‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Features “Mind-Blowing” Aerial Footage, Says Jon Hamm
After more than thirty years,Tom Cruiseis feeling the need for speed…again. Paramount Pictures’Top Gun: Maverickwill see the superstar reprise his role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in a theatrical sequel, and in addition to his old pal “Iceman” (Val Kilmer), this time he’ll be joined by big-screen veterans likeJennifer ConnellyandEd Harrisand a whole crop of younger actors to boot.
One of Cruise’s new co-stars,Jon Hamm, recently gave an update about some of theTop Gun 2footage he’s seen, which he called “mind-blowing.”
In an interview withCollider, Hamm revealed that he’s seen some of the footage already and he’s incredibly impressed with it:
“I’ve seen some of the footage, it is out of this world…They’re using some technology on this that is never before seen. We’re shooting the movie in, I think, 6K. So it’s incredibly hi-def. The aerial footage is mind-blowing. And it’s mostly practical. There’s not a lot of CG. Those guys are really up in planes and getting thrown around in multiple Gs.”
Hamm also mentioned that they’re shooting on many of the same sets as the original 1986 movie, that this sequel uses “a lot of the same costumes” as the first one, and that this installment captures a similar vibe while also taking the story to new places:
“It’s basically getting the whole team back together. Unfortunately, [original director] Tony Scott is unavailable, but they’ve achieved a very similar vibe to the first one. I think it’s gonna be, for the people who love the first movie I think it’s gonna be very interesting to watch. It very much takes the story in a different direction. But I think for the new fans it’s gonna be something very cool, too.”
Scotttook his own lifein 2012, but thankfully we’ll always be able to enjoy his films (and his commentaries). He was originally planning to return to the director’s chair forTop Gun 2, but after Scott’s death, Cruise enlisted hisObliviondirectorJoseph Kosinskito fill that position. Kosinski has a great visual eye, but he hasn’t yet worked on a movie with a script that’s up to snuff (sorry,Tron: Legacylovers). HopefullyTop Gun: Maverickwill break that pattern.
The sequel will feature the return of some familiar faces, but largely appears to focus on a younger generation of Navy pilots – some of whom have someterrific call signslike “Lardo” and “Warlock.“Miles Tellerplays the son of Maverick’s old wingman Goose and Jennifer Connelly plays a single mother who runs a bar near the Navy base. We don’t know who Hamm or Ed Harris play yet, but they’ll all be joined byManny Jacinto,Glen Powell,Thomasin McKenzie,Charles Parnell,Jay Ellis,Bashir Salahuddin,Danny Ramirez, andMonica Barbaro.
