Top Gun: Maverick actor Miles Teller has said he is “having conversations” with the film’s producer-star Tom Cruise about a sequel to the hit action blockbuster.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at a charity golf event, Teller was responding to a question about the likelihood of a third Top Gun film. “That would be great, but that’s all up to [Tom Cruise]. It’s all up to Tom. I’ve been having some conversations with him about it. We’ll see.”
Top Gun: Maverick is a “legacy sequel” to the 1986 film Top Gun, in which Cruise reprises his role as hotshot navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. Teller plays young pilot “Rooster” Bradley in Top Gun: Maverick, the son of “Goose” Bradley, who dies in the original. It has proved a bona fide commercial success, becoming the highest earning film of 2022 to date with global box office takings currently standing at $1.14bn (£950m). It is the first Tom Cruise film to amass more than a billion dollars at the box office.
In May, Teller told Screen Rant that he had pitched a followup focusing on his character. “I’m trying to get a Top Gun: Rooster ... We’ll see what happens … I’m available.”
