36 years passed between the release of Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick , but we wouldn’t have to wait nearly that long for Top Gun 3 . Ever since Maverick became one of the most critically and commercially successful movies of 2022, there’s been quite a bit of talk regarding a potential threequel . Now the latest tease from Glen Powell, who played Jake "Hangman" Seresin in Maverick , makes it sound like he’ll actually re-team with Tom Cruise on Top Gun 3 , which just gets me more excited for this project, as I’m sure it does a lot of other people.
To be clear, Paramount Pictures hasn’t made any kind of official announcement about Top Gun 3 . That said, when Powell was speaking with Josh Horowitz alongside Twisters co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones, the reporter asked them which was more likely to happen, the Normal People continuation or another Top Gun movie. Powell responded: I mean, I have a date.
When Horowitz followed up by asking if there was any news regarding that threequel he wanted to share with the audience, Powell, who’s also contributed to the 2024 movies landscape with Netflix’s Hit Man, stated, “Absolutely not.” Although he didn’t specify which kind of date, presumably he means production start date, i.e.
when cameras will begin rolling. If that’s the case, then that means even though Paramount hasn’t publicly said anything about Top Gun 3 , moves have already been made behind the scenes to get everything in order for principal photography, and Po.