Come on, flyboy, get into the cockpit and prepare to have your socks knocked off. High-octane action is never a bad choice when you're looking for something to watch, and a billion-plus dollar blockbuster ain't a bad place to start, is it? Particularly when you consider it had very low expectations, and ended up being the highest grossing film of 2021, as well as "saving cinema" itself.

There's no other way to describe this movie, and indeed, the series from which it spawned, than as pure popcorn entertainment. And the man behind all of them would be utterly overjoyed to hear that, particularly given his proclivity for a box or two of popcorn himself. But jaws will be on the floor when you witness that moment in this movie; hopefully it won't trigger vertigo.

During Paramount Pictures' 2026 CinemaCon presentation, the studio and distributor announced a sequel to Top Gun: Maverick is now in development, where star Tom Cruise will reunite with longtime franchise producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Top Gun: Maverick was a huge success and became one of the most beloved movies of the decade, so it's not surprising that everyone wants to attempt a third installment. Now that we know we're getting Top Gun 3, it's time for the franchise to take "a ride into the danger zone" and try something that's never been done before — Top Gun 3 needs a proper, genuine villain.

Picture this. A shooter is arrested for opening fire on innocent people and, when questioned, he simply utters the name of the man who he thinks can help him. The man is a wanderer, a vagrant, a hobo. He's a man who has no fixed abode. This all sounds pretty good, right? Well, this would be the perfect vehicle for the biggest movie star on the planet. There's just one problem, and that is that the biggest movie star on the planet isn't 6ft 5in, isn't 250lbs, and isn't blonde.

Although little is still known about it, it has now been confirmed that a second sequel to the '80s action blockbuster Top Gun— following the enormous, billion-dollar success of its cinema-saving sequel, Top Gun: Maverick— is now in the works. Currently in early development at Paramount, Christopher McQuarrie has confirmed that the idea for a third Top Gun movie has been developed, with plans to pen a script now underway. Sometime soon, we're likely to get another update on the journey to more Maverick.