At CinemaCon 2026, which is held in Las Vegas, Nevada, a panel announced that Top Gun 3 was well underway. While a script has yet to be finished, reports have surfaced that Tom Cruise will mark his return as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Additionally, Jerry Bruckheimer is set to come back as the film’s produced and Paramount, who recently acquired Warner Brothers, will once again bankroll the movie. No word as to when the film is set to debut or its story line, which will likely be a closely guarded secret until it finally reaches the big screen.

Top Gun Maverick, which opened in 2022, has reportedly grossed $718.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $777 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.496 billion. With figures like these, its no wonder why the ageless Tom Cruise decided to take one more trip in the cockpit of a US Navy fighter jet. No word as to which aircraft will be featured in the next film, although its a good bet that an F-35C, perhaps controlling a mini squadron of collaborative combat aircraft, could be depicted in the film.