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Asked about persistent rumors of a sequel to the 1986 flyboy blockbuster, Cruise told the hosts of the Australian TV program _Sunrise_, “It is definitely happening.” He also said the plan is to start filming “probably in the next year.” _Top Gun_ fans may want to cool their jets, however, as talk of a follow-up film has been going on for several years. Cruise, who played the hotshot Navy ace known as Maverick in the original _Top Gun_, [said in 2015](http://ew.com/article/2015/07/26/tom-cruise-top-gun-2/) it would be “fun” to get back in the cockpit, and [last fall he said](http://ew.com/article/2016/10/22/tom-cruise-top-gun-2-rumors/) he and producer Jerry Bruckheimer were “trying to figure it out.” _Jungle Book_ writer Justin Marks was tapped to work on the script [in 2014](http://ew.com/article/2015/06/29/top-gun-sequel-tom-cruise-david-ellison-remarks/). > [](https://twitter.com/sunriseon7/status/867139377314516992) Bruckheimer, too, has fanned the flames. In 2013 he said there was [still a plan](http://ew.com/article/2013/06/10/jerry-bruckheimer-top-gun-2-sequel/) to move forward with _Top Gun 2_ after the death of the original film’s director, Tony Scott, and last year, Bruckheimer [tweeted a photo](http://ew.com/article/2016/01/27/top-gun-2-tease-jerry-bruckheimer-tom-cruise/) of him and Cruise after they discussed the project. A spokesperson for Paramount Pictures, the studio that released _Top Gun_, declined to comment on Cruise’s remarks. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/05/23/tom-cruise-top-gun-2-definitely-happening/) _originally appeared on_ [_Ew.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4791886/tom-cruise-top-gun-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4791886/tom-cruise-top-gun-2/"},"headline":"Tom Cruise Says Top Gun 2 Is 'Definitely Happening' And Filming Could Begin Next Year","datePublished":"2017-05-24T03:29:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:05:25.042Z","description":"Tom Cruise says the runway is clear for Top Gun 2","url":"https://time.com/4791886/tom-cruise-top-gun-2/","keywords":["movies","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae244ebbca493784/6988ce9e7cdbaccec3d58750/ap_110301032188.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Oliver Gettell / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae244ebbca493784/6988ce9e7cdbaccec3d58750/ap_110301032188.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tom Cruise will \"Top Gun 2\" drehen","caption":"Tom Cruise will \"Top Gun 2\" drehen","creditText":"Paramount Pictures/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4791886/tom-cruise-top-gun-2/","name":"Tom Cruise Says Top Gun 2 Is 'Definitely Happening' And Filming Could Begin Next Year"}}]}] ```