Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun 2' delayed by one year to perfect flight sequences

Tom Cruise starrer Top Gun: Maverick has been pushed back nearly a year and will now release in 2020.

The film, which was earlier slated to hit the big screens on July 12, 2019, will now come out on June 26, 2020, reported The Hollywood Reporter.

Plot details of the sequel are still kept under tight wraps, but it is said to feature drone technology as it explores the end of an era for dogfighting and fighter pilots.

Therefore, according to the announcement made by Paramount Pictures, the filmmakers will use this extra time to 'work out the logistics of presenting uel with new technology and planes.'

Cruise, who is all set to reprise the role of Maverick from his 1986 film Top Gun, will reunite with Val Kilmer nearly 35 years after the original was released. His Maverick is a flight instructor now. The flick also stars Miles Teller as Goose’s son and Maverick’s new protege.

Glen Powell, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Jay Ellis, Bashir Salahuddin, Danny Ramirez, and Monica Barbaro round out the cast.

Top Gun: Maverick will be helmed by Joseph Kosinski - who directed Cruise in the sci-fi thriller Oblivion. Jerry Bruckheimer will produce along with Cruise and Skydance CEO David Ellison.

(With Agencies Input)