Director Joseph Kosinski has confirmed that Top Gun: Maverick will be completed on time for its original June release date, even though it has been rescheduled for December due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an interview with ComicBook.com, Kosinski shared an update on his highly anticipated Top Gun sequel, in which he explained that lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures have not hindered his progress on the project and that he is now on the “home stretch” in post-production.
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“We are sticking to our schedule and finishing the movie just as if it were coming out on its original release date,” Kosinski said. “Luckily, I’m in the home stretch of post-production where, despite all the restrictions on how you can work now, I’m able to continue doing my job and finish the movie, which is pretty amazing. If I were in any other phase of the project, it would be hard to do that. But because I’m in the tail end of post, I’m able to do everything I need to, to finish it.
“So we’re sticking to it and sticking to our schedule and finishing the movie and then just holding it for six months. Which is such an interesting thing to do, but it’s the right decision because this is a movie that people need to see on the big screen. And if there’s no big screen, then you don’t want to release this movie. We want this to be a shared experience on the biggest screen possible.”
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With so many cinema chains closed around the world, film studios have been making the call on whether to postpone the release of their upcoming titles or shift some of their features to VOD (video on demand); Paramount Pictures opted to pushback the release of Top Gun: Maverick from June 24 to December 23.
Fans have been waiting for Tom Cruise to return as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell for almost 35 years, so an extra six months should fly by in a flash. Plus, something tells us that it will be worth the wait, as we predict it could be quite a big hit at the box office, given the fan reaction to the first trailer that dropped at SDCC last year.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com Top Gun: Maverick Director Says Film Will Be Finished on Time Despite 6-Month Delay