Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

[Penton-Man]

for Blu-ray.com readership - continued exclusive cutting edge coverage of the Top Gun: Maverick production before and while its happening - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...p#post16082918

[Agent Kay]

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...n-2-production

[EvaDK]

I wonder about what's the hook going to be?
How will the producers going to get a year 2020 mass audience into the theater seats, for a sequel to an 80s hit film?

The Mummy demonstrated how Tom Cruise starring in your big budget film, is not a guarantee that the audience shows up anymore.

[mpstjohn]

Originally Posted by EvaDK

I wonder about what's the hook going to be?
How will the producers going to get a year 2020 mass audience into the theater seats, for a sequel to an 80s hit film?

The Mummy demonstrated how Tom Cruise starring in your big budget film, is not a guarantee that the audience shows up anymore.

The difference is The Mummy wasn't suited for Cruise, it had working against it being a reboot of an already beloved franchise (that nobody wanted) and looking like a horror film that a studio had mistakenly dropped an action star in.

Top Gun: Maverick is neither a reboot nor Cruise in a movie he doesn't belong. If this was a case of a Top Gun sequel without Cruise I'd see your point, but he was the star of that film so I can't imagine it ending up the catastrophe that The Mummy was.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by mpstjohn

The difference is The Mummy wasn't suited for Cruise, it had working against it being a reboot of an already beloved franchise (that nobody wanted) and looking like a horror film that a studio had mistakenly dropped an action star in.

And even the trailers for it were horrible lol. Like you knew watching those mummy trailers it was a miss.

[EvaDK]

Yeah, that's true.

I reckon that early previews and the RT score will really influence whether the general audience shows up for this film or not.

[imsounoriginal]

Navy Officials Defend Tom Cruise After 'Arrogant' Top Gun 2 Set Claims

[Markgway]

A non-story. That behaviour doesn't even sound like Tom Cruise. This is a man who spends 90 minutes at premieres chatting with fans and taking selfies. 'Don't look at me?' I smell bullshit.

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Markgway

A non-story. That behaviour doesn't even sound like Tom Cruise. This is a man who spends 90 minutes at premieres chatting with fans and taking selfies. 'Don't look at me?' I smell bullshit.

Yep

[Croweyes1121]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

http://thedrive.com/the-war-zone/265...n-2-production

This is the greatest movie news I’ve read in the past year.

[NARMAK]

I think there's plenty of paper thin stories made "more" by the talent of the cast and having a solid script despite a paper thin plot

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Markgway

A non-story. That behaviour doesn't even sound like Tom Cruise. This is a man who spends 90 minutes at premieres chatting with fans and taking selfies. 'Don't look at me?'

True, plus, previously documented positive interaction with the enlisted at Lemoore earlier in the production - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...e#post16095439

and although I don’t personally know the bidder, I would doubt this winning charity bidder is suffering from any buyer’s remorse, last sentence of this past post - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...r#post16091837

[Bourne1886]

Does anybody know if Charlie’s absence will be explained? Also if Goose’s son is in it will Carole pop up or be mentioned?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Bourne1886

Does anybody know if Charlie’s absence will be explained? Also if Goose’s son is in it will Carole pop up or be mentioned?

well hopefully the screenplay hasn’t leaked out, meanwhile, I can tell you about Nick…..

for when he’s not riding bikes – https://www.instagram.com/p/BsW0UDkAGG8/
he’s riding greyhounds (stock footage) –

Carrier Onboard Delivery: Launching C-2A from USS Theodore Roosevelt - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

more exclusive production-related pics on this https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...w#post16141747
and the previous page, without spoiling the plot (I tend to use a lot of red circles, arrows, etc.)

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone...n-2-production

Prior to that ^ (which I personally believe gives up too much of the plot) , thee exclusive, if one checks the posting dates, heads-up as to what was coming next (before the public or social media/bloggers knew about it) - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...r#post16043346
-> https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...r#post16055574

and the exclusive departure moving movie set heads-up of 02-20-2019 - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...y#post16105908 ->

follow-up courtesy of the crew onboard - https://www.alamy.com/190221-n-rq987...237653944.html

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Solok

I don't know how heavily the F-35 is going to play in this new movie. But I work at the Lockheed Martin complex in Ft. Worth and Cruise came out and spent two days being filmed in our F-35 simulator.

You folks should be proud, given the demo this past week in Tucson -

FIRST LOOK - New USAF F-35 Full Aerobatic Demonstration! - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...k#post16169397
not nearly as sophisticated as that ^ camera system, but nevertheless, I think this selfie is quite cool –


photo courtesy of Alex Bowman while heading back to VFA-103 after completing carrier qualification (USS Theodore Roosevelt at sea in background upper right)

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Creed

Gotta agree with others, it's refreshing for Tom's love interest to be around his age.

This thread seems rather dormant.

Here ya go, shown nowhere else, looking up the street as seen directly from Tom and Jen’s vantage point while on the bike –
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...e#post16066459

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Along with his friends (there’s actually more than one in the area for that particular riding and smooch shoot…http://www.photoshot.com/imageset.js...8&cid=121&sid=

To share an exclusive (not seen in the photo service pics nor on social media) revelation, this is an expanded view of the vicinity weeks before the talent and crew for Top Gun: Maverick arrived and set up as looking up the street from the camera placement near the sidewalk on the left in front of the house with the backyard ocean view -

more stuff posted on p. 445

[Penton-Man]

newly posted exclusive pic from last June’s location shoot - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...c#post16446534