Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, & Lewis Pullman Join Tom Cruise In Paramount's TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, & Lewis Pullman Join Tom Cruise In Paramount's TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Paramount continues to round out its Top Gun: Maverick cast, adding three more to the Tom Cruise-led ensemble in Jon Hamm (Tag), Ed Harris (Westworld) and Lewis Pullman (Bad Times at the El Royale)...

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By RohanPatel - Aug 22, 2018 05:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Deadline
Following yesterday's major casting news, Deadline has now learned that Paramount is adding some additional star power to Tom Cruise's long-awaited action sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, casting Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ed Harris (Westworld), and Lewis Pullman (Bad Times at the El Royale) in key roles.

The trio join a Cruise-led cast that will also feature Val Kilmer (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Jennifer Connelly (Only The Brave), Miles Teller (Whiplash), Glen Powell (Set It Up), Monica Barbaro (Splitting Up Together), Charles Parnell (A Million Little Pieces), Jay Ellis (Insecure), Bashir Salahuddin (GLOW), and Danny Ramirez (Assassination Nation).

The report notes that up-and-comer Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), who had been set to play Connelly's daughter, bowed out of the project earlier today due to a scheduling conflict.

Joe Kosinski (Oblivion; Only The Brave; Tron: Legacy) is directing with a script from Peter Craig (The Town), Justin Marks (The Jungle Book), and Eric Warren Singer (American Hustle). Jerry Bruckheimer is back on board as a producer alongside Cruise and David Ellison.

While production began at the beginning of June with Cruise filming scenes on a very familiar motorcycle, principal photography is not expected to begin with the entire cast until early next month. Plot details remain under wraps for now, but the film will reportedly be set in a world of drone technology and fifth generation fighters and will also explore the end of the era of dogfighting.

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NightwingNad
NightwingNad - 8/22/2018, 6:00 PM
I mean not gonna lie the first movie was just a big military commercial without any real story in it . But this one could be intersting it sure have à nice Casting .
Bobanders
Bobanders - 8/22/2018, 6:12 PM
@NightwingNad - This one will be much the same I'm sure, but I'm not gonna complain because that just means more actual aerial footage and less CG. I'd read somewhere that Tom was quoted as saying he wouldn't do it unless they shot that stuff like the first one. If they do that it doesn't even really need a story, just lots of cinematic airplane porn.
JonC
JonC - 8/22/2018, 6:14 PM
@NightwingNad - i don't know... "the film will reportedly be set in a world of drone technology and fifth generation fighters and will also explore the end of the era of dogfighting"

... sounds like "Stealth" with Jessica Biel all over again... speaking of which, wasn't the guy that stole Katie Holmes' heart also in that movie (Jamie Foxx)?
JonC
JonC - 8/22/2018, 6:16 PM
@Bobanders - its unlikely they will show a 5th gen real drone flying or modern 5th generation planes from the cockpit (as they are hush hush secret).
JonC
JonC - 8/22/2018, 6:16 PM
@JonC - so i would expect a good amount of CGI.
NightwingNad
NightwingNad - 8/22/2018, 6:23 PM
@Bobanders - if They give us à cinematic experience I will not complain either .
Bobanders
Bobanders - 8/22/2018, 6:28 PM
@JonC - I'm not so sure that 5th generation planes will feature that heavily. The teaser image showed a Super Hornet, and I had heard that they would be using those as well. The biggest reason being that they have a 2 seat variant, so you can actually film real in air, in cockpit stuff with actors, and don't have to deal with any super secret stuff. Maybe the 5th gen fighters will be the adversary aircraft, and play the role of the A-4 or "Mig" F-5 from the first movie.

But I doubt the military wants to dump on their brand new Joint Sh!t Fighter that bad...so who knows how that will all come into play.
lawndart
lawndart - 8/24/2018, 4:11 AM
@Bobanders - Logically they would use the F-18 as it remains a reliable workhorse on the carriers. Since this is Hollywood, we can go ahead and throw logic out the window.
Pantherpool
Pantherpool - 8/22/2018, 6:16 PM
Shit, that probably means it will take a while for Westworld season 3 to start filming... Don't make me wait another year and a half HBO!
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 8/22/2018, 6:52 PM
@Pantherpool - they've already said that Westworld season 3 won't arrive until 2020.
LordHarryLatts
LordHarryLatts - 8/22/2018, 6:19 PM
Tom Skeritt and Michael Ironside better have cameos.
santoanderson
santoanderson - 8/22/2018, 6:20 PM
IIRC one of Jon Hamm's first acting roles was as a pilot in that Clint Eastwood flick "Space Cowboys". I don't think he had any lines.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 8/22/2018, 6:25 PM
Jon Hamm AND Ed Harris?
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 8/22/2018, 7:23 PM
Ed Harris is the man,dudes intense as fuk.
Menks123
Menks123 - 8/22/2018, 7:37 PM
Ed Harris is one of the fricking best actors ever. This cast (besides Teller) is so good, I can't wait for this.

I just really dislike Teller.
bcom
bcom - 8/22/2018, 7:47 PM
Jon Hamm is quickly becoming one of my fave actors. That dude is insanely good in every role he's given.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 8/22/2018, 7:52 PM
No iceman??
Menks123
Menks123 - 8/22/2018, 7:55 PM
@slickrickdesigns - I was almost positive he said he was coming back.
Timerider84
Timerider84 - 8/22/2018, 7:52 PM
I think Ed Harris will be what James Tolkan was in the first film, he'll be the Admiral or something.
BisonScarBlood
BisonScarBlood - 8/22/2018, 7:58 PM


itzayaboy
itzayaboy - 8/22/2018, 9:04 PM
Hell of a cast. Wow
Webfooter
Webfooter - 8/22/2018, 11:05 PM
Nice to see them getting a nice mix of established stars and rising newcomers. Just hope the script if fine and they can somehow get the same kind of flying action as the first, even if Super Hornets and drones can't match how bad*** F-14 Tomcats were back in the day.
grif
grif - 8/23/2018, 4:10 AM
shame i will never see it cause of miles teller.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 8/23/2018, 7:18 AM
Awesome. So pumped for this.
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 8/23/2018, 5:14 PM
Awesome!! I love the TOP GUN comic book!!!!




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