Top Gun: Maverick

…starring with Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), a sequel to the 1986 blockbuster.

For Top Gun: Maverick (2022), he reprised his role from the 1986 blockbuster. The sequel was a box-office success and was credited with revitalizing movie-theater attendance, which had declined with the rise of streaming services and the closure of many cinemas in 2020 and 2021 because…

…Ellison’s most notable projects was Top Gun: Maverick (2022), a sequel to the 1986 Top Gun film starring Tom Cruise. A critical and commercial success, it became one of Skydance’s most widely recognized releases and received six Academy Award nominations, winning one.

…admiral in the action drama Top Gun: Maverick, a sequel to the 1986 blockbuster about navy jet pilots.

…the role of Iceman in Top Gun: Maverick (by this time Kilmer had lost the use of his voice; it was digitally altered for the few words that Iceman speaks in the film). The supporting role would be his last. Kilmer died of pneumonia in 2025 at age 65.

…and “Hold My Hand” for Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Both tracks received Oscar nominations for best original song.

…2022 with his role in Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to the 1986 hit Top Gun starring Tom Cruise. Although Powell auditioned for the part of Bradley (“Rooster”) Bradshaw, the son of Anthony Edwards’s Nick (“Goose”) Bradshaw from the original, he lost out on the part to Miles Teller. Cruise,…

Top Gun: Maverick (2022), coproduced with Paramount Pictures, became the highest-grossing film of the year and marked a career comeback for Tom Cruise. The company followed with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023), the seventh installment in the long-running action film franchise that also starred…