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I couldn’t be more happy:
Tony Scott has confirmed he will direct a sequel to his 1986 blockbuster Top Gun. The film, he told the Hitfix blog, could focus on a new era of aerial warfare in which pilots control unmanned planes remotely.
Earlier this month it was reported that Tom Cruise might return as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell for the sequel, though not in a leading role. Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie is to write the film with original producer Jerry Bruckheimer also said to be on board…
“I’m not waiting for a script. I’m going to do my homework. I’m going down to I think it’s Fallon, Nevada, down near New Mexico and it’s a whole different world now.
“These computer geeks – these kids play war games in a trailer in Fallon, Nevada and if we ever went to war or were in the Middle East or the Far East or wherever it is, these guys can actually fly drones. They are unmanned aircraft. They operate them and then they party all night.”
Scott said the film would also be about the end of the era of fighter pilots. He said: “These guys are still test pilots and they manned the drones when they were first running them.”
Fortunately, I’ve already written a script; Tony, your people should get in contact with my people so that we can discuss terms. I’ve made some updates, including the addition of a prison break scene for Viper and an A-Team style montage on the reassembly of a museum-piece F-14. The unmanned drone focus works perfectly; Iranian F-14 pilots take advantage of a US Navy and US Air Force so slashed by Obama-era defense cuts that they can no longer afford manned fighter aircraft. I even have a cameo for myself as an effete leftist professor questioning the utility of airpower…