Joseph Kosinski directed the feature, and scripting duties were handled by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie.
While Tom Gun stood as a standalone story for over two decades, at the start of last decade, plans to make a sequel started unfolding.
Now we’re closer than ever to seeing the final product, with Top Gun: Maverick now set to arrive at the end of the year, having previously been dated for June 24.