Following the success of Top Gun: Maverick, Miles Teller has revealed that he is “in talks” with Tom Cruise to make another one.
Top Gun 3 could soon be ready for takeoff.
American actor Miles Teller has revealed that he has spoken with Tom Cruise about the filming of a third party Top Gun The film, just days after its big sequel surpassed $ 1 billion at the world box office.
Teller, 35, revealed the news to Entertainment tonightsaying, “I’ve been having some conversations with him [Cruise] about this. See me. “
The prospect of another installment will surely delight millions of people Top Gun: Maverick fans who have flocked to cinemas to see the summer blockbuster, which has also won criticism.
But Teller, who plays mustachioed pilot Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw in the fast-paced film, says it ultimately depends on Cruise whether Top Gun it will become a trilogy.
“That would be great, but it all depends on TC,” Teller clarified. “It all depends on Tom.”
Last month, Top Gun: Maverick Director Joseph Kosinski revealed that Cruise “really didn’t want” to do a sequel to the original 1986 blockbuster, in which he famously played Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
In an interview with PolygonKosinski recalled reading the script of the sequel before flying to Paris to try to convince Cruise to sign up.
“I basically had 30 minutes to present this film … But when I got there, I discovered that Tom really didn’t want to make another one. Top Gun“, Said the director.
However, Kosinski convinced Cruise that the film would be a success, and the Mission impossible The superstar later used her incredible influence to help make the film.
Kosinski recalled that Cruise picked up the phone and called the head of Paramount Pictures, challenging the executive, “We’re doing another Top Gun. ”
“It was pretty impressive to see the power of a real movie star at the time,” the director stated.
In fact, it was the right step for Cruise to return to his role as a fighter pilot Top Gun: Maverick becoming his best performing film.
Last week, it surpassed $ 1 billion in international box office revenue, making it the highest grossing film in the world for 2022 to date.
The action movie has surpassed Disney’s Marvel adventure Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness, which has earned $ 943 million in theaters around the world.
In the meantime, Top Gun: Maverick it has become the fifth highest grossing film of all time in Australia.
This story originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission