Earlier this month, Cruise revealed that he didn’t want the new film to have a number in the title, so it will be called Top Gun: Maverick, after his character’s code name.
“Aviators are back, the need for speed,” he recently told Access Hollywood. “We’re going to have big, fast machines. It’s going to be a competition film, like the first one … but a progression for Maverick.”
Released in 1986, the Tony Scott-directed film raced to over $350 million at the worldwide box office.
Deadline first reported the news of Kosinski’s involvement.