Will Val Kilmer Be Back for 'Top Gun 2'?

Tom Cruise's Maverick will be flying again in the sequel to 80s hit action flick Top Gun, but what about his biggest adversary? Fans have been  wondering if Val Kilmer would reprise his role as Iceman in the upcoming sequel, and now they have their answer. Read on to find out what it is.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

Val Kilmer is returning to one of his most iconic roles.

The actor will bring back skilled fighter pilot (and beach volleyball player) Iceman for Top Gun: Maverick, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Tom Cruise is also returning for the sequel to 1986's Top Gun, the film that launched the actor as a global star. In the original film, Iceman (real name: Tom Kazansky) was a rival to Maverick, uttering such classic lines as, "I don't like you because you're dangerous," before the pair eventually became friends after earning each other's grudging respect.

Cruise recently tweeted a photo announcing that production had begun on the Top Gun: Maverick. Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski will helm the sequel, which follows fighter pilots dealing with a world in which drone technology is making their old style of flying obsolete.

Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the Tony Scott-directed original, is producing Maverick with Cruise as well as Skydance's David Ellison. German composer Harold Faltermeyer, who created Top Gun's memorable synth score, is also returning to the production. The project has long been rumored, and Kilmer teased in 2015 that he had been offerred a role in the film shared his excitement, writing on Facebook that it's "not often you get to say 'yes' without reading the script."

Paramount is releasing Top Gun: Maverick on July 12, 2019.

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