TIL Desk Hollywood/ The new trailer of “Top Gun: Maverick” — the much-anticipated sequel of 1986 hit “Top Gun” — brought back nostalgia by showing Hollywood star Tom Cruise”s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell returning to the sky, this time to teach new generation of Navy aviators.
Released in 1986, “Top Gun” was apparently inspired by a magazine article on Navy pilots. The film followed the life of a fighter pilot and launched Cruise”s career as a global action star. The sequel picks up decades after the 1986 box-office hit. It also features Miles Teller as the son of Goose, Maverick”s partner who died in the original film.
The new trailer teased fans of what to expect from the film by giving hints of the plot merged with iconic moments featuring Cruise on a motorcycle and flying a jet, a volley ball game, shirtless men, aerial tricks and familiar music. In the trailer, Maverick comes back to Naval Fighter Weapons School to teach to the younger generations. It showed Cruise back in the cockpit for the first time since the original “Top Gun”.