Top Gun: Maverick captivated moviegoers in 2022. The highly-anticipated sequel was released 36 years after the first film became a blockbuster in 1986. Top Gun: Maverick followed Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell as he trained a new set of Top Gun pilots, including the son of his late best friend, Nick “Goose” Bradshaw.
The sequel went on to become one of the highest-grossing movies of 2022 with over $1.4 billion at the box office. Top Gun: Maverick also scored a number of Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture. Now, everyone’s been craving Top Gun 3.
News47.us is breaking down what we know about Top Gun 3.
Paramount is currently working on Top Gun 3, as announced at CinemaCon in April 2026.
The studio hired Top Gun: Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger to write the script for Top Gun 3. Along with Joe Kosinski coming back as the director, the plan is for Tom Cruise to return, as well as Miles Teller and Glen Powell. The film development is still in the very early stages, so don’t expect to see Top Gun 3 on the big screen any time soon.
Top Gun: Maverick producer Jerry Bruckheimer didn’t say no to Top Gun 3, but it all hinges on Tom. “He’s in the middle of shooting Mission: Impossible 8, and that’s his focus. Once he finishes, we can have a conversation. But then he goes up in space [for an untitled Universal movie] and something else. So I have no idea,” Jerry told The Hollywood Reporter.
Director Joseph Kosinski also hinted that Top Gun 3 isn’t out of the question. “Is there another story that is compelling enough that we need to go back?” Joseph told Deadline. “It seems to me at the end of this film that Maverick has some gas left in the tank. He’s not settling down.”
