34 years after the events of Top Gun, Captain Peter "Maverick" returns as the flight instructor of Top Gun to teach the son of Goose, Bradley, to become the aviator much like his father.
Tom Cruise returned to portray Maverick and brought along with Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible - Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie to be one of the screenwriters. Jerry Bruckheimer served as a producer.