Top Gun 2

March 1, 2012 by admin  
Filed under Film, Movie News


The Town Scribe To Write Top Gun Sequel. Screenwriter Peter Craig (The Town) has been tapped to write Top Gun 2 for Paramount. Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Skydance Productions will produce the sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise hit. Craig is the latest to rewrite the script, previously X-Men: First Class scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz tackled the project. Tom Cruise is expected to return in the lead role as dog-fighting pilot Maverick.

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  • Release Date: TBA
  • Studio: Paramount Pictures
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sequel
  • Director: TBA
  • Screenwriter: Peter Craig, Christopher McQuarrie, Ashley Miller, Zack Stentz
  • Official Website: Paramount.com
  • Starring: Tom Cruise
  • Running Time: Unknown
  • MPAA Rating: Not yet rated

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David Ellison will produce alongside Jerry Bruckheimer. Christopher McQuarrie, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘The Usual Suspects’, will pen the sequel. Tom Cruise is expected to return in the lead role as dog-fighting pilot Maverick. ‘Top Gun 2′ will explore the end of the fighter jet pilot era and rise of the drone aircraft.

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March 1, 2012 – The Town Scribe To Write Top Gun Sequel. Screenwriter Peter Craig (The Town) has been tapped to write Top Gun 2 for Paramount. (THR)

October 17, 2011 – ‘X-Men’ Writers Take Highway to the Danger Zone. Paramount has hired ‘X-Men: First Class’ scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz to write the script for ‘Top Gun 2′. (Variety)

October 27, 2010 – Tom Cruise to play lead role in ‘Top Gun 2′. Tom Cruise’s character Maverick was rumored to play a smaller role in the developing sequel to the 1986 classic ‘Top Gun’. Now screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie has revealed Maverick will be the film’s lead character. (NY Mag)

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