Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun’ Sequel Gets July 2019 Release Date

Paramount Studios has given Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun” sequel a July 12, 2019, release date. Variety reported on May 24 that Joseph Kosinski — who directed Cruise in “Oblivion” — was the frontrunner to direct “Top Gun 2” for Paramount and Skydance Pictures. Skydance CEO David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the 1986 original,... Read more » Dave McNary