Tom Cruise To Return As Maverick In 'Top Gun' Sequel!

Fans of Tom Cruise are sure to pump their fists in the air with joy at reading this piece of news. Sources have confirmed that Tom Cruise, who had played cocky Navy pilot Pete Mitchell in Top Gun, will reprise the role in the sequel to the film, which is being planned by Skydance.

Skydance CEO David Ellison confirmed that the project is in development and hinted that Cruise, 52, may reprise his role in the film. Ellison also informed that the film will be set in the present and explore the end of an era of dog-fighting and fighter pilots in the wake of drones.

Meanwhile, Tom will reprise his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and as former Army MP-turned-vigilante Reacher in the sequel to Jack Reacher.