Some people speculate that Paramount released the news at this time to hedge against the negative news that Liang Tang defected to Warner. Sources said that the film has been discussing the script since last autumn and was not hastily launched.
However, Cruise still has to complete Mission: Impossible 8. The film will be released as late as May 2025. Before that, "Top Gun 3" will not be able to meet the audience. The most optimistic estimate is that it will wait until 2026-2027.
There are reports that Paramount is planning to reunite Liang Tang with the original cast, once again starring young and old, and director Kosinski will also return to direct the film. Since Tom Cruise has not signed an exclusive agreement with Warner (Liangtang does not sign an exclusive agreement, including Paramount and Universal), there is no legal obstacle for him to move between studios. However, Paramount offended Liang Tang when handling "Top Gun 2" and only gave theater chains a 45-day exclusive window. This made Liang Tang, who relied on the big screen to earn money, very angry and called a lawyer to break up the film.
Although Paramount later relented, it asked Liangtang to develop a Mission: Impossible spin-off to support its own streaming media platform Paramount+, which went against Liangtang Dragon Scale.
The most terrible thing is that Paramount seems to be on the verge of crossing the river. Kongwu Pictures, the production unit of "Top Gun 2", wants to acquire Paramount's parent company, National Amusements, which inevitably makes Liangtang have a long-term betting mentality: Warner Discovery has completed a series of mergers and acquisitions and seems to be a candidate that can be entrusted to the company.
The two parties have a long history. Liangtang's successful work "Interview with the Vampire", as well as "Eyes Wide Shut", "Magnolia" and other famous films that are trying to transform into art soups are all managed by Warner. Of course, Liangtang tried many times to win the Oscar, but failed to do so. She knew that she was not the material (and the film academy discriminated against handsome men and beautiful women), so she determined to pursue a career in middle-distance running and bungee jumping.
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