Top Gun: Maverick writer Christopher McQuarrie reveals his callsign for the film, and it's perfectly obvious. Serving as a sequel to Tony Scott's 1986 original, Top Gun: Maverick sees star Tom Cruise return as hotshot pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, now training a new batch of recruits for a dangerous mission. McQuarrie wrote the film alongside Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and is a frequent Cruise collaborator, having directed the actor in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
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