Joseph Kosinski being eyed to direct 'Top Gun 2', expected to shoot sometime in 2018

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By Darian Scalamoni

            One of the biggest films of the 80s and especially Tom Cruise’s career has to be Top Gun. The 1986 flick based on a US Navy fighter pilots grossed $344 million worldwide on a $15 million budget which means it should’ve absolutely warranted a sequel. Now, according to Variety, 30 years later, Top Gun 2 is in the works and Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion, TRON: Legacy) is being eyed to direct.

            Kosinski will reunite with Cruise, who starred in 2013’s Oblivion and will be the seventh director to collaborate with the actor for two or more films. Though Top Gun 2 has been long-in-development, Cruise did confirm that it will be happening and will shoot next year after he’s done filming Mission: Impossible 6. Not only that, but Variety also reports that the movie will be “set in a world where drone technology and fifth generation fighters and explore the end of an era of dogfighting which made the original film so exhilarating”. Sources say that the main reason Kosinski is being coveted to direct is because it was his vision for the sequel that got the wheels moving (no pun intended). Oh and by the way, yes, Val Kilmer is back reprising his role of Iceman opposite Cruise’s Maverick.

            Kosinski is an interesting choice to direct but I think it will be right for the plot they’re going for. I liked TRON: Legacy more than most people but never saw Oblivion so I’ll have to watch soon to see how he works with Cruise. His next directed film, Granite Mountain, a firefighting drama that stars Miles Teller, Josh Brolin and Jeff Bridges hits theaters on October 20^th. What do you guys think? Will Kosinski steer Top Gun 2 in the right direction? Let us know what you think in the comments!