to pgunSo Jerry Bruckheimer spoke with the Huffington Post about Top Gun 2, which seemed to have finally found some traction before director Tony Scott‘s suicide in 2012. Since then there have been rumblings but nothing concrete. Now Bruckheimer reveals the concept is to say that in a new era of unmanned drones pilots are still necessary.
“The concept is, basically, are the pilots obsolete because of drones? [Tom Cruise as Maverick] is going to show them that they’re not obsolete. They’re here to stay,” Bruckheimer said. “It’s just getting to the starting place. Fortunately for Tom, he’s very busy, so you have to find a slot he can fit into and get a budget that Paramount feels they can make the picture.”
Personally, Top Gun was never really about real world situations so the whole drone idea seems a little above what this possible franchise is all about. Then again, I think the chance for a sequel was lost a long time ago when a second film wasn’t greenlit immediately, following Maverick back to Top Gun and taking things from there. Now we’re looking at a scenario where Maverick is really nothing more than the same character Tom Skerritt was in the first one and I can’t imagine this being anything more than a diverting piece of nostalgia rather than anything of particular cinematic importance. Hmmmmm… I guess if I put it that way it sounds like something Hollywood execs are looking for. Greenlight it now!
