In Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, we had Tom Cruise strapped to the side of a plane. Now he’s flying one for real in long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick – and the film’s latest trailer shows plenty of thrilling footage of Cruise in the cockpit. Watch his latest daredevil antics and get your best look yet at the return of the fighter pilot series below.
That’s a none-more-Top Gun trailer – you have Tom Cruise driving a motorbike (is that in his contract for every film?), a gaggle of fiery young recruits taking to the skies and hanging out in bars, and even a spot of topless beach sports. This time it seems to be an American football rather than the traditional volleyball, but we’ll take it. And that’s before you even get into the action – not only do you have the extra-adrenaline buzz of Cruise flying for real, but the aerial photography looks particularly impressive here.
Beyond that, we see Miles Teller as ‘Rooster’, the son of Goose, Jennifer Connelly’s bar owner who seems to be romantically entangled with Maverick, and Jon Hamm in uniform – likely a star attraction in its own right for some viewers. The film comes from director Joseph Kosinski, who previously helmed the Cruise-starring Oblivion, with Rogue Nation and Fallout’s Christopher McQuarrie among the writers.
Here's the film's official synopsis: "After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.” Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it."
Prepare to play with the boys (and girls) of the fighter pilot squad when Top Gun: Maverick soars into UK cinemas on 17 July 2020.