Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Top Gun was a huge hit, but why did it take Top Gun Maverick 36 Years to come out? The original Top Gun starring Tom Cruise released in 1986, a decade where every successful film was getting a sequel. Bringing in big numbers at the box office, why did it take until 2022 for a sequel in the form of Top Gun Maverick, to release?

36 years between the two films. In this video we'll go over why they didn't make a sequel soon after the original's release and when development started in 2010, why did it take so long to finally come out.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Why Not Soon After?
03:41 - Tailhook '91
05:47 - 2010 and Many Delays
08:07 - Outro

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Tom Cruise. Tony Scott. Tailhook 91. Val Kilmer. Maverick. Iceman. Flight School.

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