Tom Cruise’s repeatedly delayed “Top Gun” sequel is expected to screen at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
The blockbuster’s movie star’s return as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in “Top Gun: Maverick” will reportedly screen for the first time at the invitation-only event held in the south of France.
According to Variety, the Joseph Kosinski-helmed film — originally set to open July 12, 2019 — will be part of the 75th anniversary installment, which runs from May 17-28.
The Paramount Pictures movie is finally expected to open in U.S. theaters on May 27.
“Top Gun” veteran Val Kilmer, Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Jon Hamm and a cadre of younger fliers, including “Insecure” heartthrob Jay Ellis and Miles Teller, are aboard the follow-up to 1986′s blockbuster “Top Gun.”
For this round of high flying, Cruise’s Naval top aviator character is a test pilot and flight instructor who still feels “the need for speed.”
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