Tom Cruise's Top Gun sequel to release on 12 July 2019, three decades after first part

Tom Cruise initially mentioned that the sequel will be called Top Gun: Maverick but the studio has listed it as Top Gun only.

Los Angeles: The sequel to actor Tom Cruise’s 1986 action drama film Top Gun has been slated for a release on 12 July, 2019. [caption id=“attachment_3477038” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Poster of Top Gun from 1986. Twitter[/caption] The sequel will release almost 33 years after the release of the original film, reports variety.com. Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, who earlier directed Cruise in the 2013 film Oblivion, has been roped in to helm Top Gun: Maverick. The film will be set in a world of drone technology and fifth generation fighters along with exploring the end of the era of dogfighting. Cruise earlier said that the title for the second film would be Top Gun: Maverick although Paramount Studios listed the title on Friday only as Top Gun. Maverick was Cruise’s character’s nickname in the film in which he played Naval Aviator Lt Pete Mitchell. Poster of Top Gun from 1986.