New Delhi, April 17 -- Paramount Pictures has confirmed that Top Gun 3 is officially in development, with Tom Cruise set to reprise his role as Lt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell.

The announcement was made during the studio's presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where producer Jerry Bruckheimer is also returning to back the project.

The upcoming film will serve as a follow-up to Top Gun: Maverick, directed by Joseph Kosinski, which was released in 2022. The sequel had already been confirmed to be in early development in 2024, with writer Ehren Kruger attached to the script. Kruger previously co-wrote Maverick alongside Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie.

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