While he has won many honors, repeated insubordination has kept him from flag rank, friend and TOPGUN rival Tom "Iceman" Kazansky protecting Maverick from being grounded. Over thirty years after graduating from TOPGUN, United States Navy Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a test pilot. The film has grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022, the second film released during the COVID-19 pandemic to gross $1 billion, and the highest-grossing film of Cruise's career. The film was released to widespread critical praise, with many reviewers deeming it superior to its predecessor. It will also be released on Paramount+ after its theatrical run. Top Gun: Maverick premiered at CinemaCon on April 28, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States on IMAX, 4DX, ScreenX, and Dolby Cinema on May 27, 2022, by Paramount Pictures. Its release was initially scheduled for July 12, 2019, but was delayed first by efforts to shoot several complex action sequences, and then by the COVID-19 pandemic and scheduling conflicts. The film was shot using IMAX-certified 6K full-frame cameras. Principal photography took place from May 2018 to April 2019 in California, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. In June 2017, Kosinski was hired and wrote a new draft of the script. However, on August 19 of that year, Scott died by suicide and the film's pre-production was put on hold. By mid-2012 a draft of the screenplay was finished. Cruise and Kilmer were approached to return in their roles from the original, as were producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott. It follows Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger TOPGUN graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend.ĭevelopment on a Top Gun sequel was announced in 2010 by Paramount Pictures. The sequel to Top Gun (1986) and the second installment in the Top Gun film series, the film stars Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell reprising his role from the original, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer (who also reprises his role). In the meantime, you could always sratch your zombie-killing itch with Dying Light.Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski and written by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie, from a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks. In the post Assassin’s Creed Unity world, we can’t blame any publisher for wanting their games to have as much time being developed as possible. 9 and Homefront: The Revolution, although they did at least push up the release of Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, which performed pretty well according to our review. “We know that our fans will be disappointed by this news, but by giving Dead Island 2 more time we are confident that everyone will get a better game to play as a result," Deep Silver wrote.ĭeep Silver has been on a delay spree over the past few months as the publisher delayed Mighty No. More development time appears to be the primary reason for the delay which Deep Silver says they’ll have more info to share at a later date. This is why we have decided to delay Dead Island 2 to 2016.” “We have been looking at the game long and hard, and we have decided we didn’t reach that goal we set out to achieve quite yet. “We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead Island 2: to create the sequel that takes Dead Island to the next level,” Deep Silver says. Deep Silver has announced it has delayed Dead Island 2 to a 2016 release, according to its official Twitter account.