Director Tony Scott Confirms He’s Onboard For The Proposed Top Gun Sequel

I’m bowled over, it looks like the rumours were actually spot on. While promoting Unstoppable, Director Tony Scott spoke to Hitflix about the proposed sequel to Top Gun, confirming that he‘s on board. If you were unaware Paramount have been reportedly making offers to both producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Scott to return and helm the sequel to the cult classic – and quite possibly the cheesiest and most homoerotic movie of the 1980′s! Here’s what Scott had to say:

“I’m not waiting for a script. I’m going to do my homework. I’m going down to I think it’s Fallon, Nevada, down near New Mexico and it’s a whole different world now,” Scott says. “These computer geeks — these kids play war games in a trailer in Fallon, Nevada and if we ever went to war or were in the Middle East or the Far East or wherever it is, these guys can actually fly drones.  They are unmanned aircraft.  They operate them and then they party all night.”

According to Scott, “Top Gun 2″ will partially examine the end of the era of fighter pilots.  Scott notes, “These guys are still test pilots and they manned the drones when they were first running them.”  But, where is Maverick now?  Scott wouldn’t reveal that, but also confirmed this wouldn’t be his next film, but possibly the one immediately after.  So, a “Top Gun” sequel is still a few years away.

“This world fascinated me, because it’s so different from what it was originally,” Scott says. “But, I don’t want to do a remake.  I don’t want to do a reinvention.  I want to do a new movie.”

From what he’s saying this idea sounds pretty much like ‘Stealth’ – NOT a good thing, that movie was mind numbingly bad! Still no news on the status of Tom Cruise’s part in the film. I’m sure we’ll hear about that in the coming months.