Val Kilmer Set to Return For TOP GUN 2!
Val Kilmer confirmed on Facebook today that he was asked to come back and reprise his role of "Iceman" in Top Gun 2, and that he accepted the offer. He writes:
“I just got offered Top Gun 2. Not often you get to say 'yes' without reading the script… We will all miss Tony Scott one of the kindest gentlemen I’ve ever met in the film biz, but let’s fire up some fighter jets again!!!”
Tom Cruise has been expected to return for years, so it will be pretty freakin' cool to see Maverick and Iceman on screen together again. Do you think we'll get to see them play volleyball against each other again...as older out-of-shape men?
This Top Gun sequel has been in development for quite a few years, but it seems like things are actually starting to pick up, especially with the announcement of Kilmer. That's sure to get fans excited.
Jerry Bruckheimer is producing the film and he previously said that the story would involve a modern version of aerial warfare with drones and remote pilots. It was also revealed the film would be set 30 years after the events of what we saw in Top Gun.
The last thing we heard about the project came from Skydance Productions CEO David Ellison, who is also a producer on the project. He said:
"Justin Marks is writing the screenplay right now. He has a phenomenal take to really update that world for what fighter pilots in the navy have turned into today. There is an amazing role for Maverick in the movie and there is no Top Gun without Maverick. It is going to be Maverick playing Maverick. I don’t think it is what people are going to expect, and we are very, very hopeful that we get to make the movie very soon. But like all things, it all comes down to the script, and Justin is writing as we speak."
Tony Scott was interested in returning to direct the film before his tragic death. The project still doesn't have a director, but I can't help but think that Michael Bay should be the guy to bring it to life. I'd much rather see him do this than another Transformers movie.
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