Who wants to take a break from last night’s Oscars drama to check out some new images from Top Gun: Maverick? Thanks to Total Film, the latest images from the Top Gun sequel have taken flight, so pump yourself full of Dramamine and feast your eyes on two flyboys that are cleared for take-off later this year.
The new Top Gun: Maverick images feature Tom Cruise as Maverick and Miles Teller as Goose’s son Rooster. One photo features Cruise all geared up and ready to take to the skies, while another depicts his character performing maintenance to complex machinery. The final image shows Teller looking rather serious with his pencil mustache and broody mood lighting.
You can check out the new photos from Top Gun: Maverick below:
Top Gun: Maverick is the long-awaited sequel to the original 1996 Top Gun. Thanks to the pandemic, the film experienced several delays, though it would appear as if the movie is finally ready to land in theaters on May 27, 2022. While speaking with Variety, Top Gun: Maverick co-star Manny Jacinto said the following about the sequel being worth the wait:
“It was so fun. Man, we shot that three years ago,” Jacinto told the outlet. “Before that, 30 years was the first one. For Thirty-three years, people have been waiting. I can’t wait. I mean, Tom does not disappoint. It was incredibly fun to shoot it. If I can remember it [laughs]. It was the best experience. He gives off this vibe, this energy of work ethic. It inspires you. You get on set, and you make sure you give 110%. You can’t help but do that.”
Top Gun: Maverick will once again focus on Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise), one of the Navy’s best aviators and test pilots. When Maverick is tasked with training a new group of Top Gun graduates for a special mission, he also has to deal with the past when he runs into Rooster, the son of Maverick’s wingman and late best friend Goose. In addition to Tom Cruise, the Joseph Kosinski film will also star Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Danny Ramirez, Monica Barbaro, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer.
Here’s the official synopsis for Top Gun: Maverick:
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka Goose. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
In addition to taking off in theaters on May 27, Top Gun: Maverick will screen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 17-28.
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