We spoke w/ BRUCKHEIMERJB and Joseph Kosinski about the challenges of filming the flying shots in TopGunMaverick
With Top Gun: Maverick opening in theaters on May 27, I recently got to speak with director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer about making the phenomenal film. During the interview, they talked about Tom Cruise’s commitment to getting everything perfect, how they had the actors prepare for the flying sequences and the challenges of filming them, which sequences were the toughest to pull off, and what it’s been like waiting for the movie to come out.
I saw Top Gun: Maverick at CinemaCon and it’s one of those rare Hollywood blockbusters that nails every aspect of movie-making. The performances are fantastic, the action sequences are incredible, and it actually makes the original film better with the way it adds to Maverick’s story. Walking around the con after the screening, Top Gun: Maverick was the only thing everyone was talking about and all I heard were raves from attendees and journalists.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Top Gun: Maverick is also one of those movies that you really want to see in IMAX. That’s because Kosinski went out of his way to make this an IMAX experience. He did this by putting six IMAX-certified cameras into the real F-18 cockpits and the footage is incredible. You’ve never seen anything like this because Cruise and the cast were really in the planes and cameras weren’t small enough to fit in an F-18 cockpit until now.
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