Top Gun: Maverick is an American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie and a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks. It is the sequel to 1986's Top Gun. The film stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer reprise their roles from the first film.

Development of a Top Gun sequel was announced in 2010 by Paramount Pictures. Cruise, along with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott, were asked to return. Craig wrote a draft of the screenplay in 2012, but the project stalled when Scott died later that year. The film was later dedicated to Scott's memory. Production resumed in 2017 after Kosinski was hired to direct. Principal photography, which involved the use of IMAX-certified 6K full-frame cameras, took place from May 2018 to April 2019 in California, Washington, and Maryland. An initial release date was scheduled for July 12th, 2019, but it was delayed several times due to the complex action sequences and the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, several streaming companies attempted to buy the streaming rights to the film from Paramount but all offers were declined on the orders of Cruise, whoinsisted the film be released exclusively in cinemas.

Top Gun: Maverick premiered at CinemaCon on April 28th, 2022, and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on May 27th, 2022, in IMAX, 4DX, ScreenX, and Dolby Cinema. The film was widely praised by critics, with many deeming it superior to its predecessor. It has grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2022, the second film released during the COVID-19 pandemic to gross $1 billion and the highest-grossing film of Cruise's career.

Pictured here is Pete "Maverick' Mitchell's F/A-18 Hornet as depicted in the feature film Top Gun: Maverick. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 4-inches
Wingspan: 3-inches

Release Date: September 2022