I love the original. This could work!
If you suddenly, inexplicably feel the need for speed, the urge to belt out "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" in a bar... or the strange inkling to play beach volleyball in jeans, there's a reason: Paramount Pictures officially wants to reunite Tom Cruise, director Tony Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer for "Top Gun 2."
Vulture has learned that Paramount has already extended offers to Scott and Bruckheimer to start turning and burning on a sequel to the 1986 classic, and the studio has Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") in its sights to pen the script. Cruise, meanwhile, is said to have agreed to return as hotshot naval aviator Maverick in a small role, provide it's not too "obvious" -- e.g. Mav playing a version of Tom Skerrit's battle-hardened instructor from the original.
If that news takes your breath away (yes, we went there), you might want to sit down. Not only does Paramount want a "Top Gun" sequel; they're thinking franchise. This all sounds great, but just how feasible is it that this puppy will get off the tarmac?
Actually, pretty feasible. At a junket for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" this summer, Bruckheimer confirmed that he'd been "recently approached again to start talking about [a sequel]." His biggest hangup: "The aviation community has completely changed since we made the movie a long time ago." The change Jer-Jer was referring to is that pilots these days aren't so much trained in the graceful art of dog-fighting as they are in the explosive practice of bomb-dropping.
But a source close to the project tells Vulture that McQuarrie has found a way around this potential deal-breaker, as well as a way to incorporate Maverick into the story that doesn't suck. The fact that McQuarrie is pals with Cruise and that he's got a hot hand in Hollywood right now -- his script for "Wolverine 2" is rumored to kick adamantium ass -- could mean that "Top Gun 2" gets cleared for a big-screen flyby very soon. Sounds like it's time to buzz the tower.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/10/14/top-gun-2-tom-cruise/ (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/10/14/top-gun-2-tom-cruise/)
No , please NOOOOOOOOO. No VOLLEYBALL scene! NOOOO
Oh, you had to go there! ;)
Top Gun - Playin With The Boys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNUHc-HAzo8#)
But, I'm fine with watching some volleyball as long as we get a lot of this!
Top Gun - Highway to the Dangerzone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rZWw9HE7o#)
Quote from: Rico on October 14, 2010, 05:32:45 PM
Oh, you had to go there! ;)
AHHH not before I go to sleep....now I cant get it out of my head!
As long as they somehow find a role for Erin Gray...I am alright with the sequel. :)
This idea doesn't give me goose-bumps and will not work forget Tom Cruise the Plane fact is unless they get Berlin to reform this will not fly.
Would be nice to see real jets - no CG airplanes.
love the smell of kerosene in the morning (cough, cough)
We're going to need a new leading lady. Kelly McGillis now:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pTEqQ1ZXJOM/SZe3HDpLITI/AAAAAAAABzM/zfcWur4mvFk/s400/mcgillis%2Bkelly.JPG)
Oh my! Back with Tom in the good old days.
Oh Lord... ::)
Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on October 15, 2010, 09:56:16 AM
We're going to need a new leading lady. Kelly McGillis now:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pTEqQ1ZXJOM/SZe3HDpLITI/AAAAAAAABzM/zfcWur4mvFk/s400/mcgillis%2Bkelly.JPG (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pTEqQ1ZXJOM/SZe3HDpLITI/AAAAAAAABzM/zfcWur4mvFk/s400/mcgillis%2Bkelly.JPG)
:lol2 ...Umm..
Quote from: loutzee on October 14, 2010, 06:36:18 PM
This idea doesn't give me goose-bumps and will not work forget Tom Cruise the Plane fact is unless they get Berlin to reform this will not fly.
I can do without Berlin, but they have to bring back Kenny Loggins ;D
Danger Zone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1a_ikfUico#)
Top Gun was fun.. but do we really need a sequel??
What if two classic movies are in the mix for This remake:
The plot: An American nuclear aircraft carrier , it's "Top Gun" squadron and crew are caught in a classic dilemma when a supernatural storm sends them back in time just before the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbour.
When worlds collide...
I would be on board for a Top Gun/Final Countdown Mix, that would be cool :)
Quote from: Rico on October 14, 2010, 05:34:52 PM
But, I'm fine with watching some volleyball as long as we get a lot of this!
Top Gun - Highway to the Dangerzone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rZWw9HE7o#)
We are not the only World class Air Force...
...and now a word from the opposition:
Stars Of Sukhoi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf5vUMWiH9U#)
"...Yes we are both proud of our ships"
The Corbomite Maneuver.