Tom Cruise back in the cockpit in trailer for long-awaited 'Top Gun' sequel
'Top Gun: Maverick,' due for release in June 2020
(REUTERS) - "Top Gun" roared back on Thursday (July 18) when Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con to show the first trailer for the long-awaited sequel to his military action movie.
"Top Gun: Maverick," due for release in June 2020, sees the return of Cruise s cocky fighter pilot more than 30 years after the original movie launched his career as a global action star.
The trailer shows Cruise wearing Pete "Maverick" Mitchell s famous leather jacket, racing on a motorcycle and flying a fighter jet through a narrow snow-filled canyon.
The sequel picks up decades after the 1986 box-office hit and features actor Miles Teller as the son of Anthony Edwards pilot Goose, who is killed during a training exercise in the first movie.
"Top Gun: Maverick" also stars Jon Hamm, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer, who reprises his rule as Maverick s rival Iceman.
