After months of barely hearing anything about the casting for the Top Gun sequel, here comes another announcement hot on the heels of the most recent additions. Jon Hamm, Ed Harris and Lewis Pullman are all joining Tom Cruise in the new movie.
The sequel, which may still go by the title Top Gun: Maverick after the call sign of Cruise's Pete Mitchell, will explore a world where aerial combat is increasingly shifting from crewed aircraft to drones. But there is still a need for human pilots, so the likes of Mitchell are training the next generation.
There's no information yet as to what Hamm, Harris or Pullman – the son of Bill, who was last seen in The Strangers: Prey At Night – are doing in the movie, but they'll be part of a cast that also includes Val Kilmer (back as fellow veteran flyer Tom "Iceman" Kazansky), Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and more recent recruits Glen Powell, Charles Parnell, Jay Ellis, Bashir Salahuddin, Danny Ramirez and Monica Barbaro. According to Deadline, Thomasin McKenzie, who was in that last group, has since had to bow out because of scheduling issues.
With Joseph Kosinski in the director's chair, the movie is aiming for a 12 July, 2019 release. Hamm is on our screens now in The Negotiator and is part of the cast for Bad Times At The El Royale (which also features Pullman), out on 12 October. Harris has worked on war drama The Last Full Measure, but that has yet to confirm a release date.
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