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Paramount Pictures announced this week that additional delays are being applied to the release dates of numerous movies, including the sequel to the 1986 hit “Top Gun.”
“Top Gun: Maverick” now has an official release date of July 2, 2021, awaiting any further dreaded modifications and graciously assuming the coronavirus, and finally discarding this one.
“We truly believe that there is no movie viewing experience like that enjoyed in theaters,” Paramount officials Chris Aronson and Mark Viane said in a statement.
“We are committed to the theater experience and our exhibition partners, and we want to emphasize that we are confident that when the time comes, audiences everywhere will once again enjoy the unique joy of watching Paramount films on the big screen.” .
Tom Cruise announced the last round of delays in April and tweeted, “I know many of you have waited 34 years. Unfortunately, it will be a little longer. … Stay safe, everyone. “
The anticipation of the film was fired for the first time after the release of its creepy trailers. Meanwhile, a recent Empire Magazine interview with Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer fueled the suspense of aviation and movie nerds everywhere.
Details revealed in the Empire interview included director Joseph Kosinski’s (“Oblivion”, “Only the Brave”) decision to place IMAX cameras in the cockpit of a Super Hornet F / A-18 to display CGI-free flight sequences. that actors physically present on the plane. (The trained pilots were at the helm off camera.)
During production, Cruise reportedly requested to pilot an F-18, but the Navy objected, aware, perhaps, that an actor in command of a Super Hornet could be the danger zone that Kenny Loggins always warned about. . Still, the 57-year-old actor pilots a WWII P-51 Mustang, a plane he personally owns, and a helicopter in the movie.
“I said to the studio, ‘You don’t know how difficult this movie is going to be,” Cruise told Empire. “No one has ever done this before. There has never been an aerial sequence filmed this way. I don’t know if there will ever be another time, to be honest. “
When it finally hits theaters, “Top Gun: Maverick,” which Cruise characterized as “emotional,” promises to be one of the most visually immersive film experiences.
Cynically, Paramount’s statement of “when the time comes” may be synonymous with “when a vaccine is developed.”
America’s strategy of getting bored with COVID-19 seems to have done little to deter the ferocity of the virus. Previously reopened places continue to close their doors after our species demonstrated a blatant inability to socialize in moderation or follow elementary instructions backed by scientific evidence.
Infinite sadness.
In addition to “Top Gun,” decision makers at the Paramount studio (again) delayed the release of the sequel to John Krasinski’s thriller “A Quiet Place,” starring Cillian Murphy opposite the original film’s lead. Emily Blunt.
Similarly, Disney announced that all upcoming Star Wars or Avatar big screen splashes would be delayed for another year. The launch of the live action “Mulan” has also been removed from the 2020 calendar.
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