After Tom Cruise’s long-awaited High Gun sequel grew to become a monumental hit in 2022, it was solely pure that the world would ask “When’s the subsequent one?” Followers appear desperate to see the stunt-defying star and the remainder of the Maverick forged again on the large display screen. We’ve heard from actors like Glen Powell, Jennifer Connelly and such about their pleasure for a 3rd High Gun, however one franchise alum simply admitted to being shocked by these early experiences. He additionally defined what he now is aware of concerning the threequel’s standing.
When Greg Tarzan Davis, who performed LT Javy “Coyote” Machado in Maverick, attended the Los Angeles premiere of Gladiator II, he spoke to Brandon Davis about High Gun 3. In his phrases:
We’re ready to get it to a proper place. When the information got here out that there was going to be a High [Gun] 3, truthfully, it was a shock to all of us. And we’re all in a gaggle message. Like ‘Did you – What’s occurring? Is that this actual?’ After which, as soon as it occurred, I used to be on set with Tom, and I simply talked to him about it.
Because the Gray’s Anatomy alum shared on the carpet of Ridley Scott’s legacy sequel, he and the forged had no concept there was one other one within the works till the information hit the web for the remainder of us. How wild is that? In January, Deadline reported Paramount was growing the sequel with Tom Cruise, Miles Teller and Glen Powell on board and director Joseph Kosinski presumably again on the helm or serving as a producer alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and David Ellison. It was additionally reported that screenwriter Ehren Kruger engaged on a draft of the script.
It is a good factor theHigh Gun: Maverick group chat stays lively, so the forged members may all speak about it over message. Greg Tarzan Davis later recalled throughout his latest interview that he acquired telephone calls from members of the family, asking “are you flying proper now?” As for the group chat, Davis additionally joked that Glen Powell was essentially the most “confused” by the information.
Greg Tarzan Davis can be co-starring with Tom Cruise on the upcoming Mission: Unimaginable: The Ultimate Reckoning, so he may casually ask the actor about it whereas on the job. (You recognize, as one does.) Davis revealed that and likewise shared extra perception into how Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer are approaching the flick:
And he actually simply needs the story to be proper. We don’t need to simply see it as a result of the final one made some huge cash. The identical factor with [producer] Jerry [Bruckheimer]. They love to inform tales, they like to entertain an viewers. And, if we will’t do this, I don’t know if there’ll be a 3, however I do know that we’re working onerous to get it there.
Contemplating the large success and love High Gun: Maverick earned from audiences over 35 years after its basic ’80s counterpart, it is sensible that Tom Cruise and the opposite filmmakers don’t need to flippantly make a 3rd film with out placing some thought into it. Over the summer season, Jerry Bruckheimer shared that there wasn’t a script for the threequel but and that it “might be some time.” Nonetheless, they did share their concepts with Tom Cruise, who actually preferred them.
Other than Greg Tarzan Davis, different actors from Maverick have commented on the potential third film as nicely. Jennifer Connelly mentioned she’d “be there” for the subsequent film whereas Lewis Pullman admitted he didn’t know a lot about it but. All in all, evidently Davis and his colleagues are ready for updates on the film, and that continues to be the case for followers as nicely.
You’ll be able to revisit each High Gun films by streaming them with a Paramount+ subscription. It’s also possible to catch Tom Cruise and Greg Tarzan Davis in Mission: Unimaginable – The Ultimate Reckoning, which hits theaters on Might 23, 2025.