F1 director shares Top Gun 3 update, calls it Tom Cruise's one last ride
Director Joseph Kosinski recently spoke about his plans for a sequel to 'Top Gun: Maverick' (2022). He shared updates on exploring the "existential crisis" of Tom Cruise and his "one last ride" in 'Top Gun 3'.Kosinski, in an interview with GQ about the third instalment of 'Top Gun' that he plans to bring a story beyond aerial stunts and flight sequences. He said, "I think we've found a way to do it."advertisementThe director further said, "Not only in the scale of what we're proposing, but the idea itself of the story we're telling. We're thinking much bigger. It's a really existential crisis that Maverick has in this."
"It's an existential question that Maverick has to deal with. That would make Maverick feel small I think, as a movie, compared to what we're talking about," he went on."Yeah, there's still more story to tell for him. There's one last ride. So we're working on it now, and F1 screenwriter Ehren Kruger is penning the script," the 'F1' director said.Watch the trailer for 'Top Gun: Maverick' here: In an earlier interview with the Today Show Australia, Cruise had hinted at 'Days of Thunder' and 'Top Gun Maverick' sequels. He said, "Yeah, we are thinking and talking about many different stories and what we could do and what's possible. It took me 35 years to figure out 'Top Gun: Maverick', so all of these things we are working on, we are discussing 'Days of Thunder' and 'Top Gun: Maverick'."advertisementThe actor was last seen in 'Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning'. The Christopher McQuarrie directorial also featured Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Ving Rhames and Greg Tarzan Davis, among others, in crucial roles.Kosinski's 'F1', featuring Brad Pitt in the lead role, was recently released on June 27. The film is a sports action-drama based on Formula 1 racing.- Ends
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