NEW YORK: Filming of the long-awaited sequel of *Top Gun* is officiallyunderway with actor Tom Cruise sharing a picture from the set of the airforce action movie.
The 55-year-old actor revealed the filming for the new film had begun onMay 30 — over a year before the film is due to hit screens, according toreports in The Sun.
Taking to Twitter, the *Top Gun* star posted a photo of himself in a flightsuit staring at a waiting fighter jet on social media, captioning it, “Day1.”
The 1986’s movie which starred Cruise as Lieutenant Pete ‘Maverick’Mitchell, Kelly McGillis, Meg Ryan, Val Kilmer and Anthony Edwards, toldthe story of a hotshot pilot whose recklessness is only matched by hisskills in the cockpit.
Although the plot is being kept under wraps, the film is expected to be setnearly 30 years after the original.
Joseph Kosinski, who is directing the sequel, told ComingSoon.net inOctober that his approach would be “appropriate for the times we live in.”
“The navy is very different now than it was in 1986,” said Kosinski, whopreviously worked with Cruise on 2013 sci-fi pic *“Oblivion.”*
“It’s just a different world now, so you can’t remake the first movie. Ithas to adapt, [but] I certainly want to re-create the experience of thatmovie, which gives you a front seat into the world of naval aviation andwhat it’s like to be in a fighter jet.”
Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the Tony Scott-directed original, willreturn to produce the sequel, along with Skydance’s David Ellison andCruise.