Just yesterday, Tom Cruise himself confirmed that Top Gun 2 is finally, officially, honest-to-goodness-they’re-not-joking-this-time happening.
According to Variety, Kosinski is Paramount and Skydance’s top pick to direct Top Gun 2.
Having previously directed Tom Cruise in Oblivion, Kosinski definitely had a leg-up on the competition, though Variety notes that he emerged as the favorite after selling the studios on his pitch for the sequel.
Kosinski, who also directed Tron: Legacy for Disney, recently helmed Granite Mountain, an action movie about firefighters starring Miles Teller and Josh Brolin.