Tom Cruise tweets picture from sets as production starts on Top Gun sequel

Tom Cruise is still feeling the need for speed even after 32 years since Top Gun. Check out the first picture from the sequel.

hollywood Updated: May 31, 2018 19:21 IST

Tom Cruise shared this picture from Top Gun 2 on Twitter.(Twitter)

Tom Cruise is back on the flight line for a sequel to the 1986 film Top Gun.

The actor on Thursday tweeted a photo of himself as Navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in a flight suit, looking at a fighter jet. The photo includes the phrase “feel the need.” In the original movie, Cruise’s character talks about how he feels the need for speed.

— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) May 31, 2018

Cruise writes #Day 1 of production of Top Gun: Maverick.

Just got back from a weekend in New Orleans to see my old friend @TomCruise and discuss a little Top Gun 2. pic.twitter.com/vA2xK7S7JS
— JERRY BRUCKHEIMER (@BRUCKHEIMERJB) January 26, 2016

The movie is scheduled for release in July 2019.