‘Top Gun: Maverick’: Jerry Bruckheimer Says Single Phone Call From Tom Cruise To Paramount Ignited Sequel

The prolific producer pulls back the curtain a bit for THR about making the highly anticipated film, including Cruise's insistence Val Kilmer return as Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky.

-led film became 1986’s biggest worldwide hit with $357 million. But development never seemed to take off, and attention soon turned to other projects.

Two-plus decades later, Bruckheimer and Scott recommitted themselves to the idea until Scott’s tragic death in 2012. While development slowed down a bit, Bruckheimer remained intent on bringing the sequel to fruition, and in 2017, the stars aligned as Cruise’s

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