Movies Tom Cruise reveals Top Gun sequel title I feel the need... the need for a sequel. By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on June 2, 2017 02:06PM EDT “Aviators are back!” So proclaimed Tom Cruise in an interview with Access Hollywood, in which he revealed the title of the recently announced Top Gun sequel: Top Gun: Maverick. One title he vetoed from the start? Top Gun 2. “I didn’t want a number,” he said. “You don’t need a number.” Though shooting and release dates have yet to be announced, Cruise teased the film in the interview, saying, “Aviators are back, the need for speed. We’re going to have big, fast machines. It’s going to be a competition film, like the first one … but a progression for Maverick.” RELATED: The Top 5 Most Expensive Movies of All Time For those worried that the sequel might lose that loving feeling, Cruise reassures audiences that “stylistically, it’s going to be the same” and notes that Harold Faltermeyer will return to write the score. Watch the video at the top for more on Top Gun: Maverick.