Top Gun: Maverick
In the new prevue forTop Gun : Maverick , star Tom Cruise , the want of Val Kilmer supports the hypothesis that Iceman is dead . Top Gun : Maverickis a direct sequel toTop Gun , and will hit theatre 34 - years after the original debuted in 1986 . Directed by Joseph Kosinski , Top Gun 2marks the take of Cruise ’s LT Pete " Maverick " Mitchell , a superstar Navy pilot with a pauperization for focal ratio who trained at Top Gun , the Naval Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar .
ThefirstTop Gun : Mavericktrailerdebuted at the 2019 San Diego Comic - Con to a thunderous chemical reaction . The footage displayed an aging rebel do as a flying teacher for new recruits at Top Gun . Maverick also serve as a tryout pilot , which allows him to evade advancement in rank and explain why a pilot with his experience is only a skipper . TheTop Gun : Maverickcast includesMiles Teller as Goose ’s son , Rooster , Glen Powell as a pilot trainee , and Jennifer Connolly as the proprietor of a bar and Maverick ’s love interest . Also link up Cruise from the original film is Val Kilmer as Vice admiral Tom " Iceman " Kazansky , a fellow teacher and rival - turn - friend of Maverick . AlthoughKilmer will come along in the sequel , he was notably lacking in the first trailer . There is a clip of Maverick at a funeral for a flow comrade , which has lead many to think that Iceman is in fact dead .
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ThenewTop Gun : Mavericktrailerfeatures moredeath - defy stunts , a opposition between Teller and Cruise , and another look into the orphic funeral . The brusque clip display a dejected rebel salute a casket draped in the American flag . Then , four fighter jets fly over the funeral with an excited Connelly looking on . Once again , Iceman is notably absent , further strengthening the theory that it ’s his funeral .
IfIceman is the one in the casket , then it would n’t be the first metre TopGunkilled a main eccentric . In the first film , Nick " Goose " Bradshaw ( Anthony Edwards ) , Maverick ’s RIO , tragically dies during a failed expulsion endeavor from their aircraft . As Maverick suffered from survivor ’s guilt trip the relief of the cinema , it was Iceman who came to his assistance and they formed a friendly relationship . With Maverick upturned at the funeral in the prevue , it suggests he had a strong human relationship with the deceased person , which further supports the theme that it could be Iceman . Also , it ’s clearly a military funeral because of the American signal flag over the coffin and the flyover , which means it could be Iceman ’s ceremony .
Since Iceman has not been seen in the first two trailers , the likelihood of him testify up in future trailers is slim . There ’s clearly a reason as to why Iceman has not been demonstrate so it could be for the surprise discover that he ’s dead . Whether Iceman is alert or dead does not exchange the fact that Maverick will have to face the ghosts of his yesteryear and consider with the ever - exchange earth inTop Gun : Maverick .
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