What a cool surprise for a Thursday morning! Tom Cruise is set to return to one of his most famous roles in the sequel 'Maverick' which will open July 12, 2019.
In the ultimate throwback this morning, the star tweeted a picture on day 1 of production on the highly anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick, to give the film it's full name.
The throwback picture shows Cruise's iconic character looking at his F-14A Tomcat, with the words "Feel the need" emblazoned over it, an allusion to one of the most famous lines from the original film.
With a story set in the current time and dealing with very modern warfare, Maverick follows fighter pilots as they grapple with drone tech that is making their old style of flying obsolete. Cruise will reprise his character Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.
Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski will direct the sequel to the 1986 hit that made Cruise a global star. Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the Tony Scott-directed original, will return to produce the sequel!
