WATCH: Trailer for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ starring Tom Cruise (and his stunts)
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Tom Cruise speaks at the "Top Gun: Maverick" panel at San Diego Comic-Con on July 18.
Tom Cruise introduced the first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick” at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, where the film’s star held court with fans.
Cruise, 57, a 1980 graduate of Glen Ridge High School (then known as Tom Mapother), reprises the role of Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the sequel to the 1986 film “Top Gun," directed by Tony Scott. The movie followed student pilots in the Navy as they trained at the Fighter Weapons School in San Diego.
Scott died in 2012, but there’s another familiar face besides Cruise associated with the sequel.
Val Kilmer — who has a role in “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,” another film with a trailer out today — reprises the role of Iceman in the movie, which is directed by Joseph Kosinski (“TRON: Legacy”) and due out from Paramount Pictures on June 26, 2020.
“You should be at least a two star admiral right now, yet here you are,” Tenafly native Ed Harris, who seems to be playing an officer, tells Cruise’s Maverick in the trailer. “Captain, why is that?”
“It’s one of life’s mysteries, sir," Maverick says. The rest of the trailer is filled with scenes of Cruise sweeping the skies in his jet and riding a motorcycle — all at top speed, of course.
Jennifer Connelly and Jon Hamm (“Mad Men") also play roles in the film, which is co-produced by Cruise. Miles Teller (“Whiplash”) plays Bradley Bradshaw. Other actors in the cast include Glen Powell (“Hidden Figures"), Monica Barbaro (“Splitting Up Together”) and Manny Jacinto (“Good Place”).
The original “Top Gun” was one of Hollywood’s original blockbusters. According to Box Office Mojo, the 1986 movie, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (who returns for the sequel), made $8,193,052 on opening weekend and went on to gross $179,800,601 in the United States. “Take My Breath Away,” the Berlin song featured in the film, won an Academy Award for best original song.
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