Top Gun: Maverick
- Director
- Joseph Kosinski
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Tom Cruise , Miles Teller , Jennifer Connelly , Val Kilmer , Jay Ellis , Jon Hamm , Bashir Salahuddin , Charles Parnell , Lewis Pullman , Glen Powell , Monica Barbaro , Ed Harris
- Writers
- Christopher McQuarrie , Ehren Kruger , Eric Warren Singer
- Runtime
- 130 minutes
- Main Genre
- Action
- Franchise
- Top Gun
- Story By
- Peter Craig, Justin Marks
- Prequel
- Top Gun
- Cinematographer
- Claudio Miranda
- Producer
- Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison
- Production Company
- Skydance Media, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Budget
- $170 Million
Summary
United States Navy Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and Tom "Iceman" Kazansky are back, 30 years after the original Top Gun, for Top Gun: Maverick. The film sees Maverick leading a new group of TOPGUN graduates, reuniting with his former girlfriend Penny Benjamin and becoming a true team leader.
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