...I thought a Top Gun 2 was already in pre-production, with Cruise starring as a Top Gun teacher or something.


I'm so confused right now.

 

[gar3]

...I thought a Top Gun 2 was already in pre-production, with Cruise starring as a Top Gun teacher or something.


I'm so confused right now.

Tony Scott's death kinda stopped that:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Scott

 

[Death Metalist]

Danger Zone in the film or bust.

 

[old manatee]

I thought the main thing Top Gun had going for it was young sexy actors.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Okay, something about his weight seems troubling for me.


...or maybe it's just the age.

I think he did have some health problems recently.

 

[How About No]

I thought the main thing Top Gun had going for it was young sexy actors.

Now we can have sexy old actors

 

[Big Dog]

If I remember correctly the writer (or at least one of them) from the first film was working on a script last year before committing suicide. So I wonder if they would be able to use some of the material he had worked on or start from scratch with a script.

Tony Scott's death kinda stopped that:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Scott

Yeah here it is.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Now we can have sexy old actors

Like Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside, and slab of shiny bald beef James Tolkan

 

[Ziffles]

Tom Cruise is now older than all the original actors were in the first Top Gun, except for James Tolkan (the bald commander). ^^

 

[old manatee]

Now we can have sexy old actors

They better film that volleyball scene before Tom Cruise melts.

 

[Blader]

Okay, something about his weight seems troubling for me.


...or maybe it's just the age.

He allegedly has throat cancer but is refusing treatment because he's a devout Christian Scientist.

 

[tycoonheart]

I hope they do another sexy volleyball scene.

 

[UrokeJoe]

They better film that volleyball scene before Tom Cruise melts.

Kind of looking like Arnold there.

 

[Mutanthands]

Kind of looking like Arnold there.

Gravity always wins. Still, who cares? He still looks damn good for 50, he's just entered the "older, handsome devil" part of his career. He can do the Sean Connery thing for years to come.

 

[slightconfuse]

Yessss

I ride with the cruise missile

 

[UrokeJoe]

Gravity always wins. Still, who cares? He still looks damn good for 50, he's just entered the "older, handsome devil" part of his career. He can do the Sean Connery thing for years to come.

Oh no doubt. Was just an obversation. Still a beast.

 

[Currygan]

Kind of looking like Arnold there.

haha, he really does

 

[Vastag]

a devout Christian Scientist.

What?

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

I'm in if they can get a proper script and direction. Wasn't there some stuff about something involving drone warfare back before development went back after Scott died?

 

[DoktorEvil]

If there's no homoerotic Iceman-Maverick vibes and a memorial to Goose,I cannot approve of a sequel.

 

[Lionheart1827]

"It would have to be practical. I don't want any CGI jets. I want to shoot it like how we shot the first one."

This.

Would totally be up for it if Cruise was in it and it was mostly practical effects. Its part of what made the original movie awesome. I'd love to get my hands on all of the footage that was shot of the planes flying around since a lot of it is incredible to look at.

 

[Mad Season]

The cruise missile never stops

 

[Wiktor]

Gravity always wins. Still, who cares? He still looks damn good for 50, he's just entered the "older, handsome devil" part of his career. He can do the Sean Connery thing for years to come.

It's bad pic. He's been shirtless in many recent movies and he looks fine

 

[digita1alchemy]

I want Days of Thunder 2 first with a washed up Cole Trickle looking for redemption.

 

[alexandros]

Tom Cruise is the man.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I thought that was a photoshop at first, but it really is just a bad picture.

It was for "MI:4." here's another pic from a different angle

 

[MechDX]

Cruise in Top Gun 2. The hero we need.

CryingEagle.jpeg

 

[inm8num2]

Not much of a fan of Top Gun, but it would be cool to see this happen.