Tom Cruise has been pitched a ‘Top Gun 3’ storyline — but is too ‘busy’ with other projects

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a potential third installment of the “Top Gun” franchise in a new with interview with ScreenRant.The producer, 80, and “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski approached Tom Cruise with a “wonderful” idea, and proudly stated that the action star “really liked it.”“Joe Kosinski had a wonderful story idea for it, and [Cruise] said, ‘I really like that,’ so we’re developing it,” Bruckheimer told the outlet. “But you never know when it’s going to get made because Tom is so busy.” “He’s doing ‘Mission: Impossible’ right now; he’s got a picture after it,” continued the producer. “Hopefully, we’ll get a screenplay that he loves and we’ll be back in the air again.”In January, Puck News published a report seemingly confirming that Paramount Pictures ordered another “Top Gun” sequel after “Maverick” earned the company a whopping $1.5 billion at the box office.

While not much is known about the plot, Cruise, 61, will return as naval aviator Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell alongside Glen Powell and Miles Teller, who made their franchise debuts in the 2022 film.

Variety reported that production has tapped Ehren Kruger to re-join Kosinski, 49, in writing the movie’s script. Earlier this year, Powell, 35, joked at Sundance that details on the project are “confidential.”“People looked at me like I knew what was going on,” he said at the time. “There is going to be some fun stuff being announced soon … but it was confidential to me.” “I talk to Kosinski, Cruise and Jerry all the time,” he added. “There is stuff happening and it sounds very exciting.