Miles Teller Joins the Cast of TOP GUN: MAVERICK

According to Entertainment Weekly, Miles Teller and Tom Cruise are set to rule the skies as aerial aces in the upcoming sequel Top Gun: Maverick.

The actor is joining the project as THE SON of Goose (Anthony Edwards), the ill-fated companion of Cruise's naval aviator Maverick in 1986's Top Gun. Teller appeared to confirm the news himself, retweeting a Varietyreport and adding, "I feel the need..."

In the planned continuation of late director Tony Scott's original, the titular character (now a flight instructor for the Navy) will reportedly take Goose's son under his wing, though specific story details have yet to be announced. The plot is rumored to revolve around fifth-generation aerial fighters in the world of drone technology at the tail end of the dogfighting era.

In addition to Cruise and Teller, Val Kilmer will return in the role of Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, while Oblivion helmer Joe Kosinski is directing.

Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr., and was inspired by the article "Top Guns" written by Ehud Yonay for California magazine.

Miles Teller made his feature film debut in Rabbit Hole (2010), which he followed with supporting roles in Footloose (2011) and Project X (2012). Teller rose to prominence with his roles as Sutter Keely in the romantic drama The Spectacular Now (2013) and Andrew Neiman in Whiplash (2014). He has since starred in the dystopian action film Divergent (2014), the superhero film Fantastic Four (2015) as Mister Fantastic, the war comedy War Dogs (2016), opposite Jonah Hill, and portrayed boxer Vinny Paz in the biopic Bleed for This (2016).

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