While we thought we’d see Maverick on our screens in 2021, it didn’t happen. Top Gun 2, aka Top Gun: Maverick, has been postponed again, meaning we’ll have to wait another year before we can revive our need for speed.
We can only hope that this is the last delay for the sequel, which was originally scheduled to hit theaters in July 2019. According to Jon Hamm, the delay was definitely worth it. He said it was “everything you can hope for”.
Hopefully this claim will be confirmed in the summer of 2022. In the film, Maverick once again imparts his wisdom to a new group of Top Gun recruits before embarking on an unprecedented special mission. It looks like we’re going to have to buckle up for a thrill ride, but what else can we expect from Top Gun: Maverick?
Top Gun 2 release date
Recall that Top Gun: Maverick will be released in theaters on May 27, 2022, which postpones the previous installment of the Tom Cruise franchise, Mission: Impossible 7, to September 30, 2022.
If that date is correct, it means the sequel will hit our screens about three years after its original release on July 12, 2019. There was a one-year delay before the date was pushed back a few days to June 24, 2019. 2020 in the US and as of July 17, 2020 in the UK.
Despite this, the sequel has been postponed for the third time to December 23, 2020 and is not over as Paramount postponed the film’s release date to July 2, 2021 and then pushed it back to July 19. November. 2021
Unfortunately, this was not the last delay, but perhaps we are finally at the end of the road.
Filming for the sequel took place between May 2018 and June 2019.
Top Gun 2 trailer
The first trailer dropped at ComicCon International on July 18, 2019. The Maverick definitely needs more speed.
When the trailer was finally released, fans were quick to note the similarities between it and the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, citing some footage that looked almost identical to the trailer for the episode.
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The second trailer was released on December 16, 2019 as the first Christmas present for Top Gun fans. There’s also a fan-made version of the LEGO trailer, which is as awesome as it sounds.
At CinemaCon in August 2021 (before the final delay), the first 13 minutes of the film were shown to the public along with a new trailer. According to Deadline, Maverick challenges the Admiral to the opening and flies at Mach 10.
It reaches Mach 10, but soon the plane explodes. Fortunately, Maverick survives, otherwise it would have been a very short movie.
It’s not yet clear when the new trailer (or one of those images) will be released online. Given the delay in the final release date, it’s likely that we won’t see anything new in the movie until the new date of May 2022.
Top Gun 2 cast and crew
It has been more than 30 years since they competed for the Top Gun title at the US Naval Combat Weapons School in Miramar, striving to be the best of the best. But in Top Gun 2, Maverick (Cruise) and Iceman (Val Kilmer) are sure to meet.
However, director Joseph Kosinski is amazed at how their relationship has changed since then.
“The rivalry and the relationship between Iceman and Maverick is one of the things that makes this first movie so iconic,” he said. “This relationship is important to the Top Gun franchise and as a fan I would like to see how it plays out.”
Top Gun 2 content explored
“When he finds himself putting together a team of Top Gun alumni for a special mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick meets the lieutenant. Bradley Bradshaw, callsign “Rooster”, son of Maverick’s late friend and lieutenant. Nick Bradshaw, also known as “Goose”.
“Faced with an uncertain future haunted by the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that will require the total sacrifice of those who have been chosen to pilot him.”
The world may have changed since the first Maverick movie, but there are still intense flights, so long that the crew had to ask the Navy for permission to film one of the most extreme stunts.
