Paramount is working on Top Gun 3.

Top Gun 3: Tom Cruise's Paramount production teased with a release date, cast, and narrative details

With Top Gun 3, Tom Cruise is getting ready to go back into combat. Preproduction on the Academy Award-winning movie has officially begun.

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Top Gun 3 has begun pre-production.

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In addition to filming Mission: Impossible 8, Cruise is working with NASA on a space project at Universal.

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Expected release date for Top Gun 3

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What to expect from Top Gun 3?

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It's a little unclear because Tom Cruise and his team had to agree on the final strategy, and Paramount remained silent about it.

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If the film is produced, things might go more quickly if flying scenes are filmed with cutting-edge equipment.

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With a $1.49 billion box office and an Oscar, Tom Cruise's most successful film to date is Top Gun: Maverick.

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