TOP GUN 3 Director Joseph Kosinski Teases Bold, High-Flying Plans Developed With Help From The Navy & Lockheed

TOP GUN 3 Director Joseph Kosinski Teases Bold, High-Flying Plans Developed With Help From The Navy & Lockheed

Top Gun 3 director Joseph Kosinski unveils bold vision for next installment that was developed alongside the U.S. Navy and Lockheed engineers

By MarkJulian - Jun 17, 2025 01:06 AM EST
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Source: ActioNewz.com

With Top Gun: Maverick soaring past the $1 billion mark worldwide and Tom Cruise seemingly wrapping up his iconic Mission: Impossible franchise, attention has now turned to the growing buzz around a potential third chapter in the Top Gun saga.

In a recent interview with ScreenRant, director Joseph Kosinski offered a significant update on the long-rumored Top Gun 3, confirming that wings are officially up on the next installment.

"Ehren Kruger is writing the script as we speak,” Kosinski revealed. “It’s a big idea that I spent almost a year developing — working with some friends at the Navy and Lockheed. And yeah, Ehren’s into it now, so we’ll see how it comes along."

Kosinski hinted that the concept behind the sequel was simply too compelling to pass up. “It was about coming up with an idea that — again — felt like a new challenge. Something that opens up the story in a way you just can’t let go. And I think the idea is so ambitious. That’s what’s exciting to me.

Alongside Ehren Kruger, Top Gun: Maverick co-writer and Mission: Impossible filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie is also involved in the project, lending his expertise as a creative consultant.

Just last month, McQuarrie confirmed that the team had finally nailed down the story for the third film, raising anticipation for what Maverick’s next high-flying adventure will bring.

 "It wasn’t hard,” McQuarrie said recently on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “I thought it would be, and that’s a good place to go from is you walk into the room going, ‘Come on, what are we going to do?’ and Ehren Kruger pitched something and I went, ‘Mhm actually,’ and we had one conversation about it and the framework is there."

Top Gun: Maverick picks up decades after the original, with Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell still defying expectations as a Navy test pilot. When he's called back to TOPGUN, it's not to fly, but to train a group of the Navy's best for a near-suicidal mission: taking out a fortified uranium enrichment facility.

The assignment becomes personal when Maverick discovers one of the pilots is Lieutenant Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, the son of Maverick’s late best friend and wingman, Goose. Rooster carries a grudge, blaming Maverick for issues with his father and setbacks in his own career.

Despite resistance from command and tension among the team, Maverick challenges the pilots with brutal flight drills, proving that experience and instinct can still beat cutting-edge tech. Along the way, he reconnects with former flame Penny Benjamin, reigniting a relationship that had always been left unresolved.

A visit with his old rival-turned-friend Iceman, now gravely ill, helps Maverick confront his past and embrace his role as a mentor. After Iceman’s death, Maverick is relieved of his duties, but not for long. He hijacks a jet to prove the mission can be done, pulling off a breathtaking test flight that earns him back the respect of both command and his trainees.

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Pictilli
Pictilli - 6/17/2025, 1:23 AM
Lmao! Lockheed Martin makes gold turds
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 6/17/2025, 1:28 AM
I didn’t realize this was happening. Loved top gun maverick, so I’m interested to see what they do. Guessing it’ll have to do with AI planes. Seems obvious.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 6/17/2025, 3:26 AM
@Shivermetimbers - yeah, a rogue AI controlled is the ultimate test for human pilots. Think that's what McQuarrie means with it not being hard to nail the story down.

Also, now I kinda wanna see this also be a sequel to Stealth. Would be fun to see Jessica Biel in this
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 6/17/2025, 1:30 AM
Let him cook.
Timerider
Timerider - 6/17/2025, 2:05 AM
Goose, Iceman, Maverick
Goodbye
TG3 2027
TheLobster
TheLobster - 6/17/2025, 4:04 AM
[frick] Lockheed Martin
DemonTweeks
DemonTweeks - 6/17/2025, 5:20 AM
AI plane been done already in Stealth ( 2005 ) so not sure they want to re-tread that idea?
FordMaximus
FordMaximus - 6/17/2025, 5:56 AM
Would guess it's something to do with super-sonic/experimental planes. Top Gun iiiinnnn Spaaaaaace.
Repian
Repian - 6/17/2025, 6:52 AM
Guy Pearce is an AI engineer, nicknamed Daedalus, who visits Top Gun.
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Daedalus's evaluation of the pilots is key to whether or not they are removed.
tmp3
tmp3 - 6/17/2025, 8:43 AM
@Repian - might as well call his plane the Icarus haha. Pearce would crush it tho
RealTurner
RealTurner - 6/17/2025, 7:10 AM
Odds on Penny vanishing? I hope they don't.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 6/17/2025, 7:46 AM
don't care what it's about. ill be there opening day. Topgun Maverick is my new favorite movie of all time and the Last movie that i saw with a sold out theater
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 6/17/2025, 7:47 AM
Maverick was good until the end, where it just took a turn for the stupid.

"Oh, we just happened to crash within walking distance of this military airfield that also has an old F-14 that barely works and is still fully loaded with missiles and rounds for the gun! What luck!"

That entire end battle was ridiculous.
dragon316
dragon316 - 6/17/2025, 7:52 AM
Didn’t think they can go further with top gun after sequel
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 6/17/2025, 9:03 AM
Hmmm....Wonder how this will do. Loved Maverick
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/17/2025, 9:06 AM
Cool , looking forward to it!!.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this expands on the idea that Maverick introduced of remote aviation such as unmanned drones & aircraft’s which Maverick has to deal with…

I could see the finale being him going up against those things to prove why pilots like him are still and will always be needed.

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supermanrex
supermanrex - 6/17/2025, 10:01 AM
i bet its going to be some sort of space or suborbital deal. I wouldn't be surprised if Space Force is a big part of the next one.
hainesy
hainesy - 6/17/2025, 10:17 AM
Maverick was an amazing movie, but I think they should leave it at that. The success was largely based on the nostalgia from us all who saw the first one as kids.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 6/17/2025, 11:02 AM
Can’t wait, I wish we could get a Green Lantern movie by Kosinski
PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/17/2025, 12:04 PM
We just came of mission impossible with an ai enemy I don’t know if they should do that again
grif
grif - 6/17/2025, 2:15 PM
no release date

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