Glen Powell on Jan. 22, 2024.Photo:Joshua Lawton for Chase
Joshua Lawton for Chase
Rumors are swirling that Paramount Pictures isdeveloping a sequel toTop Gun: Maverick, butGlen Powellis not at liberty to share more information.
During a panel for Powell’s movieHit Manat the 2024Sundance Film Festival’s Chase Sapphire Lounge on Monday, the actor was asked whether he could share any info about his potential future with the series after he memorably costarred withTom CruiseandMiles Tellerin 2022’sbox office behemoth.
“That is all classified,” Powell, 35, said.
The actor played Lt. Jake “Hangman” Seresin inMaverick, itself a long-awaited sequel to Cruise’s 1986 blockbuster hitTop Gun. The recent sequel saw Cruise reprise his role as Navy officer Pete “Maverick” Mitchell more than three decades after the first movie’s release; it follows Maverick as he trains a new generation of pilots, including Powell’s character and Teller’s Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, for a top-secret and dangerous mission.
Glen Powell in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
The Hollywood Reporterreported on Jan. 11 that Ehren Kruger, who received a screenwriting credit onMaverick, is working on a third installment in the military aviation series. The outlet reported at that time thatMaverickdirector Joseph Kosinski intends to direct the new film and that it would see Cruise, Powell and Teller — the latter actor’s character is the son of 1986’sTop Gun’s Nick “Goode” Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards) — reunite.
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Glen Powell on Jan. 22, 2024.Joshua Lawton for Chase
Both Powell and Teller, 36, suggested in the initial aftermath ofMaverick’s release that a third movie was up for consideration. Teller shared in July 2022 that he and Cruise had “been having some conversations” aboutthe possibility of another movie, though he said at the time, “It’s all up to Tom.”.
“There’s definitely been conversations [but]it’s above my pay grade,” Powell himself told PEOPLE in August 2022, when asked about the potential for another movie.
Danny Ramirez, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro, Joseph Kosinski and Lewis Pullman on the set of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.PARAMOUNT PICTURES, SKYDANCE AND JERRY BRUCKHEIMER FILMS
“It’s really up to Tom. It’s up to [producerJerry Bruckheimer]. It’s up to all the powers that be, but if they call me back to Miramar, I’ll be there,” he added at the time.
For now, Powell’sHit Manis scheduled to premiere on Netflix on June 7, with a limited theatrical release expected before its streaming debut. Powell most recently appeared in the romantic comedyAnyone But You, while Cruise, 61, appeared inMission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part Onein 2023. He is currently working on theeighthMission: Impossiblemovie, which is set for a May 2025 release.
source: people.com
