Top Gun 2 delayed one year, sequel moves to June 2020 release date
Delay is to allow time for new technology and planes in flight sequences, Paramount Studios says; fans express disappointment at having to wait another year for move antics from “Maverick”, “Iceman” and “Goose” Jnr
Tom Cruise’s much anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick has had its release date put back one year by Paramount Studios.
The studio announced on Wednesday that the film would now open on June 26, 2020 instead of July 2019. Early production began this spring and was planned to resume in September.
The extra time will give filmmakers the opportunity to work out the logistics of presenting flight sequences with new technology and planes, according to a Paramount statement.
News of the postponement came just one week after Jon Hamm and Ed Harris were added to the cast in unspecified roles.
Cruise, 56, signalled on May 30 that filming had begun on the sequel to his 1986 Top Gun with a Twitter post featuring the Ray-Bans, the Maverick helmet and a #Day1 “Feel the need” message.